Expectations for the Graduate School of Frontier Exploration in Earth and Space

The space industry is growing rapidly, and many companies and organizations are seeking to recruit personnel with expertise in the space field, making the hiring market increasingly competitive. We therefore expect that the establishment of the Graduate School of Frontier Exploration in Earth and Space, which will systematically cultivate highly skilled, work-ready talent through practical education and research opportunities in collaboration with industry, will lead to the development of many human resources capable of thriving in the space sector of the future.

Developing technologies for the unique environment of space requires engineers with specialized knowledge and technical expertise, but looking ahead to a future in which the space field will continue to industrialize in earnest, it is also important to possess the business perspective of how technologies can be commercialized. The graduate school’s perspective of cultivating comprehensive and multifaceted talent who understand the essence of the space business is something that conventional academia has not previously offered, so we find this highly attractive.

We also find it attractive that education and research will be conducted in a multicultural environment in which approximately half of the students are international students. In addition to allowing Japanese students to develop the English proficiency and communication skills essential for space-related projects, we believe that for international students, the experience of collaborating with their Japanese peers is something that will be valued by Japanese companies.

Although our company openly recruits for a broad range of positions, more than half are engineering positions, and our engineers play active roles across a wide range of areas from hardware to software.

The microsatellite systems we develop consist of many different elements, including orbit and attitude control, structural and thermal design, electronics, embedded software mounted on satellites, and ground operation and remote sensing data analysis software, all of which require close teamwork. We believe that people who have gained practical experience in project management and systems engineering by working on actual projects during their student years will be highly compatible with our company.

Our Group was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in August 2025, making us a space venture company that will continue to grow well into the future. It is an environment where people who think independently can thrive.

Because research and development are indispensable in the space industry, gaining specialized knowledge related to the space field from one’s student years, together with practical educational and research opportunities in cooperation with industry, represents a major advantage. While deepening one’s own expertise, it is also important to broaden one’s knowledge and technical skills into fields adjacent to one’s own specialty.

In space projects, the process of combining diverse elements and optimizing them as an integrated system is critical. For this reason, it is essential to be able to work in teams in addition to developing individual expertise. People who have participated in actual projects—even if only on a small scale—and gained experience integrating systems composed of many different elements while collaborating with teammates will likely find it easier to apply those experiences within our company.