Satellite Technician
Littleton, COFull-timePosted 5mo agoStill listed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Starfish Space is seeking a technician to help engineering teams manufacture flight hardware for its Otter satellite servicing missions. The role contributes to on-site assembly, qualification, and integration, working closely with manufacturing partners in the Littleton, Colorado area. It calls for comfort with hardware and manufacturing equipment, resourcefulness, and a fast approach to learning and problem-solving.
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About Starfish Space Starfish Space provides satellite servicing missions with its Otter servicing vehicle, including life extension missions for geostationary satellites and disposal missions for low Earth orbit satellites. Founded in 2019, Starfish has raised over $150M in venture capital funding and built a team of engineers with experience spanning satellite guidance, navigation, control, and autonomous robotics. Starfish has launched several missions to-date, and is focused on delivering Otter satellite servicing missions for SES, the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency, NASA, and others. Position Description At Starfish Space we're building our Otter satellites to execute satellite servicing missions for NASA, the U.S. Space Force, and SES, and more, and looking for a technician to assist our engineering teams in manufacturing key flight hardware for these missions. This role will contribute to our on-site assembly, qualification, and integration efforts, relying on comfort with hardware and manufacturing equipment, ownership and resourcefulness, and a fast approach to learning and solving problems. This is a unique opportunity to help build hardware that will go to space rapidly and change what is possible for humanity to accomplish in orbit. Please note: this role will be based in the Littleton, Colorado area, working closely on-site with our Otter manufacturing partners. Qualifications
- Must be a US person due to ITAR regulations (citizen, permanent resident, or designated asylee / refugee)
- Willing and able to work in aerospace manufacturing facilities in the Littleton, CO area
- Previous experience with wire harnessing, machining, or other manufacturing processes
- Capable of working a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment where job tasks may change regularly
- Prior experience assembling hardware / assisting with a manufacturing process
Desired Experience
- Previous exposure to aerospace manufacturing environments a bonus
- High level of professionalism and integrity
- Willingness to travel and work irregular hours as project timelines demand
ITAR Requirements 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,595 open Manufacturing Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$53–81K/yr216 salary ranges
- Colorado median$30–37/hr56 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Manufacturing Technician jobs in Colorado and 1,595 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Manufacturing Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (880 postings).
- Education
- 2 of the 1,595 open Manufacturing Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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