Recruiting Coordinator

About Us:

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.

BlackSky is looking for a highly-organized and detail-oriented Recruiting Coordinator to join our People team! The ideal candidate should be comfortable in navigating complex schedules, facilitating administrative operations in recruiting and onboarding, and should have a passion for providing candidates with a seamless and positive experience. A successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills and is expected to leverage effective communication and interpersonal skills to partner successfully with our recruiters and People team, hiring managers, interviewers and incoming candidates. You will need the ability to exercise sound judgment and be able to communicate with an air of calm in all aspects of scheduling and coordinating.

Outside of recruiting responsibilities, this position supports onboarding tasks and ensuring that candidates are successfully set up for their first day. This position will report to the Sr Manager, People & Culture and is a hybrid position supporting our Seattle, WA office. In person responsibilities will be tied to overseeing on-site candidate interviews and assisting with other People tasks as needed.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate interviews between candidates, recruiters, hiring managers, and interview panel members, including complex or multi-stage interview schedules.
Facilitate in-person interviews and/or candidate presentations when needed.
Serve as a point of contact for candidates and hiring managers during initial scheduling and for any updates or cancellations.
Prepare, distribute, track, and upload candidate confidentiality agreements and other required recruiting documentation as candidates progress through the interview process.
Conduct professional reference checks for candidates selected for hire and ensure appropriate documentation is completed and maintained.
Support pre-hire administrative activities and ensure candidate information and required documentation are completed prior to onboarding.
Maintain accurate candidate records and recruiting activity within ATS (Greenhouse) and other People tools.
Assist all recruiters and hiring managers with administrative and operational needs throughout the recruiting lifecycle.
Help maintain recruiting templates, interview materials, candidate communications, and process documentation.
Monitor recruiting processes for outstanding actions and proactively follow up with candidates and internal stakeholders to keep hiring processes moving.
Support reporting, data tracking, and other Talent projects as needed.
Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism when handling candidate and employee information.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of two years of experience in talent operations and/or recruiting.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
Previous experience using an ATS (we use Greenhouse!).
Strong organizational skills, including experience managing and scheduling across complex calendars.
Experience supporting multiple recruiters/hiring managers for high-volume scheduling and coordination.
Understanding of recruiting compliance and reporting.
Excellent communication as well as demonstrated multi-tasking capabilities and work ethic.
Experience multi-tasking in a fast paced, dynamic work environment.
Experience managing calendars using Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the space/satellite industry.
Experience with full-cycle recruiting.

Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:

Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
Employer matching donations
Professional development
Awesome swag

The anticipated hourly range for candidates in Washington is $35 - $42 per hour. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Employer. All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. #LI-Hybrid

EEO/Pay Transparency Statements:

https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf
https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf

About the company

BlackSky provides real-time geospatial intelligence by owning and operating a high-revisit satellite constellation and an AI-powered analytics platform. Its satellites capture imagery and the Spectra platform analyzes and fuses space data with other sensors to generate rapid, actionable intelligence, including automated object detection and change alerts. The company differentiates itself through vertical integration (designing/owning the constellation, manufacturing with LeoStella) and a high revisit rate with fast delivery, plus a software-centric, subscription-based model. Its goal is to deliver timely situational awareness to government, defense, and commercial customers while expanding recurring software revenue and advancing Gen-3 capabilities.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Herndon, Virginia

Founded

2013

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Q2 2026 revenue rose 50% to $33.3 million, with $4.7 million adjusted EBITDA.
BlackSky raised $150 million in Q2 2026 and ended with $244.1 million cash.
September 2026 SkyFi and August 2026 NRO wins expand commercial and sovereign backlog.

What critics are saying

BlackSky still lost $20.8 million in Q2 2026, keeping dilution pressure alive.
One launch slip can stall Gen-3 capacity expansion and derail 2026 revenue timing.
U.S. government and defense demand dominate; a procurement reset would threaten survival.

