Full-Time

Account Executive

Commercial & Channel

Slingshot Aerospace

Slingshot Aerospace

201-500 employees

Space traffic management and analytics platform

Compensation Overview

$140k - $160k/yr

+ Commission

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Only residents of specified U.S. states or the United Kingdom may be hired; travel up to 20–25% is required.

US Top Secret Clearance Required

Bachelor's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Forecasting
CRM

Get referred to Slingshot Aerospace

See people who can refer or advise you

Requirements
  • Must have active Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility.
  • Must have 4–7+ years of professional business-to-business sales experience, or equivalent experience, including ownership of customer-facing sales activities.
  • Experience selling technology or data-driven solutions to commercial customers, or equivalent experience.
  • Exposure to partner, reseller, or channel-supported sales motions.
  • Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously while following defined sales processes.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to travel up to 20–25%, or equivalent flexibility.
Responsibilities
  • Execute the full sales cycle for assigned commercial accounts, including prospecting, qualification, deal advancement, and close.
  • Sell directly to commercial space vendors, operators, and service providers within an assigned market or territory.
  • Support sell-through opportunities by working with primes and channel partners on joint pursuits and customer engagements.
  • Maintain productive relationships with partner account teams to help advance shared opportunities.
  • Assist with partner enablement activities such as coordinating demonstrations, sharing product updates, and supporting joint customer discussions.
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Program teams to support proposals, demonstrations, and customer briefings.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline tracking, forecasting, and customer relationship management hygiene.
  • Represent Slingshot at customer meetings, partner engagements, and industry events as needed.
  • Gather and share customer and partner feedback with internal teams to support product and go-to-market improvements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned, comprising less than 10% of the role.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience selling into the commercial space, aerospace, or adjacent technology markets.
  • Familiarity working with large primes, integrators, or strategic partners.
  • Comfort operating in structured but evolving go-to-market environments.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in deal execution.
  • Interest in growing toward more advanced enterprise or channel ownership over time.

Slingshot Aerospace provides Slingshot Beacon, a platform for space traffic coordination and data analytics. It analyzes space activity and uses a digital-twin–like simulator plus secure data interfaces to help government and commercial satellites navigate, coordinate, and de-risk operations. The company focuses on space domain awareness and traffic management, leveraging contract-based engagements with agencies like Space Force and NOAA rather than broad consumer hardware plays. Its goal is to enable safer, more efficient space operations by delivering timely insights that reduce risk and improve coordination among orbiting assets.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$122.6M

Headquarters

Brea, California

Founded

2017

Get referred to Slingshot Aerospace

See people who can refer or advise you

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The July 15, 2026 $69.2 million Space Force MENTAT award validates product-market fit.
  • Portal launched April 14, 2026, and expands selling points across defense and commercial markets.
  • CMMC Level 2 certification and prior $27 million Space Force work accelerate secure procurement.

What critics are saying

  • Space Force and NOAA concentration leaves revenue exposed to federal budget shifts after 2026.
  • LeoLabs won TraCSS and SHIELD contracts in 2025, pressuring Slingshot's space-traffic niche.
  • Without non-defense commercial scale, a single missed recompete could crush growth by 2028.

What makes Slingshot Aerospace unique

  • Slingshot owns the Global Sensor Network, feeding proprietary orbital observations into Portal.
  • Portal unifies sensing, intelligence, and action for defense, civil, and commercial operators.
  • TALOS and MENTAT turn Slingshot into a training and simulation vendor, not just tracking software.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Remote Work Options

Hybrid Work Options

Relocation Assistance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
Yahoo Finance
Jul 15th, 2026
Slingshot Aerospace wins $69.2M US Space Force contract for AI-powered space defence training

Slingshot Aerospace has secured a $69.2 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to deliver AI-powered mission rehearsal and operational training capabilities. The 4.5-year initiative, called MENTAT, is part of the Operational Test and Training Infrastructure programme and represents the company's largest contract to date. The programme centres on TALOS, Slingshot's AI-powered training agent that models spacecraft behaviours, generates strategic response options, and supports mission rehearsal across evolving space scenarios. It aims to prepare Guardians for space defence operations by providing access to high-fidelity training environments from their home stations. The contract builds on a previous Strategic Funding Increase agreement that supported development of a Digital Space Twin of the space operating environment.

Business Wire
Apr 14th, 2026
Slingshot Aerospace launches Portal, AI-driven platform for mission-ready space operations

Slingshot Aerospace has launched Portal, an AI-native platform designed for mission-ready space operations across defence, civil and commercial sectors. The platform unifies sensing, intelligence and action within a single operational environment as orbital congestion increases. Portal combines proprietary sensing from Slingshot's Global Sensor Network, advanced AI models and analytics tools, enabling operators to monitor orbital activity in near real-time, identify anomalies and assess manoeuvre options. Unlike competitors relying on external data feeds, Slingshot owns and operates its global optical sensor network, feeding proprietary observations directly into Portal's analytics engine. The platform can operate in air-gapped command-and-control environments for national security users. Slingshot will demonstrate Portal at Space Symposium this week, with enhanced capabilities planned throughout 2026.

Cerebral Overload
Jul 30th, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace Launches TALOS: AI Agent for Mission-Ready Space Operations and Strategy

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, today announced the launch of Slingshot TALOS - the Thinking Agent for Logical Operations and Strategy.

Cerebral Overload
Apr 3rd, 2025
AFWERX Selects Slingshot Aerospace to Track and Identify Nefarious In-Space Activities

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, today announced it has been selected by AFWERX to support its Rapid Analysis of Photometric Tracks for space Object identification and behavior Recognition program.

Business Wire
Jan 18th, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace Selected to Provide Technology to USSF to Detect GPS Jamming and Spoofing Threats to International Security

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, t