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CesiumAstro jobs
CesiumAstro builds communications systems and satellite hardware: software-defined radios, phased-array payloads and satcom terminals for space, airborne and defense customers. It hires mainly in Westminster, Colorado, Austin, Texas, El Segundo, California and Melbourne, Florida, with smaller teams in Germany and the United Kingdom.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 321 open jobs at CesiumAstro; their typical pay runs $125k to $252k a year, with a median of $152k.
Typical pay, live
Latest CesiumAstro openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:01 UTCDirector, Business Capture (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · El Segundo, CA · todayDetails
$217,000–$266,000/yrDirector, Business Capture (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Westminster, CO, United States · todayDetails
$208,000–$254,000/yrOffice Administrator I (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Westminster, CO, United States · 1d agoDetails
$68,000–$79,000/yrManager, Supplier Operations & Governance (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · El Segundo, CA · 1d agoDetails
$143,000–$175,000/yrManager, Supplier Operations & Governance (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Westminster, CO, United States · 1d agoDetails
$136,000–$167,000/yrManager, Systems Integration & Test (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, CA · 1d agoDetails
$193,000–$236,000/yrStaff Flight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Westminster, CO, United States · 2d agoDetails
$158,000–$189,000/yrSenior Supply Chain Operations Analyst (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · El Segundo, CA · 2d agoDetails
$99,000–$117,000/yrSenior Supply Chain Operations Analyst (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Westminster, CO, United States · 2d agoDetails
$94,000–$112,000/yrSenior Trade Compliance Administrator (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Westminster, CO, United States · 2d agoDetails
$94,000–$112,000/yr
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CesiumAstro at a glance
CesiumAstro builds communications systems and satellite hardware: software-defined radios, phased-array payloads and satcom terminals for space, airborne and defense customers. It hires mainly in Westminster, Colorado, Austin, Texas, El Segundo, California and Melbourne, Florida, with smaller teams in Germany and the United Kingdom.
321 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in CesiumAstro's name?
CesiumAstro's own sites: cesiumastro.com.
What CesiumAstro pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $152k/yr over the 178 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $12.1k/yr up to $371k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 173 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 143 of the 321 open jobs here state no pay.
The top-paying CesiumAstro jobs open now
Every 321, highest pay firstVice President of Business Development (Commercial) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · El Segundo, CA · 1mo agoDetails
$303,466–$370,903/yrVice President of Business Development (Commercial) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Westminster, CO, United States · 1mo agoDetails
$289,672–$354,044/yrDirector of Business Development, National Security & Intelligence (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Washington D.C., United States · 1y+ agoDetails
$225,000–$290,000/yrDirector, Solutions/Conceptual Design (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, CA · 2d agoDetails
$228,000–$279,000/yrDirector, Applications Engineering (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · El Segundo, CA · 3d agoDetails
$228,000–$279,000/yr
The middle half is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What CesiumAstro looks for
The usual bar in each discipline CesiumAstro is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications.
A business, finance, law or engineering degree; program managers often hold a PMP or an engineering background.
An engineering degree; test technicians often come from the military or a technical program.
An electrical engineering degree with RF or signal-processing work; payload roles often want physics or optics.
An engineering degree or inspection certifications (NDT levels, AS9100 experience); safety roles want EHS credentials.
A mechanical or aerospace engineering degree; CAD (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks) and FEA analysis for most roles.
CesiumAstro's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
CesiumAstro pay by occupation, from its own postings: Software engineer pay, Sales professional pay, Electrical engineer pay, Systems engineer pay, Mechanical engineer pay, Propulsion engineer pay, Quality engineer pay.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
CesiumAstro sites with openings
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Open jobs at CesiumAstro since Mar 2023
How many jobs CesiumAstro's own careers board listed, month by month, counted from the copies the Internet Archive kept of that board, and the same board on 6 Nov 2026. A month with no copy has no point, and each month links to the copy it was counted from.
Jobs on its own careers board
Mar 2023: 68 · low 35 (Jun 2023) · Apr 2026: 202 · today 350
Every month's count
- Mar 2023: 68
- Jun 2023: 35
- Mar 2024: 103
- Apr 2024: 103
- May 2024: 92
- Jun 2024: 69
- Jul 2024: 75
- Aug 2024: 75
- Sep 2024: 110
- Nov 2024: 122
- Feb 2025: 81
- Jun 2025: 122
- Oct 2025: 157
- Nov 2025: 170
- Feb 2026: 153
- Apr 2026: 202
- 6 Nov 2026: 350 (the board today)
Questions about CesiumAstro
How do I apply to CesiumAstro?
Choose a role below and use its Apply button, which opens that posting on CesiumAstro's careers site; the application goes straight to CesiumAstro. Screening, interviews and any offer happen between you and the company, without us.
What does CesiumAstro pay?
Across the 178 open CesiumAstro jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $125k–$252k/yr and the median $152k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $12.1k/yr and the highest $371k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is CesiumAstro staffing?
Of its 321 openings, the largest groups are avionics & electrical (64), programs & business (62) and systems, integration & test (42).
What does CesiumAstro ask for in avionics and electrical engineering jobs in space?
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications. The exact bar is in each CesiumAstro posting.
How fresh is this list of CesiumAstro roles?
We read CesiumAstro's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as CesiumAstro keeps it up, dated with our last check.
CesiumAstro versus similar employers
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