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How Umbra hires
Truth index
A 86/100
Median time to fill
63 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
38%
Reposted roles
0%
Umbra scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 8 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 38% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 63 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
News
Umbra Selected by NOAA to Provide Commercial SAR Data for Weather and Environmental Monitoring
Santa Barbara, CA - September 17, 2026 Umbra, an American space technology company, today announced it has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data The post Umbra Selec
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NRO Takes Commercial SAR Partnerships To New Operational Level
The U.S. office is increasingly incorporating commercial remote-sensing vendors into its space-based architectures as partners instead of as an afterthought.
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Partial lunar eclipse August 28 2026 with about 93% umbra
On August 28, the Moon will pass deep into Earth's shadow, with 93% of its diameter covered by the umbra-yet it will remain a partial lunar eclipse.
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Mission Solutions
Your mission. Our obsession. Proven by us. Built for you. Form the Vision. Deliver the Advantage. At Umbra, we don't just build satellites - we build secure, mission-specific systems without compromise. Proven by Us. Built for You. We draw from our own op
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Umbra Wins Sole-Source Contract from the National Reconnaissance Office for Radar Commercial Augmentation
/PRNewswire/ -- Umbra, an American space technology company, today announced it has been awarded a sole-source contract by the National Reconnaissance Office...
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Umbra Wins Sole-Source Contract from the National Reconnaissance Office for Radar Commercial Augmentation
This award marks the next phase of Umbra's partnership with the NRO, expanding trusted access to American-built commercial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in support of U.S. national security. Santa Barbara, CA - August 5, 2026 The post Umb
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Space Systems
Mission-ready, American-made satellite components by Umbra: power, attitude control, communications and deployment hardware - proven on orbit, trusted worldwide.
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UMBRA SATELLITE TASKING SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS
UMBRA SATELLITE TASKING SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS These terms and conditions (these
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Todd Master Named Umbra Chief Strategy Officer
We're excited to share a leadership evolution at Umbra as we continue to position the company for what's ahead. Todd Master is stepping into the role of Chief Strategy Officer, where he will lead the The post Todd Master Named Umbra Chief Strategy Officer
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Umbra over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
62
Postings analysed
18
Stack modernity
70/100
Languages
Python67%
C++33%
Rust28%
MATLAB22%
Frameworks & libraries
CUDA6%
Hadoop6%
NumPy6%
Numba6%
Databases
PostgreSQL11%
HBase6%
Cloud & platforms
AWS22%
Kubernetes22%
RTOS22%
Linux17%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$193k
Typical range
$90k – $235k
Open positions
24
15
Jobs
Senior
53.3%
Staff
40%
Architect
6.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 8 | $200k | $180k – $220k |
| Staff | 6 | $225k | $220k – $235k |
| Architect | 1 | $235k | $235k |
Highest paying role
Engineering Manager
$235k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Umbra
By role, level and city, against the market · 24 jobs with pay
People
David Langan
Executive Officer, Director
Gabe Dominocielo
Executive Officer, Director
John Burbank
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
73/100
Growing
Open positions
24
7 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
64 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
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.
Hardware
29% ▲
Industrial Engineering
24% ▲
Management
12% ▼
Data Science
6% ▼
DevOps
6% ▼
Security
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Hardware (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Arlington
Oct 2026
Added Windows to stack
Oct 2026
Added VPN to stack
Oct 2026
Added PowerShell to stack
Oct 2026
Added Okta to stack
Oct 2026
Added Nessus to stack
Oct 2026
Added Least Privilege to stack
Oct 2026
Added IAM to stack
Oct 2026
Added FortiGate to stack
Oct 2026
Added FedRAMP to stack
Oct 2026
Added DNS to stack
Oct 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
4
Countries
1
Busiest office
Santa Barbara
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Santa Barbara
United States
HQ
14 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 7% remote $183k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Data Science
Arlington
United States
Support & operations
16 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 69% engineering 6% remote $203k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Leadership, Data Science
Reston
United States
Engineering / R&D
15 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 7% remote $200k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Data Science, Backend
Arlington
United States
Support & operations
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $177k Avg Salary
hires for Security, Management, Industrial Engineering
Jobs
$145k – $175k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Arlington • Reston
Python
PowerShell
IAM
Windows
TCP/IP
DNS
VPN
Cybersecurity
Okta
Nessus
FortiGate
FedRAMP
Least Privilege
DLP
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$185k – $225k per year • Equity • In office • TS/SCI • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Reston • Arlington
Python
Rust
C++
RTOS
Linux
TCP/IP
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$155k – $185k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Santa Barbara • Arlington • Reston
Python
Rust
C++
RTOS
CI/CD
Linux
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$135k – $165k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Santa Barbara • Arlington • Reston
Python
Rust
C++
RTOS
CI/CD
Linux
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$180k – $210k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Reston • Santa Barbara • Arlington
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$185k – $220k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Santa Barbara • Arlington • Reston
Python
SQL
Databricks
HBase
AI/ML
Hadoop
Spark
dbt
Machine Learning
DevOps
Splunk
GCP
New Relic
Datadog
Prometheus
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Grafana
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Management
Agile
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$150k – $180k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Santa Barbara • Arlington • Reston
Terraform
GitOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Management
Agile
Scrum
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$190k – $220k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Reston • Arlington
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$195k – $235k per year • Equity • In office • TS/SCI • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Reston • Arlington
Python
C++
Docker
Kubernetes
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$185k – $225k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Reston • Arlington
Jira
Agile
Scrum
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$155k – $185k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Santa Barbara • Arlington • Reston
Python
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Management
Agile
QA
Swagger
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$160k – $200k per year • Equity • In office • TS/SCI • Full-Time • Arlington
SIEM
DLP
Management
Agile
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Financials
Total raised
$101.2M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
12
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 2025 | $60M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $1.3M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $1.3M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $2M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $240k | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2021 | $50k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | $32.4M | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $50k | Details |