Working Student, SpaceOps

Overview

Planet operates a constellation of imaging satellites that provides empirical information to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. The Space Operations team maintains and optimizes this fleet of Earth Observation satellites. The company is seeking a Working Student to join the Space Operations team at its Berlin office.

Who can apply

Applicants must be enrolled in an ongoing Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or computer science. Candidates need to have software development proficiency in Python or equivalent languages, a data-driven mindset with statistical analysis experience, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and effective interpersonal and collaboration skills. The position requires the ability to access U.S. and German or European Union export-controlled information without requiring additional export licensing.

What you get

The role is part-time and hybrid, requiring attendance at the Berlin office three days per week. Benefits include paid time off for vacation, holidays, and company-wide days off, an employee wellness program, home office reimbursement, monthly phone and internet reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, access to LinkedIn Learning, equity, and volunteering paid time off.

Requirements

The role involves supporting daily satellite operations, analyzing data, resolving anomalies, running on-orbit experiments, and testing or deploying software on the ground and in orbit. Responsibilities also include developing real-time software solutions, writing scripts to aggregate satellite data and generate monitoring metrics, and identifying full stack service inefficiencies. Candidates must work from the Berlin office three days weekly and meet specific export control access criteria.