# Josiah Gruber

> Josiah Gruber is the CEO of Scout Space, a Reston, Virginia company building sensors and software to detect, track and characterize objects in orbit. An optical and RF remote-sensing engineer with more than 15 years of hands-on experience, he joined Scout in 2023 as an engineer, rose to VP of Engineering and then CTO, and took the top job in late 2025. Under his leadership Scout raised an $18M Series A in May 2026 and is putting its Owl optical payload on the inaugural flight of Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Scout Space
- **Organizations:** Scout Space, Maxar Technologies, Aurora Insight Inc., Logos Technologies LLC
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MSc, Biomedical Optics / Biomedical Engineering, Dartmouth College, BSc, Computer Engineering, Syracuse University
- **Known for:** Rose from engineer to CEO of Scout Space in roughly two and a half years, Led Scout Space to an $18 million Series A financing in May 2026, led by Washington Harbour Partners, Drove integration of Scout's Owl optical payload onto Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft for its inaugural mission

## Career timeline

- **before 2019** — Engineering roles at Logos Technologies LLC, working on aerial imaging and camera systems
- **circa 2019-2021** — Sensor Systems Manager at Aurora Insight Inc.
- **circa 2021-2023** — RF Sensor Systems Manager at Maxar Technologies
- **2023** — Joined Scout Space as a Senior Payload Systems Engineer
- **2024** — Promoted to Vice President of Engineering at Scout Space
- **2024-2025** — Served as Chief Technology Officer of Scout Space
- **2025** — Promoted to Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Philip Hover-Smoot
- **2026** — Led Scout Space's $18M Series A and Owl-on-Blue Ring integration

## Achievements

- Rose from engineer to CEO of Scout Space in roughly two and a half years
- Led Scout Space to an $18 million Series A financing in May 2026, led by Washington Harbour Partners
- Drove integration of Scout's Owl optical payload onto Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft for its inaugural mission
- Guided expansion of Scout's manufacturing footprint in Northern Virginia, tied to new job creation in Fairfax County
- Built more than 15 years of hands-on remote-sensing experience across optical and RF domains

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Reported as newly promoted CEO of Scout Space, succeeding Philip Hover-Smoot.
- **2026-05** — Scout Space announced an $18 million Series A led by Washington Harbour Partners; funds directed to sensor deployment, software, and Northern Virginia manufacturing.
- **2026-06** — Scout Space tied to new job creation and manufacturing expansion in Fairfax County, Virginia.

## Links

- Website: https://scout.space
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josiah-gruber-14270316
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scoutdotspace
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/SCOUTdotspace
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/SCOUTdotspace/

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