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Sophia Space
About Sophia Space
Sophia Space designs computing hardware for orbit: flat, passively cooled modules that carry processors on satellites. Its openings are in Pasadena, California, in avionics, payload integration, software and program management.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 6 open Sophia Space roles; typical pay across them is $141k to $213k a year (median $150k).
Live Sophia Space roles
Updated 1 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTCSoftware Technical Program Manager - L4 (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Pasadena, CA· 3mo agoDetails
$125,000–$191,000/yrEngineering Business Manager (L2, PM-04) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Pasadena, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$125,000–$155,000/yrSpacecraft Bus & Launch Services CTM (SE-02) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Pasadena, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$112,000–$164,000/yrPayload Integration Engineer - Level 4 (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Pasadena, CA· 4mo agoDetails
$127,000–$193,000/yr- $157,000–$232,000/yr
- $128,000–$157,000/yr
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About Sophia Space
Passively cooled compute modules that carry processors in orbit. It pays $141k–$213k/yr typically (median $150k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed6 open roles on Sophia Space, independently checked 1 Nov 2026.
Paid as an employee on Sophia Space's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Pasadena, CA
What Sophia Space pays
From current postings · as of 1 Nov 2026Median $150k/yr, taken across 6 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $112k/yr and as high as $232k/yr.
Measured from 6 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programs & Business | 3 | $139k–$186k/yr | $191k/yr |
| Avionics | 2 | $128k–$232k/yr2 rates | $232k/yr |
| Flight Software | 1 | $127k–$193k/yr1 rate | $193k/yr |
Best-paid Sophia Space openings today
All 6 by pay- $157,000–$232,000/yr
Payload Integration Engineer - Level 4 (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Pasadena, CA· 4mo agoDetails
$127,000–$193,000/yrSoftware Technical Program Manager - L4 (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Pasadena, CA· 3mo agoDetails
$125,000–$191,000/yrSpacecraft Bus & Launch Services CTM (SE-02) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Pasadena, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$112,000–$164,000/yr- $128,000–$157,000/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 Sophia Space hires for
Open any of them for the day-to-day tasks, the other employers hiring for it, and the market rate.
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What our research measures about Sophia Space
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 hiring6 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 16.7% 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 transparency100.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $150,000 a year.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% for overtime or extended hours.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Sophia Space do?
Passively cooled compute modules that carry processors in orbit.
How much does Sophia Space pay?
Openings at Sophia Space pay $141k–$213k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $150k/yr. We take both from the 6 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $112k/yr; the highest is $232k/yr.
What is it like to work at Sophia Space?
Sophia Space pays $141k–$213k/yr typically (median $150k/yr).
Which locations does Sophia Space hire in?
Pasadena, CA
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