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Planet jobs
Planet builds and operates Earth-imaging satellite fleets and sells daily satellite imagery and the insights drawn from it. It hires in San Francisco, Berlin, Arlington, Virginia, and Ljubljana, Slovenia.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 109 open jobs at Planet; their typical pay runs $128k to $231k a year, with a median of $151k.
Typical pay, live
Latest Planet openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTCCustomer Success Manager II, Commercial Markets (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO · todayDetails
$121,840–$152,320/yrSenior Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Graz, Austria · 1d agoDetails
Site Reliability Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Francisco, CA · 4d agoDetails
$144,500–$180,600/yrSenior Flight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · San Francisco, CA · 4d agoDetails
$162,600–$203,200/yr- $105,150–$131,450/yr
Working Student, SpaceOps (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Berlin, Germany · 1w agoDetails
$18/hrSenior Business Development Manager, US Army (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Arlington, VA, United States · 1w agoDetails
$132,960–$166,160/yrSpace Systems Engineer, Space Operations (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · San Francisco, CA · 1w agoDetails
$144,500–$180,600/yrSenior Director of Engineering - Civil Government and Commercial (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Ljubljana, Slovenia · 1w agoDetails
Senior Director of Engineering - Civil Government and Commercial (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Haarlem, Netherlands · 1w agoDetails
Senior Director of Engineering - Civil Government and Commercial (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Berlin, Germany · 1w agoDetails
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Planet at a glance
Planet builds and operates Earth-imaging satellite fleets and sells daily satellite imagery and the insights drawn from it. It hires in San Francisco, Berlin, Arlington, Virginia, and Ljubljana, Slovenia.
109 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Planet's name?
Planet's own sites: planet.com.
What Planet pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $151k/yr over the 61 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $37.4k/yr up to $366k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 60 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 48 of the 109 open jobs here state no pay.
The top-paying Planet jobs open now
Every 109, highest pay firstVice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Francisco, CA · 2mo agoDetails
$293,000–$366,300/yrSenior Director, Product Management - Defense and Intelligence (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA · 3w agoDetails
$260,500–$325,600/yrVice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Denver, CO · 2mo agoDetails
$257,300–$321,600/yrVice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Arlington, VA, United States · 2mo agoDetails
$257,300–$321,600/yrSenior Director, Global Talent Acquisition (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA · 3mo agoDetails
$231,500–$289,400/yr
The middle half is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What Planet looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Planet is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
An engineering or technical background; many operators come from the military, and shift work is common.
Often no degree for logistics and maintenance; buyers and planners usually have business or supply-chain training.
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications.
A science, engineering or data degree; geospatial and intelligence roles may need a clearance.
Planet's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
Planet pay by occupation, from its own postings: Sales professional pay.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
Planet sites with openings
A town's page gathers the space roles open there, Planet's and its neighbours', ranks the busiest employers and points to nearby towns.
Open jobs at Planet since Jan 2023
How many jobs Planet's own careers board listed, month by month, counted from the copies the Internet Archive kept of that board, and the same board on 6 Nov 2026. A month with no copy has no point, and each month links to the copy it was counted from.
Jobs on its own careers board
Jan 2023: 104 · low 3 (Jul 2024) · Oct 2026: 121 · today 125
Every month's count
- Jan 2023: 104
- Feb 2023: 95
- Mar 2023: 107
- Apr 2023: 79
- May 2023: 67
- Jun 2023: 51
- Jul 2023: 24
- Sep 2023: 26
- Oct 2023: 24
- Nov 2023: 14
- Dec 2023: 10
- Jan 2024: 13
- Feb 2024: 21
- Mar 2024: 11
- Apr 2024: 18
- May 2024: 15
- Jun 2024: 6
- Jul 2024: 3
- Aug 2024: 4
- Sep 2024: 10
- Oct 2024: 15
- Nov 2024: 23
- Dec 2024: 30
- Jan 2025: 27
- Feb 2025: 34
- Mar 2025: 57
- Apr 2025: 54
- May 2025: 47
- Jun 2025: 55
- Jul 2025: 55
- Aug 2025: 56
- Sep 2025: 48
- Oct 2025: 53
- Nov 2025: 48
- Jan 2026: 63
- Feb 2026: 78
- Mar 2026: 94
- Apr 2026: 100
- May 2026: 95
- Jun 2026: 82
- Jul 2026: 79
- Sep 2026: 117
- Oct 2026: 121
- 6 Nov 2026: 125 (the board today)
Questions about Planet
How do I apply to Planet?
Choose a role below and use its Apply button, which opens that posting on Planet's careers site; the application goes straight to Planet. Screening, interviews and any offer happen between you and the company, without us.
What does Planet pay?
Across the 61 open Planet jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $128k–$231k/yr and the median $151k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $37.4k/yr and the highest $366k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Planet staffing?
Of its 109 openings, the largest groups are programs & business (55), ground software & IT (30) and launch & mission operations (6).
What does Planet ask for in program management and business jobs in space?
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background. The exact bar is in each Planet posting.
How fresh is this list of Planet roles?
We read Planet's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Planet keeps it up, dated with our last check.
Companies that compete with Planet for staff
Space employers recruiting the same disciplines as Planet, in the same states: who has roles open now, the ranges they post and where their sites are.
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$127k–$285k/yrTypical pay, live262 open
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