Space industry work
Ground Software & IT
Measured from 540 distinct posted rates, across 33 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 341 of the 883 listings open here post no pay at all.
Live software & IT roles
Updated 29 Oct 2026, 21:01 UTC
Software, Platform (Early Career) (opens the job details)
Northwood Space · Torrance, CA· todayDetails
$123,000–$140,000/yrSoftware Engineer, Platform (opens the job details)
Northwood Space · Torrance, CA· todayDetails
$140,000–$178,000/yr
$162,000–$198,000/yr
$135,000/yr
Threat Detection & Response Engineer III (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Long Beach, CA· todayDetails
DevOps Engineer - Level 3 (AHT) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Schriever AFB· todayDetails
Principal Software Engineer – X-Lab Developer (26-411) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Schriever AFB· todayDetails
Software Engineer [ TS SCI ] (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Schriever AFB· todayDetails
Cyber Incident Analyst Responder – Regional CNDA (26-457) Space AHT (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Schriever AFB· todayDetails
Build the software on the ground: mission and ground-segment software, data platforms, web and backend engineering, cloud and DevOps, IT and cybersecurity, and the factory and business systems a space company runs on.
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In short
Ground Software & IT. Build the software on the ground: mission and ground-segment software, data platforms, web and backend engineering, cloud and DevOps, IT and cybersecurity, and the factory and business systems a space company runs on. The usual range is $135k–$265k/yr and the median $160k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. 13 employers hire for it, including Hubble Network, Quindar, Loft Orbital.
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