Space industry work
Manufacturing & Technicians
Measured from 594 distinct posted rates, across 25 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 852 of the 1,446 listings open here post no pay at all.
Live technicians roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTC
Composite Prototype Technician - Level 1 or Level 2 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Utah-Corinne· today
Manufacturing Engineer - Level 3 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Commerce· today
Mechanical Technician Level 3 or Level 4 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Utah-Corinne· today
Manufacturing Engineer (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Palmdale· today
Mechanical Technician Level 1 or Level 2 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Utah-Corinne· today
Entry-Level Fabrication Specialist (Preparing and Painting) (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - Mesa, AZ· today
Experienced Fabrication Specialist (Preparing and Painting) (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - Mesa, AZ· today
Test Technician (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Maryland-Elkridge· today
Build the hardware with your hands and run the lines that make it: assembly, integration and test technicians, machinists and CNC programmers, welders, composites and additive manufacturing, electrical and harness technicians, and the manufacturing engineers who design the process. Many of these roles are hourly and open to people without a degree.
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In short
Manufacturing & Technicians. Build the hardware with your hands and run the lines that make it: assembly, integration and test technicians, machinists and CNC programmers, welders, composites and additive manufacturing, electrical and harness technicians, and the manufacturing engineers who design the process. The usual range is $62k–$170k/yr and the median $85k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. 27 employers hire for it, including Muon Space, Outpost, Inversion Space.
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What our research measures about technicians 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 hiring1,439 open roles (17.7% of the space roles we read) at 37 employers, 327 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Where the jobs are2.9% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
- Who can apply78.2% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 7.1% name a security clearance.
- Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: GD&T (ASME Y14.5) (23%), Lean or Six Sigma (19%) and SAP or another ERP (13%).
- Degrees and experience38.4% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 9.4% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 2 years of experience at the least.
- Pay transparency41.3% of the postings state their pay, at a median $85,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level85 open roles are for someone starting out (5.9% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel42.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 48.4% for overtime or extended hours, and 15.4% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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