Reflex Aerospace
Reflex Aerospace builds high-performance satellite platforms for commercial and defense applications. The Berlin-based company has raised $68M and employs 120 people.
The growth story
Reflex Aerospace grew from 19 to 120 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $68M along the way, most recently a Series A in November 2025.
About
Reflex Aerospace manufactures satellite platforms tailored to specific payloads, serving both commercial and defense sectors. The company focuses on modern manufacturing techniques to reduce production timelines and improve performance for space infrastructure.
Founded in 2021, Reflex Aerospace has grown to 120 employees and secured $68M in funding, including a Series A round in late 2025. Its investors include Alpine Space Ventures and Bayern Kapital, among others.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Reflex Aerospace, with 49 employees. The company operates from dual headquarters in Berlin and Munich.
The Reflex Aerospace org chart
Walter Ballheimer (CEO) leads 36 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 69 (+68% YoY), Information Technology 11 (+120% YoY), Operations 11 (+38% YoY), Business Development 6 (-14% YoY), Human Resources 4 (+33% YoY), Sales 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Reflex Aerospace recruits heavily from Mynaric and Satellogic, with 6 and 5 hires respectively. Alumni have moved to companies like Space Inventor and Redwire Europe.
Most common previous employers of Reflex Aerospace staff: Mynaric (6), Satellogic (5), Space Generation Advisory Council (3), Airbus Defence and Space (3), GMV (3), Acrome (3). Former Reflex Aerospace employees most often moved to Space Inventor (2), Redwire Europe (1), The Entity (1), NUVIEW (1), ICEYE (1), STARFLIGHT DYNAMICS (1).
Alumni worth knowing
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 43% direct, 43% search, 5% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Reflex Aerospace: MATLAB (50), Project Management (44), Python (Programming Language) (44), Microsoft Office (42), English (38), C++ (34), C (Programming Language) (34), Team Leadership (30).
Where the team actually sits
Reflex Aerospace people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (50), Germany (11), Berlin Metropolitan Area (10), Bavaria, Germany (7).
Search footprint
Reflex Aerospace attracts about 178 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 37 ranking keywords and lost 41 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Reflex Aerospace has 120 employees as of September 2026.
Reflex Aerospace has raised $68M in total, most recently a Series A round in November 2025.
Walter Ballheimer (CEO) sits at the top of Reflex Aerospace's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Reflex Aerospace staff are Mynaric (6 people), Satellogic (5 people), Space Generation Advisory Council (3 people).
Former Reflex Aerospace employees most often move to Space Inventor (2), Redwire Europe (1), The Entity (1).
Reflex Aerospace attracts about 178 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Reflex Aerospace staff are MATLAB, Project Management, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Office, English.
Reflex Aerospace staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (50), Germany (11), Berlin Metropolitan Area (10).
Reflex Aerospace has about 69 people in Engineering, up 68% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Reflex Aerospace has about 11 people in Information Technology, up 120% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 89 current and 25 former Reflex Aerospace profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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