Star Catcher

Space Services
48Open roles17 posted in 30 days+7 this week
60 daysTime to fillmedian of 5 closed rolesmarket: 46 days
Lately:+7 roles posted this weekJacksonville office: 34 → 48 roles in a month3 news stories in 90 daysFollow changes →

Facts

as of Nov 14, 2026

The first power grid in space. Scalable, on-demand energy for satellites — delivering up to 10x more power to boost uptime, capability, and market access.

It is hiring: 48 open roles, 17 of them posted in the last 30 days.

Headquarters
Jacksonville, United States
Founded
2024
Employees
51-200estimated range
Open roles
48Alion job postings
Website
star-catcher.com

As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 48 open roles at Star Catcher. Star Catcher is headquartered in Jacksonville, United States. It was founded in 2024. The latest round is Series A of $65M, announced in 2026.

Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake

What the registers and the postings say about this employer.

Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices

Hiring steadily, with new roles every week.

Hardware is the largest family, 29 of open roles.

17Posted in 30 days35% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 48
1Roles in AI2% of open roles
1Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
54 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States54On site
Remote, from elsewhere0Rare
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Star Catcher60 days
Market, same roles46 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand73
Pay19
Your chance52
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 19 then, 0 now
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Hardware29▲
Industrial Engineering19▼
Field & Service12
Aerospace8▼
Semiconductors8▲
Backend6▲
Newest roles
Fiber Laser Technician
In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Associate's Degree · Jacksonville
Optical / Laser Technician
In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Associate's Degree · Jacksonville
Optical Test Engineer - Test, Alignment & Integration
In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Jacksonville
Laser Engineer - High-Power Fiber Lasers
In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Jacksonville
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 89%Associate's Degree 9%High School Diploma 2%
Experience asked: 5.5 years on average, in 42 postings. 45 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Parental leave4083%
Retirement plans4083%
Life insurance4083%
Health insurance12%
Contract type
Internship 2
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family

Footprint

Hiring in 1 city in 1 country.

1Cities
1Countries
JacksonvilleBusiest site
JacksonvilleFastest growing+14 in a month
SiteTypeOpen rolesHires most forEngineering
Jacksonville United StatesHeadquarters48Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Field & Service33%
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers

Ranked #4 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.

#CompanyHQOpen rolesSize
1Impulse SpaceRedondo Beach, United States203501-1000
2True AnomalyCentennial, United States187201-500
3InversionLos Angeles, United States8151-200
4Star CatcherJacksonville, United States4851-200
5Lunar OutpostGolden, United States3051-200
6Katalyst Space TechnologiesFlagstaff, United States2951-200
7Agile Space IndustriesDurango, United States2351-200
8BenchmarkspacesystemsBurlington, United States1251-200
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)

Financials

Funding rounds, investors and revenue on record.

$65MTotal raised
$1.3MPublic grants2 public grants
Series ALatest round
3Rounds and grants
Money by yearUSD, rounds and grants
2026$65M1 record
2025$1.3M2 records
Largest rounds and grants
$65M
2025
$1.2M
2025
$75k
Sources: funding announcements, grant and company registers

Technologies named in job postings at Star Catcher over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

73Technologies in use
39Postings analysed
61/100Stack modernity
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Full Star Catcher tech stack73 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site

Milestones

Aug 27, 2025
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
2024
Founded
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press

Newsroom

Oct 12026
News · NewsBytes
Star Catcher's Protostar satellite aims to demonstrate laser-based power beaming between spacecraft, potentially revolutionizing energy distribution in the growing orbital economy.
Sep 282026
News · Via Satellite
Star Catcher Industries (Star Catcher) prototype power node, Protostar, will launch next month on board SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission. The Protostar
Sep 282026
Press release · PRNewswire
/PRNewswire/ -- Star Catcher Industries, Inc. ("Star Catcher"), the pioneering energy company building the first power grid in space, has its prototype power...
May 132026
News · Pulse 2.0
Star Catcher Industries, the company building what it describes as the first power grid in space, has raised $65 million in an oversubscribed Series A round, bringing its total c…
May 122026
News · YahooFinance
Star Catcher Industries, Inc. ("Star Catcher"), the company building the first power grid in space, today announced it has raised $65 million in an oversubscribed Series A round.…
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once