Space and aviation startups hiring

168 startups are hiring engineers right now: 2,483 open roles in 23 countries - launch, satellites, in-space services, Earth observation, eVTOL and electric aircraft.

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168
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2,483
open to any nationality
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Space and aviation startups hiring

StartupWhereStageOpen roles
K2 SpaceUnited StatesScale-up184
Impulse SpaceUnited StatesGrowth183
Vast SpaceUnited StatesScale-up123
Muon SpaceUnited StatesScale-up105
The Exploration CompanyGermany, France, United StatesGrowth91
Isar AerospaceGermany, Sweden, NorwayGrowth88
E-SpaceUnited States, Germany, United KingdomGrowth85
HermeusUnited StatesScale-up68
Cowboy SpaceUnited StatesScale-up59
Reliable RoboticsUnited StatesGrowth51
Xona Space SystemsUnited States, Canada, United KingdomScale-up48
Stoke SpaceUnited StatesScale-up47
The ePlane CompanyIndia47
GalaxEye SpaceIndiaEarly stage47
Loft OrbitalUnited States, France, United Arab EmiratesScale-up44
Rocket Factory AugsburgGermany, United KingdomGrowth42
Star CatcherUnited StatesEarly stage35
AmcaUnited States33
ExotrailFranceGrowth30
DigantaraIndia, United States30
SkyDriveJapanGrowth29
ArkEdge SpaceJapanGrowth28
Astro MechanicaUnited StatesEarly stage26
Boom SupersonicUnited StatesGrowth25
EvolitoUnited KingdomGrowth25
Katalyst Space TechnologiesUnited StatesGrowth25
ClearSpaceScale-up25
Lunar OutpostGrowth25
MinospaceChinaGrowth24
Open CosmosGrowth23
Venus AerospaceUnited StatesGrowth21
Rendezvous RoboticsUnited StatesGrowth19
Agile Space IndustriesUnited StatesGrowth19
Fiber MaterialsUnited States19
Quvia18
Observable SpaceUnited StatesGrowth18
HyImpulseGermany, United KingdomGrowth18
deltaVisionGermanyEarly stage18
Sphinx DefenseUnited StatesEarly stage18
ElectraUnited States, SwitzerlandGrowth18

Newest roles at space and aviation startups

Quindar

quindar.space
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.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

Platform Engineer

$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
Python
DevOps
Splunk
New Relic
Datadog
Amazon CloudWatch
Unix
VPN
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Terraform
Git
Linux
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
Okta
SOC 2
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
Auth0
Management
Scrum
Agile
+16
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Rocketdyne

rocketdyne.com
rocketdyne.com • HQ: Mason, United States • Power Supplies & Power Electronics • Aerospace Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Likely startup • Hiring 7, 5 new
HQ: Mason, United States • Power Supplies & Power Electronics • Aerospace Manufacturing • 501-1000 employees • Likely startup • Hiring 7, 5 new
Rocketdyne is a proven leader in space propulsion, space electronics, and power systems, backed by more than 60 years of flight heritage and innovation.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

Lead Data Architect

$120k – $200k per year • Lead • 3+ years exp • In office (Redmond, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
SQL
Python
Databases
Snowflake
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Power BI
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Xona Space Systems

xonaspace.com
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.
Brian Manning · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Jay Zaveri · Director
Jeff Crusey · Director
Tyler Reid · Director
No careers mailbox known
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Electrical Engineer

$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
Python
C
C++
C
Embedded C
Chips/EDA
KiCad
Defense
MIL-STD-461
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Cowboy Space

cowboyspace.com
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.
Baiju Bhatt · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Daniel Gallagher · Director
No careers mailbox known
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior Structures Engineer

$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
TPU
SpaceTech
GD&T
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K2 Space

k2space.com
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.
Karandev Kunjur · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Neeldev Kunjur · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

Photonic IC Design Engineer, Design Automation & Modeling

$130k – $200k per year • In office (Seattle, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only
Python
AI/ML
JAX
PyTorch
Machine Learning
AI Agents
Chips/EDA
Photolithography
KLayout
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Stoke Space

stokespace.com
stokespace.com • HQ: Kent, United States • Launch Services • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2019 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 59, 5 new
HQ: Kent, United States • Launch Services • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2019 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 59, 5 new
Stoke Space is a United States aerospace company developing Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable two-stage launch vehicle intended to cut the cost of access to orbit. Founded in 2019, it designs, builds and tests its engines and vehicle at its facilities in Kent and Moses Lake, Washington, and hires aerospace technicians and launch, software integration and facilities engineers. The company is headquartered in Kent, Washington, United States.
Timothy Beard · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jennifer Lurie · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Andrew Lapsa · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Thomas Feldman · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Flight System Safety Responsible Engineer

$110k – $148k per year • Equity • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Kent, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Junior
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Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

1,478 of the 2,483 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.

Which aerospace companies hire most?

K2 Space (184), Impulse Space (183), Vast Space (123), Muon Space (105), The Exploration Company (91).

Which roles count as aerospace jobs?

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.

Source: 2,483 live postings on employers' careers boards; startup status from Alion's company graphUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0