BlackSky

Analyst

• Develop and maintain plans for imagery/analytics acquisition to support a variety of use cases.
• Use tools including ArcGIS Pro and QGIS to process raster/vector data, conduct analysis, and generate products using BlackSky imagery/analytics and other data sources.
• Support customer programs by conducting QA/QC on analytic outputs, generating use case examples, and producing finished products or reports.
• Research locations, state and non-state actors, equipment (aircraft/vessels/vehicles), activity trends, effects of natural disasters, and other elements related to global current events.
• Share knowledge and techniques with teammates.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Junior Geospatial Analyst

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support management and peers with robust, insightful recurring and ad hoc analyses of financial performance vs plan, trends, and forecasts progress for a selection of departments, accounts, and programs/projects.
• Prepare financial summaries that help managers understand the current state of their programs/projects and better plan for contingencies; actively participate in monthly reviews and provide thoughtful recommendations regarding financial and general business topics.
• Partner with global sales leads to capture evolving opportunity pipeline intelligence and convert information into reliable revenue and backlog forecasts; identify areas of opportunity and risk.
• Lead various product and program pricing initiatives, including build-to-launch satellite solutions; produce pricing and profitability analyses in support of key deal review stage gates.
• Partner with Program Management to produce up-to-date program forecasts of labor and expenses, thoroughly analyze cost inputs for accuracy, and monitor at-completion estimates to ensure performance tracks as planned.
• Develop and foster open lines of communication and information sharing with key members of BlackSky’s functional support teams to ensure a comprehensive review of each business area. Provide financial and/or accounting guidance, as necessary.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Full-stack Engineer

• Design, implement, and maintain software that enables autonomous satellite operations and real-time tasking.
• Develop and integrate services that interface with ground station infrastructure and satellite communication protocols.
• Build cloud-native microservices to support satellite tasking and monitoring.
• Collaborate with operations, communication engineers, flight software engineers, mission planning engineers, and other software teams to understand and refine technical requirements.
• Write clean, maintainable code with strong emphasis on safety, test coverage, and reliability.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions.
• Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed.
• Support Launch and Early Operations of new satellites.
• 10-15% travel required.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Senior Software Engineer – Ground & Control Services

Solutions Engineer

• Act as the primary technical resource for various capture and business development activities.
• Proactively scope the technical solution required to address customer requirements and propose a mutually beneficial solution for both the customer and the company.
• Design and develop solutions architecture with current BlackSky capabilities for clients.
• Provide thought leadership and technical support to assist business areas and programs in retaining and growing both new and current work.
• Provide business area and sector and leadership feedback by measuring the success of delivery and organic growth initiatives.
• Maintain working knowledge of industry to include opportunities, players, capabilities, strategies, and differentiation across product offerings.
• Build and maintain relationships across all BlackSky functional organizations to ensure alignment with program capture, program execution, and other lines of business services.
• Perform solution designing and estimating the cost of technical solutions that satisfy the requirements of new business opportunities.
• Clearly and concisely respond to RFIs, RFPs, and proposals, in alignment with current BlackSky capabilities.
• Coordinate "reach back" with technical subject matter experts within BlackSky to obtain specific knowledge or expertise to address technical issues.
• Respond to technical questions and research requests from customers and programs.
• Perform business case analysis to support the decision-making process.
• Lead winning solution development for growth opportunities.
• Understand the impact of internal decisions on customer & vendor relationships and plan accordingly.
• Build and maintain relationships with key vendor partners to incorporate technology and capability Sector growth pipelines.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Junior Geospatial Analyst

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Senior Software Engineer – Ground & Control Services

Staff Solutions Engineer