Investment Associate
Space Machines
Investment Associate
Space Machines
Manufactures space hardware and AI-driven platform
Space Machines Company · Bengaluru, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-19
Workplace: on_site
Department: Business Development
About Us
Our mission is to safeguard critical space infrastructure by providing the first integrated security platform to see threats, decide fast and respond at scale. Where spacecraft have traditionally been costly, slow to produce and require extensive effort to coordinate, Space Machines Company (SMC) is developing systems that are produced at scale and operated with human-on-the-loop autonomy to drastically reduce the cost and complexity of orbital operations.
As space becomes more congested and contested, the satellites that underpin modern life — including communications, navigation and financial systems — are increasingly exposed. We are developing the vehicles and software to protect them, working with commercial operators and government agencies across allied nations.
Our approach is grounded in economics as much as engineering. Optimus Viper, our Rapid Response Vehicle, delivers genuine mission capability at a fraction of conventional spacecraft cost, designed for high-volume production and rapid deployment across orbital regimes. Solstice OS, our AI-driven command and control platform, fuses space domain awareness data and automates mission planning and vehicle coordination, allowing smaller teams to manage larger constellations and respond to emerging situations in seconds rather than hours.
The future of space depends on assets that can be inspected, monitored and protected in orbit. We are building the technology to make that possible.
Role Summary
This role is the execution engine behind SMC's capital raising and corporate development work. You will work directly with the Chief Development Officer, owning the investor pipeline, the dataroom, and the materials that go in front of investors, boards and strategic partners. It suits someone who wants ownership over a live raise rather than a seat on a large deal team.
Investor relations and pipeline
Dataroom and diligence
Artefact production
Market intelligence and partnerships
Capital structure and non dilutive funding
What good looks like at three months
What you bring
Why this role
You will work directly with the founders on live capital activity from your first week. The team is small, so the work is visible and the ownership is real. Do this well and the role grows into corporate development as the pipeline of partnerships and transactions builds.
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Manufactures space hardware and AI-driven platform
Space Machines manufactures space hardware and software and works with governments and space operators to protect critical space infrastructure. Its products include the Optimus Viper rapid response vehicles, which are mass-produced, low-cost platforms that can be deployed at scale to inspect, monitor, and protect assets across all orbital regimes, and Solstice OS, an AI-driven command-and-control platform that fuses space-domain data to automate mission planning, threat assessment, and vehicle coordination. The company differentiates itself by delivering scalable, low-cost autonomous-enabled space capabilities outside the US and by providing the first integrated security platform that lets teams see threats, decide fast, and respond at scale. Its goal is to counter near-peer threats and help democratic nations safeguard satellites that support communications, navigation, and economic activity, by letting smaller teams manage large constellations efficiently.
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