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Vantor jobs
Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, builds and operates high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites and sells the imagery and the geospatial intelligence drawn from it. Its careers page links its Workday career site.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 140 open jobs at Vantor; their typical pay runs $118k to $202k a year, with a median of $135k.
Typical pay, live
Latest Vantor openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:01 UTCProgram Operations Coordinator (Hybrid) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Westminster, CO, United States · 1d agoDetails
$62,000–$83,000/yrDirector, Strategic Accounts (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA, United States of America · 1d agoDetails
$240,000–$320,000/yrSr. Director, Transformation - USG (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA, United States · 1d agoDetails
$215,000–$286,000/yrSr. Finance Analyst, Channel Operations (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Westminster, CO, United States of America · 1d agoDetails
$98,000–$130,000/yr- $105,000–$140,000/yr
Senior Payload Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Westminster, CO, United States · 1d agoDetails
$109,000–$145,000/yrCyber Operations Analyst (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Westminster, CO, United States · 2d agoDetails
$105,000–$140,000/yrPhysical Security Officer (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Westminster, CO, United States · 2d agoDetails
$47.00–$51.70/hrResearch Scientist (opens the job details)
Science & Data · Westminster, CO, United States · 2d agoDetails
$105,000–$140,000/yrGeospatial Developer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Reston, VA, United States · 3d agoDetails
$116,000–$154,000/yrSolutions Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Herndon, VA, United States · 4d agoDetails
$102,000–$136,000/yr
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Vantor on our lists
Where Vantor's current postings put it, each list naming every other space employer in the same spot.
- Internships and co-ops1 internship or co-op open
- Roles with no experience required3 open roles whose postings say so
- Visa sponsorship1 open role whose posting offers it
- Cleared roles54 open roles that name a clearance level
- No degree required3 open roles that take a diploma or an associate's
- Military experience counts2 open roles for veterans
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Vantor at a glance
Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, builds and operates high-resolution Earth-imaging satellites and sells the imagery and the geospatial intelligence drawn from it. Its careers page links its Workday career site.
140 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Vantor's name?
Vantor's own sites: vantor.com · maxar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com.
What Vantor pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $135k/yr over the 100 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $62k/yr up to $365k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 100 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 40 of the 140 open jobs here state no pay.
The top-paying Vantor jobs open now
Every 140, highest pay firstSenior Account Executive, U.S. Government (TS) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA, United States · 7mo agoDetails
$219,000–$365,000/yrDirector, Strategic Accounts (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA, United States of America · 1d agoDetails
$240,000–$320,000/yrSr. Director, Transformation - USG (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA, United States · 1d agoDetails
$215,000–$286,000/yrSr. Manager, Strategic Accounts (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA, United States of America · 2mo agoDetails
$199,000–$265,000/yrDirector, Applied AI & Data Science (opens the job details)
Science & Data · Herndon, VA, United States · 1w agoDetails
$182,000–$242,000/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 Vantor looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Vantor 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.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
A science, engineering or data degree; geospatial and intelligence roles may need a clearance.
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.
Often no degree for logistics and maintenance; buyers and planners usually have business or supply-chain training.
A computer science, aerospace or electrical engineering degree; C/C++ for flight code, control theory for GNC.
Vantor's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
Vantor pay by occupation, from its own postings: Software engineer pay, Data scientist pay, Program manager pay, Systems engineer pay.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
Vantor sites with openings
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Questions about Vantor
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What does Vantor pay?
Across the 100 open Vantor jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $118k–$202k/yr and the median $135k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $62k/yr and the highest $365k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Vantor staffing?
Of its 140 openings, the largest groups are ground software & IT (42), science, imaging & earth data (34) and programs & business (32).
What does Vantor ask for in ground software and IT jobs in space?
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance. The exact bar is in each Vantor posting.
How fresh is this list of Vantor roles?
We read Vantor's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Vantor keeps it up, dated with our last check.
Vantor versus similar employers
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