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Reflect Orbital
About Reflect Orbital
Reflect Orbital builds satellites that use mirrors to redirect sunlight to chosen places on Earth, for lighting and extra solar energy. Its openings are in Hawthorne, California and cover mission operations, mechanical, avionics and composites engineering.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 17 open Reflect Orbital roles; typical pay across them is $60.3k to $208k a year (median $145k).
Live Reflect Orbital roles
Updated 1 Nov 2026, 07:02 UTCEmbedded Firmware Engineering Intern (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Hawthorne, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$27–$31/hrGround Software Engineering Intern (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Hawthorne, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$27–$31/hrMarketing Director (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Hawthorne, CA· 4w agoDetails
$140,000–$190,000/yrIT Support Specialist Intern (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Hawthorne, CA· 1w agoDetails
$27–$31/hrMission Operations Engineering Intern (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Hawthorne, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$27–$31/hrSenior Mission Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$110,000–$185,000/yrDirector, Government Partnerships (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Washington, D.C., United States· 3w agoDetails
$160,000–$200,000/yrMission Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$110,000–$185,000/yrFlight Software Engineering Intern (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Hawthorne, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$27–$31/hr- $100,000–$140,000/yr
Technical Recruiter (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$80,000–$170,000/yrPrincipal GNC Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$130,000–$220,000/yr
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About Reflect Orbital
Satellites with mirrors that redirect sunlight to places on Earth. It pays $60.3k–$208k/yr typically (median $145k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed17 open roles on Reflect Orbital, independently checked 1 Nov 2026.
Paid as an employee on Reflect Orbital's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Hawthorne, CA; Washington, DC
What Reflect Orbital pays
From current postings · as of 1 Nov 2026Median $145k/yr, taken across 17 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $56.2k/yr and as high as $220k/yr.
Measured from 17 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
Best-paid Reflect Orbital openings today
All 17 by payPrincipal GNC Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$130,000–$220,000/yrSenior GNC Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$130,000–$220,000/yrDirector, Government Partnerships (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Washington, D.C., United States· 3w agoDetails
$160,000–$200,000/yr- $100,000–$200,000/yr
Mechanical Engineer (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Hawthorne, CA· 1y+ agoDetails
$90,000–$200,000/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.
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What our research measures about Reflect Orbital
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-31 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring17 open roles, 0.1% of all the space roles we read, across 8 kinds of work; 2 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply5.9% 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, 11.8% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency100.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $145,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level5 open roles are for someone starting out (29.4% of its open roles), 5 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% for overtime or extended hours, and 11.8% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
- Who can applyIt had 3 H-1B visa applications 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 Reflect Orbital do?
Satellites with mirrors that redirect sunlight to places on Earth.
How much does Reflect Orbital pay?
Openings at Reflect Orbital pay $60.3k–$208k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $145k/yr. We take both from the 17 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $56.2k/yr; the highest is $220k/yr.
What is it like to work at Reflect Orbital?
Reflect Orbital pays $60.3k–$208k/yr typically (median $145k/yr).
Which locations does Reflect Orbital hire in?
Hawthorne, CA; Washington, DC
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