The Exploration Company
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How The Exploration Company hires
Truth index
A 85/100
Median time to fill
77 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
39%
Reposted roles
0%
The Exploration Company scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 28 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 39% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 77 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
The Exploration Company is a Munich based European company founded in 2021 that is developing the Nyx reusable space capsule. Its spacecraft is designed to carry cargo and eventually crew to orbital stations, with a modular architecture and green propulsion. The company has flown demonstration missions and raised one of Europe's largest space funding rounds.
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The Exploration Company wins ESA contract for Nyx mission to ISS
The Exploration Company has won a contract from ESA worth up to 760 million euros to fly a demo mission of its Nyx spacecraft to the ISS in 2028.
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The Exploration Company: The Maersk of Orbit?
Europe's Mission-Driven Bet on Space Logistics
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Geological and geophysical characterisation of the exploration boreholes EB1 and EB2, Inde Syncline, Rhenohercynian Fold-and-Thrust Belt and Weisweiler Horst, Lower Rhine Embayment, Germany - Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaft...
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13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.
Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion."
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The Exploration Company outlines plans for human spaceflight
European startup The Exploration Company, which is developing a cargo vehicle with a key test flight launching within days, is working on a crewed vehicle.
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The Exploration Company raises $160M to build Europe's answer to SpaceX Dragon
Only two companies currently provide cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station, and both are based in the United States. The Exploration
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X-HEEP: An Open-Source, Configurable and Extendible RISC-V Microcontroller for the Exploration of Ultra-Low-Power Edge Accelerators
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2401.05548: X-HEEP: An Open-Source, Configurable and Extendible RISC-V Microcontroller for the Exploration of Ultra-Low-Power Edge Accelerators
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at The Exploration Company over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
70
Postings analysed
45
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python82%
C++31%
MATLAB16%
VHDL7%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js4%
Supervision4%
Vue.js4%
JAX2%
Databases
Redis2%
Cloud & platforms
Linux9%
RTOS9%
Power BI4%
AWS2%
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Full The Exploration Company tech stack
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$156k
Typical range
$156k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Staff
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 1 | $156k | $156k |
Highest paying role
Lead European Institutions and French Public Affairs
$156k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Helene Huby
Legal representative
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
92
10 opened / 13 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
78 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
10/19/2026
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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
39% ▲
Early Careers
13% ▼
Hardware
8% ▲
Operations
8%
DevOps
6% ▼
Management
6%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added SolidWorks to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Los Angeles
Sep 2026
Added Bazel to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added C to stack
Sep 2026
Added FreeRTOS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Embedded C to stack
Sep 2026
Added Azure RTOS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
9
Countries
6
Busiest office
Munich
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Munich
Germany
HQ
65 open roles 44 posted in 90 days 23% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Bordeaux
France
Plant / site
31 open roles 29 posted in 90 days 16% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $156k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps, Operations
Turin
Italy
Plant / site
6 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps, Sales
Houston
United States
Engineering / R&D
5 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, DevOps
Düsseldorf
Germany
Plant / site
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps, Early Careers
Los Angeles
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Rome
Italy
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for DevOps
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for DevOps
Jobs
≈ $97k – $202k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Munich
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≈ $74k – $125k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Master's Degree • Munich
Python
C++
Agile
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≈ $41k – $66k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bordeaux
Python
Agile
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≈ $96k – $213k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Houston
Python
C++
CI/CD
Management
Agile
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≈ $68k – $134k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Munich
Python
C++
RTOS
CI/CD
TCP/IP
Management
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≈ $73k – $123k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Munich
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In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Munich
PowerShell
C#
.NET
DevOps
Linux
Management
Agile
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≈ $41k – $70k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Bordeaux • Munich
Python
Git
Management
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≈ $43k – $72k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Bordeaux
Python
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≈ $59k – $117k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Munich
Python
C++
CI/CD
Management
Agile
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≈ $73k – $124k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bordeaux
Linux
Management
Agile
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≈ $68k – $134k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Munich
Python
Verilog
VHDL
Xilinx Vivado
UVVM
VUnit
Management
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Financials
Total raised
$160M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $160M | Details |