Optomechanical Specialist
About the job
- Be a current student or recent graduate in Electronic Engineering, Physical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, a related field, or an Engineering Technologist qualification from UTU, with experience in satellite, aerospace, or similar manufacturing.
- Have experience setting up experiments to perform optical measurements using lasers or other illumination sources.
- Use Linux operating systems, including Debian or Ubuntu.
- Have basic programming knowledge, including automation scripting.
- Use basic workshop and precision tools, including screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers, and equipment for assembling and maintaining electronic components.
- Have an intermediate level of English.
- Handle critical components and process documentation with extreme attention to detail.
- Analyze complex situations, diagnose failures, and propose effective solutions in a dynamic environment with tight delivery deadlines.
- Focus on production and quality objectives.
- Collaborate effectively in a diverse environment and consider different perspectives when solving complex problems.
- Show initiative in continually optimizing processes and adapt to dynamic environments.
- Follow applicable safety standards and regulations.
- Lead and execute assigned production and prototyping tasks for optical assemblies, meeting established deadlines.
- Execute and supervise mechanical and optical acceptance testing of key components to ensure they meet aerospace quality standards.
- Identify production-process optimization opportunities, propose solutions, and work with other teams to implement improvements through Design for Manufacturing (DFM) cycles.
- Execute, stabilize, and document optical manufacturing processes, proposing continuous improvements to increase efficiency and reduce failure risks.
- Serve as a technical reference for team members, providing support and training as needed.
- Work with the optomechanical design team to optimize satellite and other optical-system manufacturing procedures and processes.
- Define execution criteria, communicate internal and external needs to the team leader, and report decisions affecting process quality and outcomes, as well as issues that may affect team service quality.
- Provide design feedback, participate in preparing procedural documentation, prepare technical reports, contribute to training documentation, and ensure high-quality work.
- Use Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software and record data to ensure production traceability.
- Experience handling delicate optical components such as filters, mirrors, and lenses, and using dimensional and optical metrology tools such as autocollimators and measurement arms.
- Experience with optical assembly alignment techniques.
- Experience using adaptive optics.
- Experience with continuous-improvement methodologies, including Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, and Six Sigma.
- Experience applying quality-control tools and process optimization.
About the company
Satellogic builds and operates a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to capture high-resolution imagery and provides geospatial data services to governments, businesses, and humanitarian organizations. It vertically integrates satellite manufacturing, data collection, and analytics to offer subscription plans, custom data solutions, and partnerships. By owning the full value chain, it can provide frequent, real-time or near-real-time imagery at lower cost than peers that outsource parts. Its goal is to make geospatial data accessible and affordable to support emergency response, infrastructure monitoring, urban planning, and environmental conservation.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Montevideo, Uruguay
Founded
2010
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What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue jumped 259% to $15.9 million, with positive operating income.
- Satellogic booked $80.7 million in contracted backlog, including an $18 million defense deal.
- October 2026 Merlin launch and six-satellite Slingshot III expansion deepen government demand.
What critics are saying
- Negative operating cash flow remains; August 2026 growth still depends on fresh contract conversion.
- Rick Dunn’s August 2026 CFO departure risks financing execution before October 2026 launches.
- A failed Merlin launch or delayed commissioning would break 2027 service promises and backlog credibility.
What makes Satellogic unique
- Satellogic vertically integrates satellite design, manufacturing, launches, and analytics into one stack.
- Merlin and NewSat Mark VI add inter-satellite links, enabling autonomous in-orbit retasking.
- Sovereign Space Systems sells dedicated government constellations, not just taskable imagery subscriptions.
