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Funding and backers

Total raised
$61M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$54M
Series A · Nov 2025 · 11 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
16
+1 posted in 30 days
Grants
$210k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
2
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital
The money's age
Fresh money
11 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
38/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
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
Sep 22 Partnership Orbital and Reflex Aerospace Partner to Scale 100,000-Satellite Constellation · Los Angeles Times May 1 Won a grant $210k · CORDIS Nov 4, 2025 Raised a round Series A $54M · Via Satellite Dec 5, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $7M 2021 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant May 2026 $210k — CORDIS
Series A Nov 2025 $54M — Via Satellite
Venture round Dec 2022 $7M — tech.eu
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity aerospace GmbH its site
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Walter BallheimerChief Executive Officercompany's site
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How Reflex Aerospace hires

Truth index
C 63/100
Ghost roles
63%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Reflex Aerospace scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 16 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 63% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. 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

Reflex Aerospace is a Berlin company founded in 2021 that builds custom satellites on short timelines. It designs spacecraft for commercial and government customers who need capability in orbit within months rather than years. The company focuses on responsive space missions for security and earth observation.

News

News Los Angeles Times 24 days ago
Orbital and Reflex Aerospace Partner to Scale 100,000-Satellite Constellation
Orbital taps Reflex Aerospace as its spacecraft platform partner to build a 100,000-satellite constellation for space-based AI computing. Read details.
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News Via Satellite 3 months ago
10 Smallsat Startups to Watch in 2026
The annual Via Satellite 10 Smallsat Startups to Watch list highlights companies from around the world in the early stages of funding (Series A or
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News Süddeutsche.de 4 months ago
Börse: Warum kleine Space-Firmen vom Space-X-Börsengang profitieren könnten
Als sich deutsche Start-ups anschickten, mit dem Weltraum Geld zu verdienen, fehlte mitunter Kapital. Das könnte sich ändern, wenn Space-X an die Börse geht.
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News aviationweek.com 4 months ago
German Companies Mobilize For Local Military Space Race Aviation Week
Germany's plan to spend about €35 billion ($40.4 billion) on military space has in effect spurred an industrial arms race.
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News wiwo.de 7 months ago
Deutschlands Raumfahrt: Hier entsteht eine neue Powerbranche
Raketen, Satelliten, Militärtechnik: Die Raumfahrt hat das Zeug zur nächsten Powerbranche für Deutschland. Was jetzt passieren muss, damit aus smarten Start-ups industrielle Champions werden.
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News aviationweek.com 9 months ago
LiveEO Exits Stealth Mode With Twinspector Earth Observation Plan Aviation Week
German startup LiveEO says it plans to deploy a constellation of 3D Earth-imaging spacecraft, naming Reflex Aerospace as the satellite platform developer.
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News Pulse 2.0 11 months ago
Reflex Aerospace Secures €50 Million To Scale Satellite Production Amid Concerns Over Europe's Strategic Vulnerability
Reflex Aerospace, a German satellite manufacturer developing high-performance and mission-specific satellite platforms, has closed a €50 million Series A funding round described as the most significant early-stage raise in Europe's
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Reflex Aerospace over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
77/100
Languages
Python
Databases
InfluxDB
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Linux
GitLab
Grafana
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People

Walter Ballheimer
Chief Executive Officer
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
65/100
Growing
Open positions
16
1 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
138 days
faster than 10% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~1 days
10/13/2026
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.
Industrial Engineering
50%
Backend
17% ▲
Hardware
17% ▲
Operations
17% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026
New location: Ottobrunn Sep 2026
New location: Munich Sep 2026
Added PostgreSQL to stack Sep 2026
Added GitLab to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Berlin
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Berlin Germany
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15 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 40% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Backend
Stralauer Allee 11 | 10245 Berlin | Germany
seen since Oct 2023 company site, job postings
Munich Germany
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Ottobrunn Germany
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for DevOps
seen since May 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $54k – $127k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Berlin
Altium Designer
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≈ $63k – $122k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Berlin
Python
PostgreSQL
InfluxDB
DevOps
Git
Grafana
GitLab
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≈ $58k – $114k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Ottobrunn
Linux
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≈ $55k – $109k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Berlin
Linux
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≈ $94k – $173k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Berlin
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≈ $75k – $136k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Berlin
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≈ $93k – $193k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Berlin
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Financials

Total raised
$61.2M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2026 $210k Details
Series A 2025 $54M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $7M Details