Good morning,
Two big rounds last week, both putting the money in the same place: the factory floor.
Impulse Space announced a $308M Series D extension. That brings the full Series D to $808M. The Redondo Beach company, led by founder Tom Mueller, builds the Mira spacecraft and the Helios kick stage. In July, Helios won a place in the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1, and Space Systems Command added $28M for two more VICTUS SALO missions. The careers page lists 193 open postings today.
Rapta closed an $8M round led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners. The Lake Oswego, Oregon company puts cameras and AI at the assembly station. Its jobs page lists 4 open roles. We put its Senior Software Engineer in the Software section below.
Now, onto the jobs…
📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)
Albedo (LEO satellite imagery) - Business Development & Capture Manager - Broomfield, CO / Washington, DC
Anduril (autonomy) - Senior Manager, Growth Operations - Costa Mesa, CA
Fictiv (on-demand manufacturing) - VP, Territory Sales - United States
Infleqtion (quantum computing) - Senior Manager, Proposals - Louisville, CO
Privateer Space (space data / satellites) - Senior Manager, Army Business Development - Remote
Relativity Space (3D-printed rockets) - Senior Business Development Manager, Advanced Manufacturing - Long Beach, CA
📋 Strategy & Ops Family Jobs (Biz Ops, People, CoS, Finance)
Anduril (autonomy) - Head of Operations, Space Orbital Systems - Costa Mesa, CA
Darktrace (AI cybersecurity) - VP, Security & AI Strategy - New York, NY
Regent (electric seagliders) - Director, Government Relations - Washington, DC
Striveworks (AI ops) - Legal and Contracts Operations Manager - Austin, TX
Teledyne FLIR (thermal imaging and sensors) - Sr. Director, Operations - Wilsonville, OR
TerraPower (advanced nuclear reactors) - Manager, Operations Programs - Everett, WA
🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)
Anduril (autonomy) - Senior Director, Program Director, Ground Maneuver - Costa Mesa, CA
Formlabs (3D printing) - Head of Software Product Management - Somerville, MA
Science & Technology Research (STR) (defense R&D) - Principal Program Manager - Arlington, VA
Snorkel AI (AI data platform) - Staff Product Manager, Data Products - San Francisco, CA
Teledyne FLIR (thermal imaging and sensors) - Director, Product Line Management - San Diego, CA
Zoox (autonomous vehicles) - Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager, Compute Hardware - Foster City, CA
🔨 Engineering - Hardware
K2 Space (high-power satellites) - Principal Electrical Manufacturing Engineer - Los Angeles, CA
Lambda (AI developer cloud) - Staff Mechanical Engineer - San Francisco, CA
Overland AI (off-road ground autonomy) - Head of Production - Seattle, WA
SpaceX (launch and satellite internet) - Principal Electrical Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) - Bastrop, TX
🧑💻 Engineering - Software
BeaconAI (AI copilots) - Lead Software Engineer, Advanced Pilot Assistant Software - San Carlos, CA
Forterra (ground-based autonomy) - Senior Software Engineer, Platform Integration - Arlington, VA
Rapta (manufacturing quality assurance) - Senior Software Engineer - Portland, OR / Remote
Seasats (autonomous surface vessels) - Senior Software Systems Engineer - San Diego, CA
Shield AI (AI pilot) - Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy — Behavior and Motion Planning - San Diego, CA
Sierra Space (space infrastructure) - Principal Software Engineer, Ground Software - Centennial, CO
📝 Internships
Anduril (autonomy) - 6 internships and co-ops in flight software, manufacturing, mechanical, software, and program management - Costa Mesa, CA / Lexington, MA / Washington, DC + more
Axiom Space (commercial space station) - 5 internships in electrical, mechanical, mission operations, software, and systems engineering - Houston, TX
CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - 11 internships across RF, FPGA, power electronics, GNC, embedded software, manufacturing, and finance - Austin, TX / Westminster, CO
Gecko Robotics (robotic infrastructure inspection) - 4 internships in AI/ML, embedded, full-stack, and test engineering - Pittsburgh, PA / New York, NY
Lunar Outpost (lunar rovers) - 11 internships across robotics, electrical, embedded and ground software, simulation, thermal, and business development - Golden, CO
Nominal (engineering test data) - Mission Dev Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) - New York, NY
Vannevar Labs (AI for defense intelligence) - MBA Intern Summer 2027 (Mission Lead, Clearance Required) - Remote
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