Space industry work
Ground Software & IT
Measured from 541 distinct posted rates, across 33 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 366 of the 909 listings open here post no pay at all.
Live software & IT roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 04:01 UTC
2027 Associate Software Engineer - Boulder CO (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Boulder· today
Associate Software Engineer - Colorado Springs (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs· today
Principal Computer Systems Analyst - 20055 - Roy Utah (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Utah-Roy· today
INTERNAL ONLY: Principal Software Engineer (26-434) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs· today
Associate Software Engineer (BM/SRM) (26-464) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Alabama-Huntsville· today
Cyber Systems Engineer - Level 3 or 4 (AHT) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Aurora· today
2027 Software Engineer Intern - Azusa CA (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Azusa· today
Senior Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
Ground Systems Engineer - Millennium Space Systems (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
Information Technology Engineer (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - Tukwila, WA· today
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.
Who hires for software & IT work
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What our research measures about software & IT work
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring895 open roles (11.0% of the space roles we read) at 45 employers, 201 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Where the jobs are7.3% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
- Who can apply83.4% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 28.5% name a security clearance.
- Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Python (64%), Docker or Kubernetes (39%) and Linux (34%).
- Degrees and experience4.3% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 12.4% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 4 years of experience at the least.
- Pay transparency60.2% of the postings state their pay, at a median $160,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level48 open roles are for someone starting out (5.4% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel37.2% of the postings ask for weekend work, 35.5% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.3% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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