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Leidos
About Leidos
Leidos, the Reston, Virginia science and engineering contractor, does space work for the Space Force and the intelligence community (space systems engineering, satellite payloads, RF and ground systems) and supports NASA at its centers, among them Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Huntsville, Alabama area. 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.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 61 open Leidos roles; typical pay across them is $103k to $278k a year (median $130k).
Live Leidos roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTCProject Manager (NASA CMC) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Webster, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$73,450–$132,775/yrRisk Manager TS/SCI Poly (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Annapolis Junction, MD, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$92,300–$166,850/yrInstrumentation Operations Manager - ROSIE (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Huntsville, AL· 2d agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrProgram Manager (NASA JSC) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Webster, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrProject Coordinator (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Huntsville, AL· 3w agoDetails
$45,500–$82,250/yrTechnical Mission Growth Lead (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Chantilly, VA, United States of America· 6mo agoDetails
$131,300–$237,350/yrThermal Protection System Program Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Huntsville, AL· 5d agoDetails
$139,100–$251,450/yrTest Manager / Verification and Validation Manager (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia· 1mo agoDetails
Environmental Scientist, Waste Management (NASA KSC) (opens the job details)
Quality · 8536 Merritt Island FL Home Office· 1mo agoDetails
$59,150–$106,925/yrFlight Software Architect (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Huntsville, AL· 1w agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrMaintenance Operations Engineering Technician (NASA CMC) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Webster, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$40/hrEngineering Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia· 2w agoDetails
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About Leidos
Leidos's space work: satellite and payload engineering for the Space Force and intelligence space programs, and support at NASA centers, from Huntsville to Kennedy Space Center. It pays $103k–$278k/yr typically (median $130k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed61 open roles on Leidos, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Leidos's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Huntsville, AL; Fort Meade and Odenton, MD; Kennedy Space Center, FL; other US sites per posting
What Leidos pays
From current postings · as of 31 Oct 2026Median $130k/yr, taken across 48 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $40.3k/yr and as high as $278k/yr.
Measured from 48 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 13 of the 61 listings open here post no pay at all.
Best-paid Leidos openings today
All 61 by payInstrumentation Operations Manager - ROSIE (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Huntsville, AL· 2d agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrProgram Manager (NASA JSC) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Webster, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrFlight Software Architect (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Huntsville, AL· 1w agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrPrincipal Solution Architect, National Solutions Growth (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Gaithersburg, MD, United States· 1w agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/yrSpace Force Technical Director (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Colorado Springs, CO· 2w agoDetails
$154,050–$278,475/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 Leidos hires for
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What our research measures about Leidos
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 hiring46 open roles, 0.3% of all the space roles we read, across 12 kinds of work; 27 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply52.2% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 87.0% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience10.9% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 34.8% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency76.1% of the postings state their pay, at a median $122,000 a year.
- Shifts, weekends and travel8.7% of the postings ask for weekend work, 2.2% for overtime or extended hours, and 6.5% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Leidos do?
Leidos's space work: satellite and payload engineering for the Space Force and intelligence space programs, and support at NASA centers, from Huntsville to Kennedy Space Center.
How much does Leidos pay?
Openings at Leidos pay $103k–$278k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $130k/yr. We take both from the 48 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $40.3k/yr; the highest is $278k/yr.
What is it like to work at Leidos?
Leidos pays $103k–$278k/yr typically (median $130k/yr).
Which locations does Leidos hire in?
Huntsville, AL; Fort Meade and Odenton, MD; Kennedy Space Center, FL; other US sites per posting
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