The Aerospace Corporation
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How The Aerospace Corporation hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
16 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
92%
Reposted roles
0%
The Aerospace Corporation scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 51 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 92% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 16 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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Preparing for a career at the forefront of the aerospace industry
In MIT AeroAstro's new Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Engineers course, students design, build, and test an electric rocket engine turbopump, preparing them for a career at the forefront of the aerospace industry.
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The Aerospace Corporation pushes research on hard-to-spot spacecraft reentries
Researchers at the Aerospace Corporation are pushing forward research on the mechanics and impacts of spacecraft reentry.
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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
162
Postings analysed
261
Stack modernity
69/100AI adopter
Languages
Python73%
MATLAB49%
C++49%
Fortran13%
Frameworks & libraries
CUDA3%
Ray2%
PyTorch2%
MPI1%
Databases
InfluxDB1%
PostgreSQL1%
MS SQL1%
Neo4j1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux16%
Azure12%
AWS11%
Kubernetes7%
AI & ML
LLM2%
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Full The Aerospace Corporation tech stack
162 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$194k
Typical range
$25k – $372k
Open positions
422
345
Jobs
Intern
10.4%
Junior
4.1%
Middle
6.4%
Senior
33%
Staff
27.5%
Principal
10.7%
Architect
7.8%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 36 | $76k | $60k – $96k |
| Junior | 14 | $141k | $92k – $150k |
| Middle | 22 | $140k | $68k – $194k |
| Senior | 114 | $227k | $74k – $257k |
| Staff | 95 | $194k | $25k – $372k |
| Principal | 37 | $227k | $176k – $312k |
| Architect | 27 | $252k | $127k – $278k |
Highest paying role
Deputy General Counsel
$372k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at The Aerospace Corporation
By role, level and city, against the market · 422 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
84/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
432
130 opened / 31 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
15 days
faster than 60% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~14 hours
10/18/2026
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
27%
Field & Service
21% ▼
Hardware
11% ▼
Early Careers
9% ▲
DevOps
4%
Analytics
4% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+55 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+15 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added BPMN to stack
Oct 2026
Added Slack to stack
Oct 2026
Added Assembly to stack
Oct 2026
+18 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
New location: Kirtland
Oct 2026
New location: Tysons
Oct 2026
Added Oracle to stack
Oct 2026
Added Threat Modeling to stack
Oct 2026
+39 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
19
Hiring now
19
Countries
1
Busiest office
El Segundo
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El Segundo
United States
HQ
Hanscom AFB
292 open roles 282 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 5% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $171k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Chantilly
United States
Engineering / R&D
Chantilly
170 open roles 172 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 6% remote 500-1000 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Colorado Springs
United States
Engineering / R&D
Colorado Springs
69 open roles 73 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 9% remote 200-500 est. staff $174k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, Field & Service
Albuquerque
United States
Plant / site
Albuquerque
21 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 10% engineering 19% remote 50-200 est. staff $194k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, DevOps
Huntsville
United States
Plant / site
El Segundo
21 open roles 23 posted in 90 days 19% remote 50-200 est. staff $203k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Operations
Houston
United States
Plant / site
Johnson Space Center
13 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 50-200 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Los Angeles
United States
Engineering / R&D
Los Angeles AFB
7 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 10-50 est. staff $223k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, DevOps, Hardware
Crystal
United States
Engineering / R&D
Crystal City
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $232k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Sales
Washington
United States
Engineering / R&D
Washington DC
4 open roles 4 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
Wright-Patterson AFB
United States
Engineering / R&D
Wright-Patterson AFB
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $214k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service
Reston
United States
Engineering / R&D
Reston
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $240k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Kirtland
United States
Engineering / R&D
Kirtland AFB
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff $238k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Field & Service
Cape Canaveral
United States
Engineering / R&D
Cape Canaveral SFS
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Buckley
United States
Engineering / R&D
Buckley SFB
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics, 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 Field & Service
Springfield
United States
Springfield
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $227k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Cleveland
United States
Cleveland
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
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