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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Packaging

Planet Labs · San Francisco, CA, US

Planet Labs is hiring a staff Senior Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Packaging in San Francisco, CA, US. What you'll do: interviewing, hiring, research, and testing / qa, work across the security domain. Qualifications: 6+ years of experience and familiarity with Python, REST, and Agile. Contract, hybrid, paying $145K.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($169k vs $138k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 4% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (21% appear duplicated)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 443Active postings
  • 12Posted this week
  • 195Open 30+ days44% of active
  • 16Remote / hybrid4% of active
  • 10%List salary43 of 443
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $169kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 27dMedian agep90 55d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering386$169k n=35
Engineering Manager1
Server / Host1
Maintenance Technician1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time20$169k n=14
Contract11$124k n=8
Temporary7$160k n=4
Intern7

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing329$120k n=10
Technology184$169k n=38
Government / Public Sector140
Healthcare36
Retail34$185k n=15

Top categories

  • Engineering386
  • Engineering Manager1
  • Server / Host1
  • Maintenance Technician1

In-demand skills

  • AWS18
  • Python9
  • Go8
  • Airflow6
  • REST5
  • TypeScript3
  • Agile2
  • C++1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing329
  • Technology184
  • Government / Public Sector140
  • Healthcare36
  • Retail34
  • Transportation & Logistics33

Employment mix

  • Unspecified398 · 90%
  • Full-time20 · 5%
  • Contract11 · 2%
  • Temporary7 · 2%
  • Intern7 · 2%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Salary
$145k · contract · hybrid
Source
job-boards.greenhouse.io
Original link
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetlabs/jobs/7583226
Posted
3 months ago (2026-02-10)
Status
archived

Skills: Python, REST, Agile

Topics: Security

Activities: Interviewing, Hiring, Research, Testing / QA

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