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Capella Space
About Capella Space
Capella Space builds and operates synthetic aperture radar satellites, which see the ground at night and through cloud, and sells the imagery they collect. It belongs to IonQ, whose board files Capella's openings under a team of their own; they are in Louisville, Colorado and San Francisco, California.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 12 open Capella Space roles; typical pay across them is $93.5k to $220k a year (median $154k).
Live Capella Space roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 04:02 UTCStaff Technical Program Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 4d agoDetails
$152,000–$190,000/yrSenior Technical Program Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$124,000–$155,000/yrSenior Flight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Louisville, Colorado +3 more· 3mo agoDetails
$145,920–$191,047/yrSenior Manager, Electrical Engineering (opens the job details)
Avionics · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 5mo agoDetails
Staff Harness Engineer (opens the job details)
Avionics · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$126,887–$181,949/yrSenior Electrical Quality Inspector III (opens the job details)
Quality · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 3mo agoDetails
$78,725–$95,060/yrSenior Spacecraft Hardware Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 2w agoDetails
$68,000–$102,000/yr- $167,808–$219,704/yr
Senior Staff Structural Analyst - Spacecraft Engineering (opens the job details)
Mechanical · San Francisco, California, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$192,979–$276,722/yrComponent Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 2w agoDetails
$80,000–$105,000/yr- $145,920–$192,047/yr
Senior Electrical Hardware Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 2w agoDetails
$84,000–$105,000/yr
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About Capella Space
Radar satellites that image the ground at night and through cloud, now part of IonQ. It pays $93.5k–$220k/yr typically (median $154k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed12 open roles on Capella Space, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Capella Space's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Louisville, CO; San Francisco, CA
What Capella Space pays
From current postings · as of 31 Oct 2026Median $154k/yr, taken across 11 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $68k/yr and as high as $277k/yr.
Measured from 11 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 1 of the 12 listings open here posts no pay at all.
Best-paid Capella Space openings today
All 12 by paySenior Staff Structural Analyst - Spacecraft Engineering (opens the job details)
Mechanical · San Francisco, California, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$192,979–$276,722/yr- $167,808–$219,704/yr
- $145,920–$192,047/yr
Senior Flight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Louisville, Colorado +3 more· 3mo agoDetails
$145,920–$191,047/yrStaff Technical Program Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Louisville, Colorado, United States· 4d agoDetails
$152,000–$190,000/yr
“Typical” here means 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; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
The work Capella Space hires for
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What our research measures about Capella Space
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 hiring12 open roles, 0.1% of all the space roles we read, across 7 kinds of work; 4 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply100.0% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 8.3% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience16.7% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 25.0% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency91.7% of the postings state their pay, at a median $154,000 a year.
- Shifts, weekends and travel16.7% of the postings ask for weekend work, 16.7% for overtime or extended hours.
- Who can applyIt had no H-1B visa application and no green card (PERM) certification from 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Jun 2026, by the Department of Labor's public data (which space companies sponsor H-1B visas and green cards).
- What applications askIts application forms ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (100.0% of them).
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Frequently asked questions
What does Capella Space do?
Radar satellites that image the ground at night and through cloud, now part of IonQ.
How much does Capella Space pay?
Openings at Capella Space pay $93.5k–$220k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $154k/yr. We take both from the 11 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $68k/yr; the highest is $277k/yr.
What is it like to work at Capella Space?
Capella Space pays $93.5k–$220k/yr typically (median $154k/yr).
Which locations does Capella Space hire in?
Louisville, CO; San Francisco, CA
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