Daniel Ernest

28/05/2026

Yes yes yes!

New podcast launched 😀

Find us on Amazon Spotify and YouTube

The Space Curious Podcast!

https://youtu.be/lAn4HtOqWi8?si=y9g8dtoAEFBE1Xoi

🚀 Something BIG is launching at the end of May…Welcome to the ver...

08/05/2026

🚀 Something BIG is launching at the end of May…

Welcome to the very first episode of the
𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧
Powered by DE Orbit.

This isn’t just another podcast.

This is where curiosity meets the future.

Where conversations around:
🛰️ Space exploration
🌍 Earth observation
🤖 AI & emerging technology
🚀 Satellites & launch systems
🌕 The future of humanity beyond Earth
…all collide in one place.

For Episode 01, I’ll be sitting down with the incredible Ainara Santa Eufemia Isla for a powerful conversation around space, purpose, STEM, inspiration, and why the next generation matters more than ever.

The goal with Space Curious is simple:

To bring together curious minds from across the world — engineers, founders, dreamers, scientists, students, operators, explorers and people who simply look up at the night sky and think…

“What comes next?”

This is only the beginning.

The podcast will officially go live at the end of May and will be available across:
🎙️ YouTube
🎙️ Spotify
🎙️ LinkedIn

I’d genuinely appreciate your support as we build this together from the ground up.

And this is important…

In future episodes, YOU may have the opportunity to appear on the podcast too — to talk about:
• what you do
• how you do it
• your journey into space & technology
• and even promote a space-related project, mission, hobby or passion.

Because the future of space shouldn’t belong to a handful of voices.

It should belong to the curious.

Stay tuned.
The countdown has officially begun. 🚀

28/04/2026

I didn't start DE Orbit because it was the obvious move.

I started it because I looked at where the world was going — and saw an industry that was about to explode — that had almost no one building serious talent infrastructure around it.

20 years in recruitment. ERP. CRM. Digital transformation. Watching industries scale and stall based on one thing:
Whether the right people were in the right seats.

Space is the biggest version of that problem I've ever seen.
Trillion dollar ambitions. Generational missions. Technologies that will reshape how humanity lives.
And a talent market that's still largely operating informally.
I built DE Orbit to change that.
Not a department. Not a side project. A dedicated specialist business — for the industry that matters most right now.
We're just getting started.

🚀 DE Orbit | Daniel Ernest | Arn Terry

18/03/2026

Case Study: How DE Orbit Filled a Critical Niche in the Space Industry🎉🪐

We continue to help companies in United Kingdom, Europe and North America

Reach our leader: [email protected]

18/02/2026

🛰️ Flight Software Engineer (C / C++ / Rust / Python)

Behind every reliable spacecraft is exceptional flight software — precise, resilient, and trusted when it matters most.

At DE Orbit, we work with organisations across the space ecosystem to support the hiring of outstanding Flight Software Engineers who build and maintain the software that keeps missions safe, stable, and operational.

The Flight Software Engineers we work with typically bring strength in:

🧠 Embedded and real-time software development
🛰️ Flight-critical systems and onboard autonomy
⚙️ Low-level performance, safety, and reliability
🧪 Verification, validation & simulation environments
🚀 Supporting missions from early development through flight operations

Languages and environments often include:
• C / C++ for real-time and embedded systems
• Rust for safety-critical and next-gen architectures
• Python for tooling, simulation, testing, and automation

These engineers operate at the intersection of software, hardware, and mission reality — where correctness, timing, and robustness are non-negotiable.

Whether you’re:
• developing new spacecraft or satellites
• strengthening flight software reliability
• advancing onboard autonomy
• or preparing for critical mission milestones

DE Orbit can help connect you with the right Flight Software expertise.
📩 Hiring a Flight Software Engineer? Happy to talk
🤝 Flight Software Engineer considering your next SpaceTech role? Let’s connect
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://lnkd.in/eS4GqhjV

17/02/2026

🛰️ GNC Engineer (Guidance, Navigation & Control)

Every successful space mission depends on precision. And at the heart of that precision sits a great GNC Engineer.

At DE Orbit, we work with organisations across the space ecosystem to supply exceptional GNC Engineers who enable spacecraft to launch, manoeuvre, rendezvous, land, and operate safely in orbit.

The GNC Engineers we support typically bring strength in:

🧭 Guidance, navigation & control algorithm development
🛰️ Attitude determination & orbit control (ADCS / AOCS)
📐 Sensor fusion (IMU, star trackers, GNSS, vision, LiDAR)
⚙️ Modelling, simulation & verification
🚀 Supporting missions from early design through flight operations

These engineers sit at the intersection of physics, mathematics, software, and real-world mission constraints — quietly making the impossible look routine.

