Responsibilities

We’re looking for a hands-on, action-biased Director of Permitting to build Reflect Orbital’s permitting function from scratch. No one has ever needed permission to reflect sunlight onto a specific plot of land before; there’s no existing playbook, no established regulatory pathway, and no precedent to lean on. You’ll be the person who invents it: securing the rights, approvals, and relationships needed for us to operate over specific customer sites, working across the FAA, FCC, state and local authorities, landowners, and international space law as we scale from our first demonstration satellite to a constellation of thousands.
This is a foundational, high-ownership role that will directly shape how an entirely new industry gets regulated at a practical level.
Own end-to-end permitting and site-operating approvals for every location where Reflect Orbital redirects sunlight, from our first customer site through nationwide scale
Build the permitting playbook from the ground up; there isn’t one, so you’ll be defining precedent as you go
Identify and engage the relevant regulatory bodies at the federal, state, and local level (FAA, FCC, state energy and land-use agencies, municipalities) and determine what “permission to operate” actually requires for a first-of-its-kind technology
Build direct relationships with landowners, utilities, and local officials near target customer sites to secure operating rights and community buy-in
Navigate emerging international space law and orbital/spectrum considerations as they intersect with ground-based light delivery
Anticipate and address light-pollution, dark-sky, and environmental concerns raised by regulators, astronomers, and communities
Partner closely with legal, government affairs, and engineering to translate regulatory requirements into satellite and mission design constraints
Track and manage a live pipeline of site permits as the company scales toward thousands of satellites and target sites
Represent Reflect Orbital in front of regulators, legislators, and community stakeholders
Get on planes, show up in person, and do whatever it takes to move a permit forward; this is not a desk job

Director, Permitting at Reflect Orbital · LumiJobs

Director, Permitting

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Reflect Orbital

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