Jobs at satellite and space systems companies: engineering, technician and software roles
6,339 open roles at 182 satellite and space systems companies in 35 countries: Aerospace engineering, manufacturing and science (2,120), Hardware and electronics (1,073), Software, IT and security (1,015), Program management, product and operations (699). 1,993 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship, export-control eligibility or a government security clearance. 2,467 mention relocation support.
varda.com • HQ: El Segundo, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • Space Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust B • Hiring 101, 21 new
HQ: El Segundo, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • Space Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust B • Hiring 101, 21 new
Varda Space Industries is an El Segundo, California company that builds and flies autonomous W-Series spacecraft to process pharmaceuticals in microgravity and return them to Earth in reentry capsules. Founded in January 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov and backed by Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Founders Fund and General Catalyst, it builds its payloads, capsules, heat shields and satellite buses in-house and sells reentry flights as a hypersonic testbed for government customers. It hires flight, embedded, mission and ground software engineers, firmware engineers, structures, aerodynamics and thermofluids engineers, and manufacturing engineers.
quindar.space • HQ: Arvada, United States • Space Services • Ground Systems • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 19, 1 new
HQ: Arvada, United States • Space Services • Ground Systems • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 19, 1 new
Quindar is a space technology company that provides software platforms for operating and managing satellite constellations. Its products help satellite operators plan missions, automate operations, and monitor spacecraft using cloud based tools integrated with ground segment infrastructure.
$145k – $186k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Denver, Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Top Secret • Citizenship or vetting required • Middle
xonaspace.com • HQ: Burlingame, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • Satellite Navigation • Est. 2019 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 53, 5 new
HQ: Burlingame, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • Satellite Navigation • Est. 2019 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 53, 5 new
Xona Space Systems is a Burlingame, California-based company building Pulsar, a commercial positioning, navigation and timing service delivered by a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit as a more precise and secure complement to GPS. The planned Pulsar constellation of 258 small satellites at 1,080 km altitude broadcasts a new signal aimed at defense, telecom, agriculture, aviation, maritime, autonomous robotics and financial timing users, and the company builds its satellites in its own production facility. It hires GNC, GNSS, RF, FPGA, flight dynamics and mechanical engineers, flight software and cybersecurity engineers, production planners and a chief financial officer.
$140k – $185k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Burlingame, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Junior
cowboyspace.com • HQ: San Carlos, United States • AI Compute & Inference • Space Services • Satellite Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 67, 1 new
HQ: San Carlos, United States • AI Compute & Inference • Space Services • Satellite Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 67, 1 new
Cowboy Space is an American aerospace company developing an integrated system of satellites and launch vehicles to place high-performance computing in low Earth orbit and send its data to the ground over optical links, with the aim of supplying power and compute for artificial intelligence workloads from space. It hires satellite mechanisms, controls, embedded software and space datacenter networking engineers at sites in San Carlos, California and Kent, Washington. The company is headquartered in San Carlos, California, United States.
$172k – $203k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (Kent, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
$145k – $175k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Carlos, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Middle
k2space.com • HQ: Torrance, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 208, 9 new
HQ: Torrance, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 208, 9 new
K2 Space is a Torrance, California, spacecraft maker building very large, high-power satellite platforms for the era of heavy-lift rockets, with its Mega Class bus delivering about 20 kW and up to 3,000 kg of payload for missions from low Earth orbit to deep space. Founded in 2022 and Series D funded, it has raised over $1 billion from investors including Altimeter, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed, holds over $1 billion in commercial and US government contracts, and builds about 80% of each satellite in-house. It hires integration and test, mission operations, avionics, solar and tooling engineers, technicians and program managers.
l3harris.com • HQ: Melbourne, United States • C4ISR • Military Satellites • Electronic Warfare • Military Communication • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2019 • Trust A • Hiring 1362, 193 new
HQ: Melbourne, United States • C4ISR • Military Satellites • Electronic Warfare • Military Communication • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2019 • Trust A • Hiring 1362, 193 new
L3Harris Technologies is an American defense contractor formed in 2019 by the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation. It builds tactical radios and military communication systems, electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, space sensors and satellites, night vision devices, and uncrewed surface vessels, and owns the rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne. Its main customers are the United States Department of Defense and allied governments. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, United States.
$146k – $271k per year • Lead • 12+ years exp • In office (Rochester, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
1,993 of the 6,339 roles here state no citizenship, export-control or security-clearance demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.
Every propulsion, GNC, avionics, aerodynamics, structures, spacecraft, satcom, launch, flight test and aircraft maintenance role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician, data and IT roles of the aviation and space companies - aircraft makers and airlines' engineering, launch, satellites, Earth observation, eVTOL. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out, and so is weapons and missile work.
How fresh is this?
Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.
Northrop Grumman
L3Harris Technologies
CesiumAstro
K2 Space
AST SpaceMobile
Impulse Space
KBR
True Anomaly
Astranis
Vast Space
Sierra Space
Voyager Technologies
Muon Space
The Exploration Company
OHB
