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Space Jobs in the Huntsville Area

479 open roles at 17 space companies name a site in the Huntsville area, most of them in Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal; typical pay runs $116k–$276k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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What the space companies do in the Huntsville area

Space companies hiring in the Huntsville area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin189$150k/yr
Blue Origin155$145k/yr
Amentum51not stated
Northrop Grumman18$135k/yr
Leidos16$110k/yr
Teledyne15not stated
The Aerospace Corporation8not stated
Boeing6$153k/yr
Voyager Technologies5$172k/yr
Iridium4$133k/yr
Parsons4$171k/yr
Anduril2not stated
CesiumAstro2not stated
Dawn Aerospace1not stated
NASA1too few figures
Sierra Space1too few figures
Varda Space Industries1too few figures

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Kinds of work

Cleared roles and entry-level roles in the Huntsville area

Professions hiring in the Huntsville area

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 03:03 UTC

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What people ask about space work in the Huntsville area

Which space companies are hiring in the Huntsville area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (189 roles), Blue Origin (155 roles), Amentum (51 roles), Northrop Grumman (18 roles), Leidos (16 roles), Teledyne (15 roles), and 11 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Huntsville area.

Where in the Huntsville area are the space jobs?

Most are in Huntsville (478), Redstone Arsenal (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the Huntsville area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $150k/yr, with typical pay from $116k–$276k/yr; 50.8% of Alabama's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Alabama has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 4,880 aerospace engineers working in the Huntsville area, in any industry, earn a median $131k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the Huntsville area require US citizenship?

Of the 465 space postings in Alabama whose text we read, 72.5% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 54.2% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Huntsville area (the Huntsville, AL metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Limestone and Madison counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.