PreSales Engineer, Civ Gov

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (Europe)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth. Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one. Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles. As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains. We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world. Planet is a global company with employees working remotely worldwide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role

As a PreSales Solutions Engineer, you'll demonstrate the value of Planet's data and services to help organizations across Asia Pacific to overcome their earth data challenges. You'll also collaborate with internal cross-functional teams, including Customer Success, Product Management, and Business Development, to act as the voice of the customer to enhance Planet's industry offerings. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own

• Build and deliver presentations and product demonstrations highlighting technical capabilities of Planet’s platform and our ability to fulfill customer’s business needs.
• Create relationships with customers’ technical and management staff as a trusted advisor to their business.
• Act as an advisor to the customer to recommend a solutions architecture that fits their business challenges.
• Work with your sales team colleagues to determine account development plans and execute a strategy to engage customers and prospects.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams including Customer Success, Product Management, and Business Development to act as the voice of the customer.
• Assist with the response to tenders, RFI’s, RFP’s, proposals with respect to product/solution information.
• Attain quarterly and annual sales and operational objectives assigned by management.
• Interface with all Pre-Sales Engineers globally, building a community to improve the team’s technical and sales skills.
• Act as a mentor to team members and lead training to drive their development.

What You Bring

• 4+ Years of experience in supporting governments and/or community in earth observation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Expertise with QGIS, SocetGXP, ArcGIS, GDAL and other common geospatial software packages.
• Ability to successfully communicate and coordinate with international customers & sales teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and proactive working style.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and manage time effectively.
• Ability to program with Python to process imagery, manipulate vector data, interact with APIs and build data pipelines.
• Ability to lead customer engagements.
• Ability to run workshops or training sessions with users.
• Ability to learn new technologies and industries.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience writing technical proposals for (UK) government tenders.
• Experience working with SentinelHub.

Application Deadline

July 27, 2025 by 23:59 PDT (CET - 9)

Benefits While Working at Planet

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Paid time off including vacation, hol...