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Mechanical, Structures & Thermal

$110k–$216k/yrtypical paylive median $132k/yr hire for it

Measured from 334 distinct posted rates, across 26 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 469 of the 803 listings open here post no pay at all.

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTC
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Design and analyze the physical vehicle: primary structures and tanks, mechanisms and deployables, thermal control, materials and processes, loads and stress analysis, aerodynamics and reentry, and the ground support equipment that fuels and handles a vehicle on the pad.

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Mechanical, Structures & Thermal. Design and analyze the physical vehicle: primary structures and tanks, mechanisms and deployables, thermal control, materials and processes, loads and stress analysis, aerodynamics and reentry, and the ground support equipment that fuels and handles a vehicle on the pad. The usual range is $110k–$216k/yr and the median $132k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. hire for it, including Outpost, Inversion Space, Varda Space Industries.

Who hires for mechanical work

EmployerOpen nowPay for this work
Outpost logoOutpost3$198k–$305k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space20$165k–$221k/yr
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries19$136k–$217k/yr
Apex logoApex12$146k–$225k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space27$125k–$244k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space13$152k–$328k/yr
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace21Stated per posting
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space21Stated per posting
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin234Stated per posting
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman12Stated per posting
The Exploration Company logoThe Exploration Company15Stated per posting
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies12$114k–$205k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory7$116k–$200k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major17$104k–$177k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital3$97.5k–$105k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space61$104k–$164k/yr
Vast logoVast22$112k–$162k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab47$65.6k–$142k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis23$60.3k–$142k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

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