What makes BlackSky unique

Gen-3 launched fifth satellite in 2026, reaching first light in under 20 hours.
BlackSky sells high-frequency, 35-centimeter imagery plus Spectra AI analytics, not raw pictures alone.
SkyFi integration on September 24, 2026 broadens direct self-serve access without contract friction.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Oct 23rd, 2026

Form 8-K

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 15, 2021 (September 9, 2021)

Yahoo Finance

Oct 15th, 2026

BlackSky extends HEO space imaging deal with seven-figure contract using Gen-3 satellites

BlackSky Technology Inc. signed a seven-figure annual extension with HEO to provide fully automated, low-latency non-Earth imaging (NEI) of objects in orbit. The deal adds BlackSky's Gen-3 very high-resolution imagery to its Gen-2 constellation. HEO's software will use the combined constellation to observe, characterise, and track spacecraft for space domain awareness missions across defence, intelligence, and commercial sectors. The partnership began in 2024 as a short-term, six-figure pilot. The contract is now entering its third year. "Non-Earth imagery has moved from a specialised proof-of-concept into a critical component of mainstream space domain awareness," said Brian O'Toole, BlackSky's chief executive officer. BlackSky says it can use unused constellation capacity without disrupting its primary Earth imaging operations.

SBIR.gov

Oct 2nd, 2026

Award | SBIR

BlackSky proposes building the Remote driven automated target recognition (ATR) Service, a fully end-to-end automated solution for tracking the movement of vehicles and maintaining custody of targets using data from multiple sensor systems. BlackSky will build a cloud-based ecosystem continuously pulling multi-INT satellite sensor data, fuses and processes it through artificial intelligence (AI) to track vehicles and distributes actionable intelligence to mobile devices and analysts worldwide. The goal of this effort is to develop an end-to-end software tool that aggregates opportunistic space-based capabilities and enables an efficient and reliable ecosystem for the request and delivery of data products. The focus is on space-to-ground based tracking of vehicles (cars, trucks, military vehicles, mobile equipment, ships, maritime military assets, etc). BlackSky will take advantage of existing commercial ground and space architectures and BlackSky’s proven vertically integrated, end-to-end solutions. BlackSky has invested over $350M in private capital over 7 years to develop an autonomous global remote sensing system that consists of a 14-satellite constellation of high-resolution visible imaging satellites and a global satellite ground system that enables rapid tasking, collection, and image data delivery. This is underpinned by a secure, fully cloud-enabled satellite operations system; a user-friendly, web-based tasking system; and a cloud-based exploitation system that utilizes continuously evolving AI/ML) technologies to fuse open-source intelligence feeds with satellite imagery to provide information and intelligence on critical objects of interest. BlackSky has developed a proven capability to track moving targets using it’s electro-optical (EO) satellite constellation. Unlike traditional Moving Target Indicator (MTI) that relies on radar sensors and the Doppler effect, BlackSky’s Spectra AI platform performs target tracking using multi-frame spaceborne optical imagery. Advancements in computing have afforded greater on-orbit processing capabilities than ever before, a key factor in achieving the low-latency requirements for Department of Defense (DoD) entities. BlackSky recently demonstrated its EO-based target recognition and MTI algorithms successfully within an on-orbit testbed. Experimenting within this resource-constrained environment produced valuable insight to appropriately architect on-orbit processing solutions. BlackSky will work to build the Spectra Custody Service, a fully end-to-end automated solution for tracking the movement of vehicles and maintain custody of targets using data from the BlackSky satellites and other sensor systems. BlackSky will conduct the work in 3 phases. (1) systems engineering work to verify the additional layers which close the loop and make vehicle monitoring possible at scale (2) develop the service, beginning with a maritime tracking use case (3) demonstration for moving vehicles.

SkyFi

Sep 24th, 2026

SkyFi partners with BlackSky to deliver 35 cm satellite tasking, including Nighttime Collection.

