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Overview

United Launch Alliance is an American aerospace company and launch service provider formed as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, the company designs, manufactures, and operates heavy-lift rocket systems, including the Atlas V and the next-generation Vulcan Centaur. By providing reliable orbital launch capabilities, it supports critical national security missions for the U.S. Department of Defense, scientific exploration programs for NASA, and commercial satellite deployments.

News

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News X (formerly Twitter) 2 years ago
ULA (@ulalaunch) on X
Hold. The countdown has been stopped. Safing of the Atlas V, Starliner and launch pad systems is underway.
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News blog.ulalaunch.com 4 years ago
LOFTID: Demonstrating technology for large inflatable heat shields
In the kickoff to the reusability roadmap for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket, the flight of an inflatable heat shield at a relevant scale will be demonstrated as a secondary payload on the next Atlas V rocket launch.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at United Launch Alliance over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
79
Postings analysed
56
Stack modernity
69/100AI adopter
Languages
Python38%
C++25%
MATLAB18%
JavaScript5%
Cloud & platforms
Linux27%
AWS25%
Kubernetes14%
Azure11%
AI & ML
LLM2%
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Full United Launch Alliance tech stack 79 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$173k
Typical range
$103k – $336k
Open positions
53
53 Jobs
Junior 11.3%
Middle 64.2%
Senior 15.1%
Staff 3.8%
Architect 5.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 6 $116k $113k – $118k
Middle 34 $166k $103k – $189k
Senior 8 $207k $113k – $336k
Staff 2 $281k $275k – $288k
Architect 3 $264k $220k – $264k
Highest paying role Senior Counsel - Government Programs 6 $336k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at United Launch Alliance By role, level and city, against the market · 53 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
56/100
Growing
Open positions
103
15 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
18 days
faster than 58% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 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
36% ▲
Early Careers
9% ▲
Hardware
7% ▲
Product
7% ▲
Analytics
6% ▲
Aerospace
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+43 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+15 jobs in a week Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
5
Countries
1
Busiest office
Centennial
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Centennial United States
HQ
69 open roles 69 posted in 90 days 36% engineering $172k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Product, Analytics
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Decatur United States
Plant / site
29 open roles 29 posted in 90 days $288k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Early Careers
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Cape Canaveral United States
Plant / site
14 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 21% engineering $129k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Aerospace, Hardware
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Pueblo United States
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $88k Avg Salary
hires for QA, Support, Industrial Engineering
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Arlington United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Early Careers
seen since Oct 2026 job postings

Jobs

$121k – $202k per year • In office • Nationals only • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
Python
PowerShell
Terraform
Ansible
Azure
AWS
TCP/IP
BGP
OSPF
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≈ $100k – $202k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Decatur
Python
MATLAB
Linux
Unix
Management
Linear
SpaceTech
Siemens NX
Nastran
Femap
Abaqus
GD&T
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≈ $66k – $120k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Decatur
Python
MATLAB
Linux
Unix
SpaceTech
Siemens NX
Nastran
Femap
Abaqus
GD&T
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$158k – $264k per year • In office • Nationals only • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
Python
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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$85k – $142k per year • In office • Nationals only • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
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≈ $66k – $121k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Decatur
GD&T
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≈ $70k – $128k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
GD&T
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$104k – $173k per year • In office • Nationals only • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
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$131k – $219k per year • In office • Nationals only • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
Python
JavaScript
C++
Perl
RTOS
CI/CD
AWS
Linux
Management
Agile
UML
SpaceTech
MIL-STD-1553
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$113k – $189k per year • In office • Nationals only • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
LLMOps
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Bamboo
Amazon EKS
GitLab
Cybersecurity
SonarQube
Management
Agile
Scrum
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≈ $54k – $105k per year (Estimated) • In office • Nationals only • 6+ years exp • High School Diploma • Decatur
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$71k – $118k per year • In office • Nationals only • Bachelor's Degree • Centennial
Python
C++
MATLAB
Linux
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