Exotrail
exotrail.com
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Satellite Manufacturing
Space Services
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Funding and backers
Latest round
Series B
Feb 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
100–199
French register · Dec 2023
Hiring now
25
+6 posted in 30 days
Grants
$227k
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
Karista
The money's age
Long since its last round
44 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
10/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 3
First executive search Head of Engineering H/F
May 18
First sales or marketing role Bid Manager (H/F)
Feb 7, 2023
Raised a round Series B
Jan 19, 2021
On the Hacker News front page Full success of first-ever cubesat mission equipped with Hall-effect propulsion · 119 points
Oct 1, 2019
Won a grant $173k · CORDIS
Jun 1, 2018
Won a grant $54k · CORDIS
Aug 1, 2017
Incorporated EXOTRAIL · recherche-entreprises
2015
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 119 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | Feb 2023 | — | — | satnews.com |
| Grant | Oct 2019 | $173k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jun 2018 | $54k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | EXOTRAIL | recherche-entreprises |
| Registered | 1 Aug 2017 |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Nicolas HeitzDirecteur général déléguécompany register
Jean-Luc MariaPrésident du conseil d’administration et directeur généralcompany register
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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How Exotrail hires
Truth index
A 85/100
Median time to fill
79 days
Ghost roles
16%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Exotrail scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 25 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 16% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 79 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Exotrail is a French space company founded in 2015 that builds electric propulsion systems for small satellites. Its spacevan orbital transfer vehicle delivers payloads to their final orbit after launch, and its spacestudio software simulates missions. The company operates from the Paris region and Toulouse with a production plant in Sophia Antipolis.
News
Korean Air partners with France's Exotrail to build space taxis for satellites
Korean Air said Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding with French space mobility company Exotrail to cooperate on orbital transfer vehicle...
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Astroscale and Exotrail to Co-Develop Servicing Mission
Astroscale and Exotrail will develop a satellite de-orbiting mission together. This new contract brings together Japanese and French expertise in on-orbit
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Pixxel selects Exotrail thrusters to steer its satellites in orbit
Collaboration announced during India-France innovation year; Deliveries planned through 2027.
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MaiaSpace Signs Exotrail In First Commercial Launch Service Deal Aviation Week
MaiaSpace says it has entered into its first commercial launch service agreement, signing up French space-logistics company Exotrail.
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Arianespace to Launch Exotrail's First GEO 'spacevan'
Arianespace will launch Exotrail's first GEO mission of its spacevan vehicle on a Ariane 64 mission in the second half of 2026.
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Exotrail deploys first satellite from orbital transfer vehicle
Exotrail announced March 6 it has successfully deployed a satellite from its first spacevan orbital transfer vehicle.
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Exotrail developing space tug to carry small satellites to geostationary orbit
Exotrail developing space tug to carry small satellites to geostationary orbit
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Muon Space selects Exotrail
Muon Space spacecraft will use Exotrail's high thrust spaceware micro propulsion product to perform orbit raising and anomaly phasing, as well as orbit maintenance and collision...
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Exotrail over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
61
Postings analysed
20
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python45%
C++35%
Bash10%
MATLAB10%
Frameworks & libraries
Orekit10%
Angular5%
Nest.JS5%
Supervision5%
Databases
ClickHouse5%
MariaDB5%
PostgreSQL5%
Cloud & platforms
RTOS30%
GitLab20%
GitLab CI15%
Power BI15%
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People
Nicolas Heitz
Directeur général délégué
Jean-Luc Maria
Président du conseil d’administration et directeur général
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
71/100
Growing
Open positions
25
9 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
80 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~17 hours
10/15/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Management
25% ▼
Backend
19% ▲
Hardware
19% ▲
Field & Service
13% ▼
QA
6% ▲
Leadership
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Hardware (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Oct 2026
Added OCR to stack
Oct 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added VPN to stack
Sep 2026
Added VLAN to stack
Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added ITIL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Active Directory to stack
Sep 2026
Added Scrum to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Massy
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Massy
France
HQ
19 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 32% engineering 5% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
3 Rue Galvani
Toulouse
France
Regional office
8 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 38% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Backend
2 Esp. Compans Caffarelli
Jobs
≈ $45k – $80k per year (Estimated) • Remote (likely France) • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Toulouse
Python
C++
RTOS
Management
Agile
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≈ $70k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Remote (likely France) • Full-Time • Toulouse
Linux
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≈ $41k – $76k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Toulouse
Python
C++
RTOS
Management
Agile
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≈ $45k – $71k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Toulouse
Python
MATLAB
Simulink
Management
Agile
SpaceTech
Orekit
GMAT
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≈ $53k – $98k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Master's Degree • Massy
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≈ $52k – $88k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Massy
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
Digital Twin
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≈ $59k – $112k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Massy
Python
PowerShell
Bash
Supervision
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
VMWare
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Git
IAM
Windows
TCP/IP
VPN
VLAN
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
Microsoft Entra ID
Active Directory
Management
n8n
ITIL
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≈ $43k – $99k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Massy
Python
C++
RTOS
GitLab
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≈ $45k – $77k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Master's Degree • Massy
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