SkyFi partners with BlackSky to deliver 35 cm satellite tasking, including Nighttime Collection. SHARE THE ARTICLE Partnership will bring access to BlackSky Gen-2 and Gen-3 daytime, nighttime, and stereo tasking to commercial and government users on the SkyFi platform AUSTIN, TX September 24, 2026 - SkyFi, the leading Earth Intelligence Platform, today announced a partnership with BlackSky, a real-time space-based intelligence company. The integration will make BlackSky's Gen-3 and Gen-2 satellite tasking available directly in the SkyFi platform. SkyFi will connect to BlackSky Spectra(R), giving users on-demand access to high-cadence, very high-resolution optical collection without a minimum purchase commitment. BlackSky's Gen-3 constellation delivers 35 cm native resolution at nadir. Gen-2 captures 85 cm-class imagery. Both will be available to SkyFi users for point tasking with day and night collection windows. "BlackSky will bring capabilities to our platform that our users have asked for repeatedly, including high revisit optical imagery and nighttime collection," said Luke Fischer, CEO of SkyFi. "A customer will be able to order both time-diverse Gen-2 and Gen-3 35 cm imagery with multiple daily and nighttime imaging opportunities through the same interface and the same checkout they already use, with no contract and no minimum." Benefits of the SkyFi - BlackSky integration will include: * Rapid Collection and Delivery: BlackSky's constellation supports multiple revisits per day at many latitudes, with average collect-to-delivery latency of 90 minutes or less. Orders that fail cloud cover or quality thresholds will be automatically retasked within the original collection window. * Nighttime Collection: BlackSky is one of the few commercial providers offering nighttime optical tasking. SkyFi users will be able to order nighttime collections alongside daytime and stereo products, extending monitoring coverage for ports, airfields, energy infrastructure, and activity-based intelligence. * Access Without Minimums: SkyFi users will access BlackSky collections per scene through the SkyFi web platform, MCP, or API. Enterprise users with a SkyFi Pro account will be able to integrate BlackSky tasking into existing workflows, set revisit cadence against saved Areas of Interest, and manage user access and budgets. High-Resolution Tasking Across Sectors BlackSky Gen-3 and Gen-2 dynamic monitoring supports use cases across defense, disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, energy, insurance, and supply chain. The 35 cm Gen-3 product is suited to object-level detection and classification. Nighttime collection extends monitoring into hours that optical imagery has traditionally left uncovered. Stereo products support terrain and structure analysis. The partnership continues SkyFi's expansion of its provider network, which includes more than 300 satellite and analytics sources. Once integrated, individual SkyFi users and enterprise account registrants will have access to BlackSky tasking at app.skyfi.com. About SkyFi SkyFi is an Earth Intelligence Platform that allows users to run built-in geospatial analytics, task satellites, and access archived imagery. The dual-use platform supports both civilian and defense use cases, with flexible ordering options, transparent pricing, MCP connections, AI Navigator, and API access for large-scale workflows. Customers can use SkyFi's web platform, mobile app, or developer APIs to manage Earth observation projects without needing contracts or in-house GIS teams. Learn more at skyfi.com About BlackSky BlackSky is a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. BlackSky owns and operates one of the industry's most advanced, purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence systems that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra(R) tasking and analytics software platform and its proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation. With BlackSky, customers can see, understand and anticipate changes for a decisive strategic advantage at the tactical edge, and act not just fast, but first. BlackSky is trusted by some of the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies, commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKSY. To learn more, visit www.blacksky.com and follow SkyFi on X. Media Contacts Evan Achiron Head of Marketing & Communications, SkyFi [email protected] Chuck Harper External Communications, BlackSky [email protected] SHARE THE ARTICLE

Defense Daily

Sep 16th, 2026

Sovereign EO Space capabilities are ready to go to the next level, company officials say.

Sovereign EO Space capabilities are ready to go to the next level, company officials say. Mark Holmes Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 PARIS - Executives from BlackSky, Planet, Iceye and HawkEye 360 assessed the changing dynamics of the sovereign Earth Observation (EO) satellite market at the Space Defense and Security (SDSS) summit in Paris on Tuesday, saying the pace of deployment is accelerating. Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and co-founder of Iceye, said all the players in this area have adjusted to the market environment to delivering both services and sovereign systems. Yet when looking at delivering sovereign capability, Modrzewski believes companies like Iceye have now taken things to the next... Not a subscriber or registered user yet? Please contact us at [email protected] or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.

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