Whether you’re:
• developing spacecraft or launch vehicles
• improving pointing accuracy or stability
• advancing autonomy and navigation
• or preparing for flight-critical milestones
DE Orbit can help you access the right GNC expertise.
📩 Hiring a GNC Engineer? Happy to talk
🤝 GNC Engineer considering your next SpaceTech move? Let’s connect

Email: [email protected]
Web: danielernest.com

16/02/2026

🛰️ Systems Engineer (Spacecraft / Satellite)

Behind every successful spacecraft or satellite mission is a great Systems Engineer — quietly holding complexity together.

At DE Orbit, we work with organisations across the space ecosystem to identify and supply exceptional Systems Engineers who bring structure, clarity, and technical leadership to complex missions.

The Systems Engineers we support typically excel at:
🧩 Managing requirements across hardware, software & operations
🛰️ Owning system architecture and interfaces end to end
📡 Working across payloads, comms, power, GNC & ground segments
⚙️ Balancing performance, risk, cost, and schedule
🚀 Supporting missions from concept through integration, test & operations

These are engineers who see the whole system, not just their part of it.

Whether you’re:
• building a new satellite or constellation
• strengthening mission assurance
• scaling your engineering capability
• or preparing for flight

DE Orbit can help connect you with the right Systems Engineering talent.

📩 Hiring a Systems Engineer? Happy to chat
🤝 Systems Engineer exploring your next SpaceTech role? Let’s connect

https://lnkd.in/eS4GqhjV

13/02/2026

🚀 Hiring a Pre-Sales Engineer in SpaceTech?

This role is mission-critical — and massively underrated.

At DE Orbit, we place elite Pre-Sales Engineers who actually understand space systems, not just slides and buzzwords.

The ones we supply can 👇
🛰️ Translate deep space tech into clear customer value
🧠 Speak fluently with CTOs, VPs of Engineering & Mission Teams
📡 Understand payloads, comms, EO, AI, autonomy & ground systems
⚙️ Bridge the gap between engineering, product, and sales
🚀 Help deals move faster without over-promising

This is where deals are won or lost.

Do you want your Pre-Sales Engineers who can confidently talk about:
system architectures
mission constraints
data pipelines
latency, reliability & risk

The Pre-Sales Engineers we deliver are technical translators — trusted by customers and engineering teams.

If you’re scaling revenue in SpaceTech 🌌
You don’t need more leads.
You need the right technical voice in the room.

That’s where DE Orbit comes in.
📩 Hiring now? Let’s talk
🤝 Are you that Pre-Sales Engineer? We should definitely talk
https://lnkd.in/eS4GqhjV

11/02/2026

🛰️ Space Products Aren’t Built for Users.

They’re built for missions, markets, and reality.
Great space companies don’t win on technology alone — they win by turning capability into products customers actually trust and buy.

At DE Orbit, we provide the best Product Managers (Space / Satellite Products) in the market — the people who connect engineering ambition with commercial outcomes.

🌌 What defines a DE Orbit Product Manager in space?

🧠 Deep technical fluency
They speak engineering, data, ops, and customers — no translation layer required.

⚙️ From capability to product
Payloads, platforms, data, APIs, services — shaped into coherent offerings with clear value.

🛰️ Roadmaps grounded in physics and economics
Launch cadence, constraints, cost curves, reliability — strategy built on reality, not wishful thinking.

📡 Multi-stakeholder leadership
Engineering, sales, ops, partners, regulators — aligned without slowing delivery.

🛡️ Built for long cycles and high stakes
Long development timelines, mission dependencies, zero room for ambiguity.

At DE Orbit, we don’t place “product managers who learned space.”

We place space-literate product leaders who understand orbit, ground, data, and customers.

If your technology is world-class… but your product isn’t landing in the market yet… you need product leadership that bridges Earth and orbit.
🌍➡️🛰️➡️🌌
From roadmap to revenue. From capability to category leader.
Let’s talk.

05/02/2026

🛰️ Satellites Don’t Deliver Insight. Data engineers do.
Raw Earth Observation data is useless until it’s processed, fused, indexed, and trusted.

That’s why at DE Orbit, we provide the best Data Engineers (Geospatial / EO) in the market — the people who turn pixels into decisions.

🌌 What defines a DE Orbit Geospatial / EO Data Engineer?
🧠 Deep spatial intelligence
Raster, vector, time-series EO data. SAR, optical, multispectral, hyperspectral — handled properly.

⚙️ Built for scale, not demos
Petabyte pipelines. Cloud-native architectures. Streaming, batch, and near-real-time ingestion.

🛰️ AI-ready foundations
They design data systems so ML actually works — clean labels, aligned coordinates, reproducible pipelines.

📡 Understands the full EO stack
From satellite tasking and downlink → processing → analytics → delivery APIs.

🛡️ Trust, accuracy, and resilience
Provenance, validation, versioning, and governance baked in — because EO data informs high-stakes decisions.

At DE Orbit, we don’t place “data engineers who learned geo later.”
We place geospatial-first engineers who understand Earth — and soon, other worlds.

If your EO programme depends on insight, speed, and accuracy…
you need data engineers who can see the planet clearly.
🌍➡️🛰️➡️🌌

Earth today. Orbit tomorrow. Deep space data next.
Let’s talk.