# Market evidence report — satellite-engineer

Source: **55 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 55), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 38 | 69 % |
| senior | 12 | 22 % |
| n/a | 2 | 4 % |
| lead | 2 | 4 % |
| junior | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 13 | 24 % |
| 2 | C++ | 9 | 16 % |
| 3 | MATLAB | 9 | 16 % |
| 4 | Linux | 4 | 7 % |
| 5 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 7 % |
| 6 | Git | 3 | 5 % |
| 7 | SharePoint | 3 | 5 % |
| 8 | STK | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | VMware | 3 | 5 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | systems engineering | 10 | 18 % |
| 2 | algorithm development | 8 | 15 % |
| 3 | mission planning | 7 | 13 % |
| 4 | software development | 7 | 13 % |
| 5 | system integration | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | anomaly resolution | 5 | 9 % |
| 7 | data analysis | 5 | 9 % |
| 8 | link budget analysis | 4 | 7 % |
| 9 | requirements analysis | 4 | 7 % |
| 10 | constellation design | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | control theory | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | rf engineering | 3 | 5 % |
| 13 | risk assessment | 3 | 5 % |
| 14 | satellite operations | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | simulation | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | spacecraft operations | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | system architecture development | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | system design | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | systems integration | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | technical assessment | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | telemetry analysis | 3 | 5 % |
| 22 | testing | 3 | 5 % |
| 23 | troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ci/cd pipelines | 3 | 5 % |
| 2 | continuous integration | 3 | 5 % |
| 3 | design review | 3 | 5 % |
| 4 | DevSecOps | 3 | 5 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | system design | 5 | 9 % |
| 2 | algorithm development | 4 | 7 % |
| 3 | anomaly investigation | 3 | 5 % |
| 4 | anomaly resolution | 3 | 5 % |
| 5 | documentation creation | 3 | 5 % |
| 6 | procedure development | 3 | 5 % |
| 7 | software development | 3 | 5 % |
| 8 | system architecture development | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | technical leadership | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | testing | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 55 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

55 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- systems engineering — 18 % (10 ads)
- algorithm development — 15 % (8 ads)
- mission planning — 13 % (7 ads)
- software development — 13 % (7 ads)
- system integration — 11 % (6 ads)
- anomaly resolution — 9 % (5 ads)
- data analysis — 9 % (5 ads)
- link budget analysis — 7 % (4 ads)
- requirements analysis — 7 % (4 ads)
- constellation design — 5 % (3 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Python — 24 % (13 ads)
- C++ — 16 % (9 ads)
- MATLAB — 16 % (9 ads)
- Linux — 7 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 7 % (4 ads)
- Git — 5 % (3 ads)
- SharePoint — 5 % (3 ads)
- STK — 5 % (3 ads)
- VMware — 5 % (3 ads)
- acas — 4 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 69 % · senior 22 % · n/a 4 % · lead 4 % · junior 2 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Satellite Operations Engineer | 4 |
| Satellite Communications/Ground Systems Integration & Test Engineer | 2 |
| Satellite Engineer | 2 |
| Associate Satellite Operations Systems Engineer | 1 |
| Attitude Control Systems (ACS) Engineer | 1 |
| C++ Software Engineer for Satellite Control Centers | 1 |
| Career Opportunities: GEO Satellite Control Software Engineer (6050) | 1 |
| Controls Engineer (Amazon Leo Optical Inter-Satellite Link) | 1 |
| Experimental Satellite Space Ground Integration Systems Engineer with Security Clearance | 1 |
| GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) Engineer | 1 |
| GNC Engineer: Satellite Autonomy & Orbit Control | 1 |
| GNC Engineer: Satellite Autopilot & Orbit Control | 1 |
| JPSS Satellite Engineer Intern | 1 |
| LEO Satellite Operations Engineer - 24/7 Shift | 1 |
| Next-Gen Satellite Attitude Control Engineer | 1 |
| Part-Time Satellite Software Development SETA-DARPA, Secret Clearance | 1 |
| Principal Satellite Payload Engineer | 1 |
| Radar Satellite Mission Operations Engineer | 1 |
| Satellite & Wireless Systems Engineer | 1 |
| Satellite Attitude Determination  Control Engineer | 1 |
| Satellite Command & Control Software Engineer (Onsite) | 1 |
| Satellite Communications System Engineer | 1 |
| Satellite Communications System Security Engineer Jobs | 1 |
| Satellite Communications System Security Engineer, Sr | 1 |
| Satellite Communications Systems Engineer | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.