Facebook seeks ‘extra-terrestrial product manager’ as it plans to deliver internet from the sky
The position requires experience ‘taking novel communication/aerospace systems from early development phases to productisation and industry infusion’
Facebook is looking to hire an “extra-terrestrial product manager” in Southern California as it plans for a future when the internet is delivered using systems based in the sky and in space.
The company is looking for a veteran engineer with experience “taking novel communication/aerospace systems from early development phases to productisation and industry infusion,” according to a recent job posting.
The extra-terrestrial product manager will be based in Northridge, California, and work in the company’s Facebook Connectivity research unit, which is looking into technologies that include “free-space optical communication, high frequency RF/mmWave RF, and electro-mechanical.”
Like its larger rival Google and others, Facebook wants to position itself to deliver services within communication systems that use more than earth-based wireline or wireless technologies.
The startup OneWeb, based in Virginia and backed by US$1 billion from Japanese investing giant Softbank, plans to launch 10 satellites in March as part of plans to build a space-based internet system using hundreds of satellites.
Facebook gave more details into its own strategy in the job posting:
