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Principal Cybersecurity Lead
E-SPACE
$160–220K / year · Saratoga, California, US
E-SPACE is building a low Earth orbit satellite network engineered for one purpose: hyper-scaled IoT connectivity. The company's pitch centers on sustainability - designing spacecraft that minimize orbital debris and rethinking the entire lifecycle from manufacturing through deorbit. That means materials science sitting alongside aerospace engineering and software, all aimed at a network that's supposed to scale without trashing the orbital environment in the process. The security surface here is non-trivial. A satellite constellation handling IoT traffic across industries creates attack vectors at every layer: ground station infrastructure, inter-satellite links, the spacecraft themselves, and the data pipelines feeding downstream systems. E-SPACE operates in the space and satellite communications vertical, where compromise doesn't just mean data loss - it means loss of physical assets in orbit and potential disruption to critical infrastructure on the ground. The team spans aerospace engineering, software engineering, and materials science, with a culture that emphasizes creative problem-solving and continuous learning. Engineers are reportedly empowered to work in ways they couldn't at previous companies, with a shared mission orientation and emphasis on tangible impact. The company is hiring for roles that sit at the intersection of secure systems design and the unique constraints of space-based operations.
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