Talent Sourcer

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role: 

Planet is building its second global satellite manufacturing hub in Berlin — and with it, rapidly scaling a European team that spans manufacturing operations, hardware engineering, commercial functions, and corporate support. The EMEA hiring plan is one of the most concentrated growth areas in the company, and the quality of our pipeline is the single biggest determinant of whether we hit our targets. We need a dedicated Sourcer in Berlin to build the candidate pipelines that fuel this growth.

As Sourcer for EMEA, you will be responsible for identifying, engaging, and qualifying passive candidates for roles across Planet's European footprint. Your primary focus will be the Berlin hub — manufacturing engineers, satellite integration and test specialists, hardware designers, and operations professionals — but you will also build pipeline for commercial and corporate roles across the region as demand requires. You are not filling requisitions yourself; you are building the top of the funnel so that our Talent Acquisition Partners can focus on assessment, hiring manager partnership, and closing.

This role requires genuine talent market expertise in the European engineering and manufacturing landscape. You will need to know where to find candidates with satellite, aerospace, or precision manufacturing experience in Germany and across Europe — which companies produce them, which universities develop them, which professional communities they belong to, and what motivates them to consider a move. You will map talent pools proactively, build relationships with passive candidates over time, and create a pipeline that is ready when requisitions open rather than starting from scratch every time.

You will work closely with the EMEA Talent Acquisition Partners, sharing market intelligence and calibrating on candidate profiles so that the candidates you deliver are well-matched to hiring manager expectations. You will report to the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, who directs sourcing effort across all pods based on where the biggest pipeline gaps exist each quarter. While your primary alignment is EMEA, your sourcing focus may shift across role types and business areas as demand evolves — the constant is your market, not a single function.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Berlin office and manufacturing facility 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own:

• Build and maintain candidate pipelines for EMEA roles across engineering, manufacturing, and commercial functions — with a primary focus on the Berlin hub's hardware engineering and manufacturing operations hiring needs.
• Proactively map the European talent landscape for Planet's hardest-to-fill disciplines — identifying target companies, academic programs, professional communities, and talent concentrations that produce the candidates our hiring managers need.
• Source and engage passive candidates through direct outreach, leveraging LinkedIn, professional networks, industry events, referral channels, and creative sourcing strategies tailored to the European market.
• Qualify candidates through initial screening conversations — assessing technical background, motivation, location preferences, compensation expectations, and cultural fit before advancing them to the Talent Acquisition Partner.
• Partner with the EMEA Talent Acquisition Partner to calibrate on role requirements, share market intelligence, and ensure a tight feedback loop between sourcing output and hiring manager expectations.
• Build evergreen pipelines for recurring role types — particularly man