Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is headquartered in San Francisco, California, Earth.

About the Role:

Our Talent Team is responsible for creating the future of Planet. Yes, the people behind us realizing our mission.  We help create balance at the team level, so we can ensure all voices are represented when designing and executing on our strategy.  As a Technical Sourcer for the Space division, your mission will be to research and attract some of the top aerospace professionals around the world with a keen eye on values alignment, diversity, and culture add. 

You will be at the cutting edge of a very high profile Research & Development project that will be especially impactful to our humanitarian efforts around the world, unlocking a new frontier in our journey as a company. We are especially excited to talk with folks who understand how to  authentically develop relationships with candidates in the immediate and long term.  

While this is initially a short term position (six months), we feel excited about the future and our growth. This position is available initially remote in the US. There may be an option to work from our SF HQ once we reopen at a date to be determined.  

Impact You’ll Own:

• Conduct ethical and responsible direct outreach to prospect candidates in specialized technical domains such as aerospace, hardware, product, software and systems engineering
• Develop thorough research and analysis of companies and locations we should be targeting based on your findings from the market 
• Leverage talent tech stack to ensure candidate relationship data is organized and accessible so we can develop long term relationships
• Report out on weekly activities and metrics and make recommendations for strategy pivots if needed
• Mentor other more junior members of the team in sourcing and researching best practices

What You Bring:

• A drive and passion for our mission to use space to help life on Earth
• Extensive experience with technical sourcing techniques and strategies
• A very special way with words -- your conversion rates are through the roof
• Efficient with time management and know how to shift priorities when necessary
• Strong understanding of diversity sourcing best practices and the results to show for it
• Experience working within an agile and constantly evolving environment

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience in Boolean, Google Sheets/Excel, LinkedIn Recruiter and Greenhouse
• Experience in Space Tech or other hardware engineering heavy environments

Some Press About Us: 

Our CEO, Will Marshall featured on TED and featured in a Planet Blog

“Planet: Bringing Space Back Down to Earth”

Tiny, privately owned satellites are changing how we view the Earth features in NBC News

“Planet And Rocket Lab Create Mission Patch To Honor Women In Aerospace” —Planet Blog

Why we care so much about Belonging. 

We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate  north star of Belonging, dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work with diversity, equity and inclusion.  If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply!  At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description.  We don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts.  We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride.