The Aerospace Corporation
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How The Aerospace Corporation hires
Truth index
B 79/100
Median time to fill
31 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
81%
Reposted roles
3%
The Aerospace Corporation scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 59 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 81% have gone stale and 3% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 31 days. 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
The Aerospace Corporation is a federally funded research centre supporting national security space programmes. Its engineers provide launch verification, systems engineering and mission assurance for government satellite projects. The organisation also researches orbital debris, resilient architectures and space policy.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at The Aerospace Corporation over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
244
Postings analysed
383
Stack modernity
66/100AI adopter
Languages
Python70%
C++48%
MATLAB44%
Fortran11%
Frameworks & libraries
CUDA3%
PyTorch1%
LiteRT1%
MPI1%
Databases
PostgreSQL1%
MS SQL1%
InfluxDB1%
Neo4j1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux15%
Azure13%
AWS12%
Kubernetes8%
AI & ML
LLM2%
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Full The Aerospace Corporation tech stack
244 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$181k
Typical range
$25k – $372k
Open positions
460
371
Jobs
Intern
15.4%
Junior
3.5%
Middle
6.5%
Senior
32.6%
Staff
27.2%
Principal
7.8%
Architect
7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 57 | $76k | $60k – $96k |
| Junior | 13 | $143k | $130k – $166k |
| Middle | 24 | $150k | $68k – $194k |
| Senior | 121 | $227k | $92k – $250k |
| Staff | 101 | $194k | $25k – $278k |
| Principal | 29 | $227k | $124k – $312k |
| Architect | 26 | $250k | $150k – $278k |
Highest paying role
General Manager of Strategy, Engineering Technology Group
$372k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at The Aerospace Corporation
By role, level and city, against the market · 460 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
88/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
470
212 opened / 144 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
32 days
faster than 39% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~9 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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
21% ▲
Field & Service
16% ▼
Hardware
11% ▼
Early Careers
8%
Aerospace
7%
Analytics
4%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+62 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+17 jobs in a week
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New location: Greenbelt
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Added PVD to stack
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Added Plasma Etch to stack
Oct 2026
Added Photolithography to stack
Oct 2026
Added KLayout to stack
Oct 2026
Added Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM) to stack
Oct 2026
Added AFSIM to stack
Oct 2026
Added MBSE to stack
Oct 2026
Added Cameo Systems Modeler to stack
Oct 2026
Added SysML to stack
Oct 2026
Added STK to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
21
Hiring now
21
Countries
1
Busiest office
El Segundo
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El Segundo
United States
HQ
Hanscom AFB
339 open roles 380 posted in 90 days 37% engineering 4% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $168k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Field & Service
Chantilly
United States
Engineering / R&D
Chantilly
195 open roles 226 posted in 90 days 34% engineering 5% remote 500-1000 est. staff $181k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Colorado Springs
United States
Engineering / R&D
Colorado Springs
95 open roles 117 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 6% remote 200-500 est. staff $172k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, Field & Service
Huntsville
United States
Plant / site
El Segundo
29 open roles 37 posted in 90 days 7% engineering 10% remote 50-200 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Aerospace
Albuquerque
United States
Plant / site
Albuquerque
25 open roles 29 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 12% remote 50-200 est. staff $187k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, Aerospace
Houston
United States
Plant / site
Johnson Space Center
15 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 7% engineering 50-200 est. staff $169k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Early Careers
Los Angeles
United States
Engineering / R&D
Los Angeles AFB
11 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 45% engineering 10-50 est. staff $216k Avg Salary
hires for Aerospace, DevOps, Analytics
Washington
United States
Engineering / R&D
Washington DC
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $186k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Tysons
United States
Engineering / R&D
Tysons Corner
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Public Policy, Field & Service, Solutions
Reston
United States
Engineering / R&D
Chantilly
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Operations, Field & Service
Crystal
United States
Engineering / R&D
Crystal City
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Field & Service
Wright-Patterson AFB
United States
Engineering / R&D
Wright-Patterson AFB
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $204k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Aerospace
Crystal City
United States
Engineering / R&D
Crystal City
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Schriever
United States
Engineering / R&D
Schriever SFB
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Aerospace
Kirtland
United States
Kirtland AFB
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Cape Canaveral
United States
Cape Canaveral SFS
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $194k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Buckley
United States
Buckley SFB
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Springfield
United States
Springfield
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Langley
United States
Langley AFB
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Greenbelt
United States
Greenbelt
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $176k Avg Salary
hires for Aerospace
Boulder
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $130k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science
Earlier presence
Cleveland, United States
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