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Amentum
About Amentum
Amentum, the Chantilly, Virginia engineering and technical services contractor, staffs NASA work at Kennedy Space Center in Florida (the cranes, doors and platforms, rigging, welding, electrical and mechanical work of its launch site), in Houston and in Huntsville, Alabama, beside its military and energy work. Only its space roles are listed here: the board reads the postings its own search finds for space and judges each one before it is listed, so its other work stays off.
Platform-stated
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 204 open Amentum roles; 80 of them state their pay.
Live Amentum roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTCJunior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) MDX - SSFB/HSV (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Colorado Springs, CO, United States· 1w agoDetails
Mission Control Specialist (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Vandenberg AFB, CA, United States· 2d agoDetails
$62.00/hrVehicle Control Officer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Vandenberg AFB, CA, United States· 3w agoDetails
$80,000–$85,000/yrAir Controller (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Vandenberg AFB, CA, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$40.85–$50.98/hrArea Control Center (ACC) Supervisor (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Vandenberg AFB, CA, United States· 4mo agoDetails
$100,000–$118,000/yrSoftware Engineering and DevOps Section Manager (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Houston, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails
Cloud System Administrator (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Arlington, VA, United States· 3w agoDetails
Program Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Huntsville, AL, United States· 1w agoDetails
Business Intelligence & Integrated Services Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Houston, TX, United States· 5d agoDetails
Cybersecurity Space Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Houston, TX, United States· 1w agoDetails
$83,700/yrApplications and Range Systems Manager (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · OCONUS-Bahamas· 1mo agoDetails
Project Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Houston, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails
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About Amentum
Amentum's space work: technicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center launch site, at Houston and in Huntsville. It pays Stated per posting (platform-stated).
204 openings posted on its board today204 open roles on Amentum, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Amentum's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Kennedy Space Center, FL; Houston, TX; Huntsville, AL
Honest catches
- The pay shown is platform-stated rather than read off a live job feed: a reference point, not a promised rate.
What Amentum pays
Platform-stated · as of 2026-10-29From our research, platform-stated, dated 2026-10-29
Postings in US states with pay-range laws state a range; the board shows the range each posting states.
80 of its 204 open roles name a rate. That share is too thin to stand for Amentum as a whole, which is why the figure above comes from research instead. The rates that are posted, split by kind of work:
See where researched pay comes from and how each source is graded.
The work Amentum hires for
Open any of them for the day-to-day tasks, the other employers hiring for it, and the market rate.
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What our research measures about Amentum
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring208 open roles, 1.3% of all the space roles we read, across 14 kinds of work; 124 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply32.2% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 40.4% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience21.2% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 23.1% name a master's or PhD.
- Degrees and experience7 of its open postings count military experience toward what they ask, and 1 is a SkillBridge internship for service members leaving the military.
- Pay transparency37.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $83,700 a year.
- Internships and entry level13 open roles are for someone starting out (6.3% of its open roles), 5 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel23.6% of the postings ask for weekend work, 32.2% for overtime or extended hours, and 3.8% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
- Shifts, weekends and travel11 of its open postings offer relocation, and 5 say none is offered.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Amentum do?
Amentum's space work: technicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center launch site, at Houston and in Huntsville.
How much does Amentum pay?
Stated per posting. Postings in US states with pay-range laws state a range; the board shows the range each posting states.
What is it like to work at Amentum?
Amentum pays Stated per posting (platform-stated).
Which locations does Amentum hire in?
Kennedy Space Center, FL; Houston, TX; Huntsville, AL
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