Karman Space & Defense
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How Karman Space & Defense hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Karman Space & Defense scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 14 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Karman Space & Defense is a US aerospace and defense manufacturer headquartered in Huntington Beach, California, that designs and produces payload protection and deployment systems, aerodynamic interstage systems and propulsion and launch systems for missiles, hypersonics and space vehicles. Building on nearly 50 years of history, it supplies more than 80 prime contractors on over 130 space and defense programs from facilities in Washington, California, Utah, Oregon, Mississippi and Alabama. It hires design, propulsion, quality and manufacturing engineers, NDT and production technicians, program managers, contracts administrators and schedulers, with the largest hiring at its Mukilteo site.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Karman Space & Defense over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
22
Postings analysed
40
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
C#8%
C++8%
Python8%
SQL5%
Frameworks & libraries
ASP.NET Core3%
Databases
MS SQL5%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI18%
Azure5%
Azure DevOps5%
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22 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$135k
Typical range
$40k – $250k
Open positions
147
138
Jobs
Junior
15.2%
Middle
33.3%
Senior
31.9%
Staff
10.1%
Principal
2.2%
Architect
7.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 21 | $64k | $44k – $120k |
| Middle | 46 | $130k | $52k – $165k |
| Senior | 44 | $155k | $62k – $250k |
| Staff | 14 | $170k | $56k – $200k |
| Principal | 3 | $220k | $180k – $220k |
| Architect | 10 | $210k | $180k – $230k |
Highest paying role
Senior Director of Finance (Aerospace & Defense)
$250k
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All salaries at Karman Space & Defense
By role, level and city, against the market · 147 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
27/100
Slowing
Open positions
163
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
26 days
faster than 46% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
45%
Field & Service
16% ▼
Management
11% ▲
Operations
7%
Product
5% ▼
Leadership
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+46 in 30 days)
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
16
Hiring now
16
Countries
1
Busiest office
Huntington Beach
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Huntington Beach
United States
HQ
25 open roles 24 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $114k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Operations
Mukilteo
United States
Plant / site
77 open roles 69 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $144k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Field & Service
South El Monte
United States
Plant / site
11 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $127k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Leadership
Gulfport
United States
Plant / site
9 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations, Field & Service
West Valley City
United States
Plant / site
8 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $136k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Field & Service
Salt Lake City
United States
Plant / site
7 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $89k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Operations, Industrial Engineering
Decatur
United States
Plant / site
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Cedar City
United States
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $46k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Customer Success, Field & Service
Wilsonville
United States
Corporate office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $111k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Management, Industrial Engineering
Corona
United States
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $120k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering
Arlington
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $105k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Field & Service
Brea
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $148k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Industrial Engineering
Huntsville
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Ogden
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
Albany
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $40k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Horsham
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
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