Sierra Space Honored in Built In’s 2024 Best Places to Work Awards

Awards Program Recognizes Companies That Offer Best Compensation Packages, Total Rewards and Culture Programs

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit life on Earth, announced today that it was honored in Built In’s 2024 Best Places to Work Awards, earning a place on 100 Best Large Places to Work in Colorado. The annual awards program evaluates companies of all sizes, from startups to established enterprises, and honors a wide range of companies in large tech markets across the United States.

Built In determines the winners of Best Places to Work by using company data about compensation packages, total rewards and culture programs. Sierra Space won this industry accolade not only for its commitment to providing competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits packages, but also for fostering an engaging work environment and culture that is embraced by its 2,000 team members across seven states.

“We have a place where ideas are heard and a culture that encourages bright minds, bold thinkers and innovators,” said Heidi Hendrix, Sierra Space’s Chief People Officer. “When you consider some of our projects – whether it’s the Dream Chaser spaceplane, our new space station technology or innumerable space applications products from solar panels to rocket engines – everything we are doing at Sierra Space is centered on groundbreaking innovation that will shape the future. Those are truly dreams worth chasing.”

In addition, Hendrix added, Sierra Space places a strong emphasis on team development, offering continuous learning, skill enhancement and clear pathways for career advancement. The company stands out as an innovative workplace, encouraging team members to explore creative solutions and take the lead on cutting-edge projects.

If you are excited about venturing into uncharted territories and are driven to being exceptional, Sierra Space has a place for you. We offer diverse career opportunities across various corporate sectors. Join our team and collaborate with like-minded individuals who share a common goal: shaping the future of space exploration while advancing the greater good. Dare to dream at SierraSpace.com/Careers.

About Sierra Space

Sierra Space is a leading commercial space company at the forefront of innovation and the commercialization of space in the Orbital Age®, building an end-to-end business and technology platform in space to benefit life on Earth. With more than 30 years and 500 missions of space flight heritage, the company is reinventing both space transportation with Dream Chaser®, the world’s only commercial spaceplane, and the future of space destinations with the company’s inflatable and expandable space station technology. Highly scalable and flexible, this innovative “softgoods” technology will define a new generation of space stations. Sierra Space also builds and delivers a host of systems and subsystems across solar power, mechanics and motion control, environmental control, life support, propulsion and thermal control, offering myriad space-as-a-service solutions for the new space economy.

About Built In

Built In is creating the largest candidate generation platform for technology professionals globally. Monthly, millions of the industry’s most in-demand professionals visit the site from across the world. They rely on our platform to stay ahead of tech trends and news, learn skills to accelerate their careers and find opportunities at companies whose values they share. Built In also serves thousands of innovative companies from startups to the Fortune 500. By putting their stories in front of our uniquely engaged audience, we help them reach otherwise hard-to-hire tech professionals. www.builtin.com.

About Built In’s Best Places to Work

Built In’s annual Best Places to Work program honors companies with the best total rewards packages across the U.S. and in the following tech hubs: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC. Best Places to Work is distinct because its algorithm selects tech companies that build their offerings specifically around what tech professionals value in a workplace. Winners were announced on January 9, 2024.