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-6%Satellogic to present at the LD Micro 20th Annual Main Event conference on tuesday, October 20, 2026. NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), the infrastructure company for Persistent Global Intelligence (PGI), today announced that Satellogic's Interim CFO & SVP, Corporate Controller, Dustin Greer, and Chief of Staff, Dr. Caitlin Kontgis, will host an in-person presentation and one-on-one meetings with investors at the LD Micro 20th Annual Main Event, being held October 20-21, 2026 at the Luxe Sunset Blvd. Hotel in Los Angeles. The presentation will highlight recent developments including the Company's strong second quarter 2026 financial results, accelerating sovereign and defense wins, the market's transition to persistent global intelligence, and the recent successful satellite launch of its Merlin.01, two NewSat Mark VIs, and one NewSat Mark V. LD Micro 20th Annual Main Event Dates: October 20-21, 2026 Location: Luxe Sunset Blvd. Hotel, Los Angeles Conference Website: Here Format: In-person Presentation and One-on-One Meetings Presentation: October 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM PT/5:00 PM ET in Track 3 Webcast Registration: https://ldmicroevents.com/ Attendees: Interim CFO & SVP, Corporate Controller, Dustin Greer, and Chief of Staff, Dr. Caitlin Kontgis To schedule a one-on-one investor meeting with Satellogic management, please contact your LD Micro conference representative or email your request to at [email protected] or call Chris Tyson at (949) 491-8235. About Satellogic Founded in 2010, Satellogic (NASDAQ: SATL) builds the infrastructure for Persistent Global Intelligence (PGI): continuous, proactive awareness of the places, assets, and activities that matter. The company combines high-cadence satellite collection, best-in-class technology, AI-accelerated workflows, and sovereign-trusted architecture to help customers move from episodic imagery to persistent monitoring programs. Satellogic serves allied defense and intelligence agencies, civil governments, and commercial markets that need reliable, scalable awareness of change across large portfolios of sites. Customers can begin with discovery, expand into persistent monitoring, and build toward dedicated or sovereign-controlled capacity as their mission requirements grow. To learn more, please visit: https://www.satellogic.com.
US confirms weapons deployed in orbit, space brief 15 Sep 2026. Air Force Secretary Meink confirms US has on-orbit space weapons for the first time. Vega C delivers ESA's FLEX and Sentinel-3C. 218 orbital launches in 2026. Top stories. US military confirms weapons deployed in orbit for the first time. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced Monday at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference that the United States now has "on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action." No details on the weapon type, quantity, or host platform were disclosed. Meink said specifics would not benefit deterrence and declined to confirm whether the systems have been tested. The confirmation formalizes what Space Force officials had been hinting at for years as the Pentagon shifted from silence on orbital warfare to open discussion of defensive countermeasures, on-orbit combat, and ground-based satellite-disabling capabilities. For the tracking community, the announcement raises obvious questions about which cataloged objects carry these payloads and whether any previously unattributed maneuvers in the public catalog were related. Vega C deploys ESA's FLEX and Sentinel-3C in dual-payload mission. Avio's Vega C lifted off from Kourou at 01:21 UTC on September 15, delivering two European satellites to orbit. Sentinel-3C separated about one hour after launch, followed by ESA's FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer) 56 minutes later after two additional AVUM+ upper stage burns. This was Vega C's second flight of 2026 and Avio's second launch as an independent operator after splitting from Arianespace. FLEX carries a Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer designed to detect the faint glow plants emit during photosynthesis, a first-of-its-kind measurement from orbit. Sentinel-3C joins the existing 3A and 3B constellation monitoring oceans, land, ice, and atmosphere, and will eventually replace the aging 3A, which has been operating well past its seven-year design life. Pentagon's space weapons disclosure: why now? Breaking Defense's conference coverage digs into the timing and strategic logic behind Meink's announcement. The public acknowledgment appears calibrated as a deterrence signal aimed at Beijing and Moscow, both of which have tested or deployed counterspace capabilities in recent years. The disclosure follows a broader Pentagon pattern of gradually declassifying space domain awareness posture while keeping operational specifics classified. Satellogic expanding dod business ahead of October launch. Satellogic is preparing to launch three satellites next month: two NewSat Mark VI birds with optical intersatellite links and one Mark V intended for on-orbit transfer to a customer under the company's Sovereign Space Systems program. The company's first Merlin satellite, designed for continuous 1-meter resolution Earth observation, was previously announced for an October launch but has not been confirmed for this specific mission. The launches support Satellogic's pivot from selling individual images to persistent site monitoring through its Aleph Observer platform. CEO Emiliano Kargieman said Merlin will enable monitoring of a practically unlimited number of terrestrial sites, a capability he described as transformative for defense and intelligence customers who currently lack continuous theater-wide awareness. Read the full story: Payload Djibouti signs the Artemis Accords. NASA announced Djibouti as the newest signatory to the Artemis Accords, the framework agreement establishing principles for civil space exploration cooperation including transparency, interoperability, and orbital debris mitigation. The small East African nation joins a growing list of signatories as the US continues building multilateral support for the Accords ahead of planned lunar surface operations. Read the full story: NASA White House UAP council chair says government "sincere" on investigations. The new chair of the White House UAP council stated publicly that the US government is "sincere in its efforts to understand UAP," signaling continued institutional support for the investigation program that has been operating across multiple agencies. Specific new findings or policy changes were not announced alongside the statement. Satellite of the day. COSMOS 2597 (RODNIK-S 22) - COSMOS 2597 (Rodnik-S 22), launched November 2025 on an Angara-1.2 from Plesetsk, is the 22nd Russian military store-and-forward relay satellite orbiting at 1,500 km. By the numbers. * Active satellites tracked: 15,993 * Cataloged debris objects: 14,950 * New objects cataloged yesterday: 0 * Orbital launches this year: 218 (211 successful) * Next launch: Gravity-1 | Unknown Payload in about 13 hours (Sep 15, 21:55 UTC) Catalog Watch. Space-Track cataloged 0 new objects in its latest daily accounting (2026-09-14), alongside 29,336 updated element sets. Reentry Watch. * STARLINK-1888 (47171) - predicted decay Sep 15, 15:15 UTC, window +/-17 h (track live) * STARLINK-1598 (46160) - predicted decay Sep 15, 18:17 UTC, window +/-5 h (track live) * CZ-2C R/B (28222) - predicted decay Sep 15, 21:57 UTC, window +/-5 h (track live) * STARLINK-1805 (46705) - predicted decay Sep 16, 02:46 UTC, window +/-8 h (track live) * STARLINK-1656 (46353) - predicted decay Sep 16, 05:40 UTC, window +/-9 h (track live) Upcoming space launches. Schedule changes. * Newly added: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3-24 | HTV-X3, scheduled for Dec 31, 00:00 UTC. * Slipped: Zhuque-2E Block 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group #15 moved from Sep 15, 06:25 UTC to Sep 15, 06:26 UTC. * Slipped: Starship | Flight 14 moved from Sep 18, 12:15 UTC to Sep 22, 12:15 UTC. * Status change: Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX is now "Launch Successful". * Status change: Zhuque-2E Block 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group #15 is now "Launch Successful". Next 48 hours. * Orienspace Technology Gravity-1 - Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport (Sep 15, 21:55 UTC) Possibly launch of a batch of SpaceSail LEO communication satellites. Details TBD. * SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-259 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA (Sep 16, 01:00 UTC) USSF-259 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX's Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of ascent rocket stage drop zones being fits with previous SDA Transport Layer launches. Watch Live * Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz 2.1b - Progress MS-35 (96P) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan (Sep 16, 13:33 UTC) Watch Live * China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 12 - Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China (Sep 17, 00:30 UTC) Details TBD. * ExPace Kuaizhou 11 - Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China (Sep 17, 02:35 UTC) Details TBD. See every upcoming mission on the live schedule: Upcoming Launches Note: Launch dates and times are subject to change due to technical or weather considerations. Maurice Stellarski. Maurice Stellarski is the Chief Coordination Officer (CCO) of the Civilian Cardboard Command Center Protocol (CCCCP). With over 25 years of self-certified experience in NEATS (Non-Existent Aerospace Tracking Systems), Maurice specializes in predicting launches with uncanny accuracy using his proprietary KITCHEN (Knowledge Integration Technology Combined with Household Equipment Network) methodology. When not monitoring his mission control center, Maurice maintains the world's largest collection of mission-critical authorization stamps and hosts the underground podcast 'Countdown to Breakfast: Uncensored Launch News.'
Satellogic has expanded its agreement with Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) to support the US Office of Naval Research's Slingshot III programme. The work will integrate six additional Satellogic NewSat Mark VI satellites into the Slingshot III architecture over the next 18 months. The company will conduct on-orbit activities and tests during 2027 and 2028, focusing on enhanced onboard data processing, system feasibility checks, and automated data filtering. These capabilities aim to accelerate the creation of actionable track data and enable more responsive planning across a distributed satellite system. Slingshot is a research and development initiative that leverages commercial space capabilities to advance low-latency maritime domain awareness. The programme demonstrates how accelerated image processing, object classification, and track generation can be performed using commercial satellites and onboard software.
