Operations Jobs at Space Kinetic

Space Kinetic is a dual-use space technology startup building the Whirlwind platform, an architecture for space operations that deploys micro-payloads from a host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster. The platform is designed to enable scalable, low-cost, and maneuverable space missions by decoupling propulsion from payloads.

• Supply Chain Manager: El Segundo, USD 85k to 115k, posted 3 July 2026.
• Business Management/Operations Development Program (3 Months - Path to Hire): El Segundo, posted 22 April 2026.

Space Kinetic is also hiring in engineering (34), hardware and science (6), people and talent (2) and sales and business development (2).

Its roles are in El Segundo, CA, US (46) and remote (1).

You set up the systems that keep the company running, from vendors and tooling to how work gets scheduled. The job changes shape as the company grows, and nobody hands you a process to follow. In a large firm this work is split between finance, facilities and a project office.