Job Description

### About Player One Space

Player One Space (P1S) is a **Canadian space technology company**
headquartered in **Vancouver, BC** , building at the intersection of **Space,
AI, and Data**. Our mission is to **commercialize space** and build a **global
category leader out of Canada** — starting from Canada's regulatory, Arctic,
and Five-Eyes advantages, and scaling worldwide.

We have **closed our seed round** , are **backed by top-tier funds** , and
have assembled a network of **world-class advisors, mentors, and operators**
from across the space, defense, and data industries. Our team has shipped real
spacecraft hardware (Khrunichev, Proton/Angara), built and operated LEO
constellations inside Amazon's Project Kuiper, and led large-scale AI/data
platforms at Amazon, Microsoft, and Fortune 500s.

We are building the **next generation of orbital infrastructure** —
satellites, ground systems, and the software/data layer on top. Our focus
spans **satellite platforms, global connectivity, navigation (PNT), edge AI,
on-orbit compute, and space-native data services** — the foundational building
blocks of the commercial space economy. We believe the next decade of value in
space will be created at the intersection of **hardware on orbit and
intelligence on orbit** , and we are positioning Canada to lead it.

This is a generational opportunity to build a **Canadian SpaceX-class
company** from the ground floor.

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### The Role

We are looking for our **Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer** — the person
who will own the **end-to-end technical architecture** of Player One Space:
from satellite design, payloads, and on-orbit operations, to ground stations,
RF links, edge AI, on-orbit compute, and the data platform that runs across it
all.

You will partner directly with the CEO as a **co-founder** , set the technical
vision, recruit the founding engineering team, and personally lead the design
and delivery of our **first satellites on orbit**. You will be the technical
face of the company to investors, government partners, launch providers, and
customers.

This is **not a hire** — this is a **co-founder seat**. You will own
meaningful equity, a competitive salary, and an options package designed to
make you a long-term builder of this company.

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### What You'll Own

* **Satellite system architecture** — buses, payloads, ADCS, power, thermal, comms. Lead trade studies, vendor selection, and integration.
* **Connectivity & RF design** — link budgets, modulation, protocol stacks, spectrum coordination (ISED / ITU), and the full ground-to-space-to-edge architecture.
* **Edge AI & on-orbit compute** — define how compute, inference, and autonomy run on the satellite itself, at the ground edge, and across the constellation.
* **Ground segment** — ground station strategy (owned / AWS Ground Station / partner), mission operations, and telemetry pipelines.
* **Edge hardware & terminals** — design and integration of ground terminals, payload sensors, and edge devices that talk to our constellation.
* **Engineering team** — hire and lead the founding satellite, embedded, AI, and software engineers. Build the technical culture.
* **Technical roadmap** — own the path from first demonstration satellite → operational constellation → global service across multiple product lines.
* **Regulatory & standards** — work with ISED, FCC, ITU, and allied regulators on licensing, frequency coordination, and orbital debris compliance.
* **Investor & partner technical narrative** — co-lead diligence sessions and technical deep dives with VCs, strategic partners, and customers.

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### Who You Are

### Required

* **Systems engineer by trade.** You think in interfaces, budgets, margins, and failure modes. You have personally led the design of **complex space systems** end-to-end.
* **You have built and flown satellites.** CubeSats, smallsats, or larger — you have hardware on orbit (or have led programs that put hardware on orbit). You know what breaks, what survives, and what the vendors will and won't tell you.
* **Deep expertise in satellite design** — buses, payloads, ADCS, power, thermal, comms subsystems. You can walk into a vendor review and run it.
* **Networking & RF fluency** — you understand satellite-to-ground link design, modulation/coding, spectrum, and protocol stacks across modern LEO connectivity standards. You can size a link budget on a napkin.
* **Ground station experience** — you have operated or designed ground segments, whether owned, AWS Ground Station, or partner networks. You understand pass planning, scheduling, and mission ops.
* **Edge hardware / terminal integration** — you have built or integrated edge devices, ground terminals, or payload sensors that talk to a constellation.
* **Edge AI & on-orbit compute awareness** — you understand where compute belongs (satellite, edge, ground, cloud), and how AI/ML workloads run under power, thermal, and link constraints. Hands-on experience here is a plus.
* **Awareness of the space industry** — companies, vendors, launch providers, regulators, standards bodies. You know who's real, who's vapor, and who to call.
* **Builder, not a manager-only.** You can still open a schematic, write firmware, run a sim, or debug a packet trace when the team needs it.
* **Co-founder mentality.** You want to **own this** , not be a senior hire at someone else's company.

### Strongly Preferred

* Experience in **Canadian or allied space programs** (CSA, DND, ESA, NASA, DARPA, NORAD-adjacent).
* Prior **founder or founding-engineer** experience at a space, hardware, or deep-tech startup.
* Familiarity with **LEO connectivity, satellite communications, navigation / PNT, Earth observation, edge AI, or on-orbit compute** markets and technologies.
* Published work, patents, or recognized contributions in spacecraft engineering, RF systems, or space networking.
* Graduate degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering discipline.

### What We're Not Looking For

* Pure researchers without shipping/flight experience.
* Pure managers who haven't done the engineering themselves.
* Generalist software CTOs without spacecraft hardware background.

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### What You Get

* **Co-founder equity** — meaningful, vested, with founder-grade terms.
* **Competitive cash salary** — calibrated to seed-stage market for a Canadian space co-founder, with a clear path up on Series A.
* **Stock options package** — additional options on top of co-founder equity.
* **Seed round already closed** — you walk into a funded company, not a slide deck.
* **Top-tier backers, advisors, and mentors** — direct access to operators who have built billion-dollar space, defense, and data companies.
* **Real customers and contracts in the pipeline** — commercial, government, and defense.
* **A genuine shot at building a global Canadian space champion** — the kind of company that gets written about in twenty years.

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### Location

* **Vancouver, BC (preferred)** — this is where the company is built.
* Open to **hybrid** for the right person, with regular on-site presence in Vancouver.
* Must be eligible to work in Canada (citizen, PR, or eligible for fast-track immigration — we will support relocation for the right person).

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### How to Apply

Email **[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])** with:

1. Your CV or LinkedIn.
2. A short note (a few paragraphs) on **what you have built and flown** , and **why Player One Space**.
3. Links to anything you're proud of — papers, patents, missions, GitHub, talks.

We read every application personally. If there is a fit, you will hear back
within a week.

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**Player One Space — Building the next great space company out of Canada.**