Satellogic will launch three new satellites in October 2026: two NewSat Mark VI satellites equipped with inter-satellite link (ISL) technology and one NewSat Mark V satellite. The ISL-equipped satellites can share information directly with each other in orbit, enabling faster decision-making without routing every command through ground stations. The Mark V satellite will expand Satellogic's sovereign Space Systems programme, which provides allied governments with dedicated, sovereign-controlled satellite capability. The programme includes Portugal's satellite purchase and India's dedicated capacity operated by Tata. "Launching these additional satellites builds out our Persistent Global Intelligence infrastructure with inter-satellite links that increasingly allow our satellites to work together as one coordinated system," said CEO Emiliano Kargieman. The ISL technology enables the constellation to communicate and retask itself autonomously, shifting from independent satellite operations to a connected network.
SATL surges as Satellogic turns revenue boom into profit milestone. JACK KELLOGG - UPDATED AUG. 23, 2026, 11:07 AM ET Satellogic Inc. stocks have been trading up by 8.11 percent following upbeat coverage of its expanding satellite imaging opportunities. Market insights for SATL traders. * Q2 EPS came in at -$0.13 versus -$0.02 expected, but revenue jumped 259% year over year to $15.9M, smashing the $9.6M consensus and delivering positive operating income and adjusted EBITDA. * Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald trimmed their price target from $10 to $9 yet kept an Overweight rating, citing revenue and gross margin beats plus progress on Merlin, backlog, constellation growth, and vertical integration. * Roth Capital lowered its price target from $15 to $10 but maintained a Buy rating, pointing to strong core business growth, healthy remaining performance obligations, and rising customer adoption that support a profitability path. * A new Senior Vice President of Space Systems, Jamil Kawar, was hired to ramp global sales of sovereign constellations and space infrastructure, with a focus on government customers in MENA and Europe. Weekly Update Aug 17 - Aug 21, 2026: On Sunday, August 23, 2026 Satellogic Inc. stock [NASDAQ: SATL] is trending up by 8.11%! Discover the key drivers behind this movement as well as its expert analysis in the detailed breakdown below. Industrials industry expert: Analyst sentiment - positive Satellogic sits in an emerging but capital-intensive niche with extreme operating leverage and fragile fundamentals. Q2 revenue of $15.9M on a $17.7M LTM base highlights a sharp acceleration, and a 96.6% gross margin is best-in-class for geospatial data, but EBIT margin around -330% and free cash flow of -$14.3M underscore a highly loss-making model. Balance sheet liquidity is solid (current ratio 2.3, $113M cash), yet leverage is elevated (long-term debt ~$95M, debt/capital ~74%). Technically, SATL is consolidating after a sharp pullback, with weekly closes clustering in a tight 5.27-5.75 range and a modest positive bias into week-end at 5.73. Intraday 5-minute action shows active dip-buying below 5.50 with fading momentum above 5.80, suggesting range trading dominates rather than trend following. A clear actionable level is $5.25-5.30 support; long entries there with a stop around $5.05 and near-term profit-taking toward $6.00 are attractive while volume remains steady. Fundamentally, Q2 marked a genuine inflection: revenue beat by ~65%, adjusted EBITDA and operating income turned positive, and multiple brokers (Cantor, Roth) reaffirmed bullish ratings despite trimming targets ($9-10). New senior leadership in space systems should accelerate sovereign constellation and government sales. Versus broader Industrials and A&D, SATL offers superior growth but far weaker profitability and higher risk. Fair value skews higher; 9-12 month risk-adjusted target is $8, with key support at $5.25 and resistance at $7.00. Quick financial overview. Satellogic Inc. posted Q2 revenue of about $15.9M, a sharp 259% jump versus the prior year and well above the roughly $9.6M expectation. That strength pushed gross profit to $18.7M and, more importantly, yielded positive operating income of $0.27M and positive adjusted EBITDA, even though net income was still a loss of about $20.0M and EPS printed at -$0.13. For short-term traders, this mix says "turnaround in progress" rather than a finished story. Margins and ratios are still messy. Reported EBIT margin and profit margins are deep in negative territory, while gross margin sits around 96.6%, reflecting a high-margin data model sitting on top of heavy fixed costs. Valuation is rich on standard metrics, with a price-to-sales ratio near 27.6 and price-to-book close to 25.9, so SATL is trading as a high-expectation growth name rather than a value play. 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