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Orbit Fab
About Orbit Fab
Orbit Fab provides refueling in space, with fuel shuttles that deliver propellant to spacecraft fitted with its RAFTI refueling interface, and mission-planning software for refueling logistics. It is based in Lafayette, Colorado, and lists a handful of openings.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 4 open Orbit Fab roles; typical pay across them is $130k to $195k a year (median $149k).
Live Orbit Fab roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTCDirector of Business Development (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Remote· 2mo agoDetails
$150,000–$200,000/yrMechanical Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Lafayette, CO· 1mo agoDetails
- $94,000–$128,000/yr
Senior Mechanical Engineer (Mechanisms) (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Lafayette, CO· 2mo agoDetails
$125,000–$173,000/yr
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About Orbit Fab
Refueling in orbit: fuel shuttles and a refueling port for satellites. It pays $130k–$195k/yr typically (median $149k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed4 open roles on Orbit Fab, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Orbit Fab's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Lafayette, CO; Washington, DC
What Orbit Fab pays
From current postings · as of 31 Oct 2026Median $149k/yr, taken across 3 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $94k/yr and as high as $200k/yr.
Measured from 3 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 1 of the 4 listings open here posts no pay at all.
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical | 2 | $125k–$173k/yr1 rate | $173k/yr |
| Programs & Business | 1 | $150k–$200k/yr1 rate | $200k/yr |
| Quality | 1 | $94k–$128k/yr1 rate | $128k/yr |
Best-paid Orbit Fab openings today
All 4 by payDirector of Business Development (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Remote· 2mo agoDetails
$150,000–$200,000/yrSenior Mechanical Engineer (Mechanisms) (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Lafayette, CO· 2mo agoDetails
$125,000–$173,000/yr- $94,000–$128,000/yr
Mechanical Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Lafayette, CO· 1mo agoDetails
“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 Orbit Fab hires for
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What our research measures about Orbit Fab
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 hiring4 open roles, 0.0% of all the space roles we read, across 3 kinds of work; 0 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 0.0% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience0.0% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 0.0% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency75.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $149,000 a year.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% 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).
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Frequently asked questions
What does Orbit Fab do?
Refueling in orbit: fuel shuttles and a refueling port for satellites.
How much does Orbit Fab pay?
Openings at Orbit Fab pay $130k–$195k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $149k/yr. We take both from the 3 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $94k/yr; the highest is $200k/yr.
What is it like to work at Orbit Fab?
Orbit Fab pays $130k–$195k/yr typically (median $149k/yr).
Which locations does Orbit Fab hire in?
Lafayette, CO; Washington, DC
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