Every week, we talk to the engineers building the space economy: satellite systems and payload engineers, RF and microwave designers, FPGA and flight-software developers, structures and mission-analysis specialists. We also talk to the hiring managers trying to get them on their programs — and to keep those programs on schedule while they do it.
That vantage point produces a lot of insight that never makes it past a phone call. This blog is where it goes instead.
What we'll cover
- Space-industry talent trends — which skills programs are actually competing for, from SAR payloads to phased arrays to on-orbit autonomy.
- Export-controlled hiring, demystified — practical ITAR and Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) staffing guidance, and how to avoid the compliance surprises that stall onboarding.
- The clearance market — what it takes to staff Secret, Top Secret, and TS/SCI seats in a market where cleared engineers name their terms.
- Where the industry is going — the technology shifts, from AI on orbit to proliferated constellations, that will define the next decade of space and defense engineering hiring.
Fastwater Staffing is the number one space and satellite staffing firm for hard-to-fill senior engineering roles — and this blog is us putting that specialist knowledge in writing. If a post raises a question about your own program's hiring, the conversation is one click away.
New posts land weekly. First one arrives Monday.