Applying to Reflect Orbital · forms read 31 Oct 2026
How to apply to Reflect Orbital
Reflect Orbital takes applications on its own job board, one form per role. On 31 Oct 2026 this site read the forms of 17 forms: the median one has 13 fields, your contact details and resume first, then 5 questions of its own, listed below as Reflect Orbital writes them.
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 17 open Reflect Orbital roles; typical pay across them is $60.3k to $208k a year (median $145k).
The questions on the Reflect Orbital application
Every form starts with your name, email, phone and a resume, which it requires, and asks for your LinkedIn profile (optional). Then come Reflect Orbital's own questions. Read from 17 forms of its open roles on 31 Oct 2026; the share is how many of those forms ask each one.
On most of its forms
- Are you currently eligible to work in the United States of America?Yes or no · required · 100% of forms
- Do any of the following designations apply to you: U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158?Yes or no · required · 100% of forms
- Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in the United States?Yes or no · required · 100% of forms
- Website/Other LinkA short answer · optional · 100% of forms
- Why don't astronauts fall back to Earth when they're in orbit?Pick one of 4 · required · 76.5% of forms
Added for some roles
2 more questions appear on fewer than half of its forms, written for one role or a few. The most common:
- What internship program are you applying for?Pick any that apply · 5 forms
- How many months have at least 28 days?Pick one of 4 · 4 forms
How Reflect Orbital's forms compare with every other space employer's: What Space Job Applications Ask.
What our research measures about Reflect Orbital's postings
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 hiring17 open roles, 0.1% of all the space roles we read, across 8 kinds of work; 3 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).
Current Reflect Orbital openings
All 17 open rolesMarketing Director (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Hawthorne, CA· 4w agoDetails
$140,000–$190,000/yrMission Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$110,000–$185,000/yrMission Operations Engineering Intern (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Hawthorne, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$27–$31/hrGround Software Engineering Intern (opens the job details)
Software & IT · 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/yr
Applying to Reflect Orbital: questions
Does Reflect Orbital ask about citizenship on the application?
Yes, on every one of the 17 forms of its open roles read on 31 Oct 2026: they ask your citizenship or U.S. person status, which U.S. export-control rules (ITAR and EAR) make the test for much space work, and an answer is required.
Does the Reflect Orbital application ask about a security clearance?
Not on the 17 forms of its open roles read on 31 Oct 2026: none asks about a security clearance you hold or could obtain.
Does Reflect Orbital ask for your GPA?
Not on the 17 forms of its open roles read on 31 Oct 2026: none asks for your grade point average.
Does Reflect Orbital ask for SAT, ACT or GRE scores?
Not on the 17 forms of its open roles read on 31 Oct 2026: none asks for SAT, ACT or GRE scores.
Does the Reflect Orbital application ask for salary expectations?
Not on the 17 forms of its open roles read on 31 Oct 2026: none asks for your salary expectations.
Does Reflect Orbital ask whether you worked or interviewed there before?
Not on the 17 forms of its open roles read on 31 Oct 2026: none asks whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before.
How long is the Reflect Orbital application?
The median Reflect Orbital form read on 31 Oct 2026 has 13 fields: contact details, a resume, then 5 questions of its own. 7 different questions appear across its 17 forms, most of them added for a few roles only.