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

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Engineering	386	$169k n=35	—
Engineering Manager	1	—	—
Server / Host	1	—	—
Maintenance Technician	1	—	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Full-time	20	$169k n=14	—
Contract	11	$124k n=8	—
Temporary	7	$160k n=4	—
Intern	7	—	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Manufacturing	329	$120k n=10	—
Technology	184	$169k n=38	—
Government / Public Sector	140	—	—
Healthcare	36	—	—
Retail	34	$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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