Space industry work
Science, Imaging & Earth Data
Measured from 68 distinct posted rates, across 14 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 34 of the 102 listings open here post no pay at all.
Live science & data roles
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Lidar and Camera Development Engineer - Lunar Avionics (opens the job details)
Blue Origin · Greater Seattle Area· today
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1d agoDetails
$83,820/yr
Machine Learning Engineer (TS/SCI) (opens the job details)
Vantor · Herndon, VA, United States of America· 1d agoDetails
$116,000–$154,000/yr
Spécialiste GNSS / GNSS Specialist (opens the job details)
Xona Space Systems · Montreal, Canada· 6d agoDetails
Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI) (opens the job details)
Vantor · Herndon, VA, United States of America· 6d agoDetails
Pharmaceutical Lab Internship (Crystallization) Summer 2027 (opens the job details)
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States· 1w agoDetails
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1w agoDetails
$83,820/yrData Scientist II (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1w agoDetails
$127,504–$138,008/yr
Senior Director, EO/IR Instrument Engineering (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Mountain View, CA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$256,000–$293,000/yrPostdoc: JWST High-Contrast Imaging Data Analysis (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1w agoDetails
$83,820/yr
Turn what spacecraft see into knowledge: remote sensing and Earth observation, synthetic aperture radar and optical imaging, geospatial and intelligence analysis, data science and machine learning on satellite data, and the scientists who design missions and instruments.
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Science, Imaging & Earth Data. Turn what spacecraft see into knowledge: remote sensing and Earth observation, synthetic aperture radar and optical imaging, geospatial and intelligence analysis, data science and machine learning on satellite data, and the scientists who design missions and instruments. The usual range is $132k–$227k/yr and the median $163k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. 12 employers hire for it, including Muon Space, Albedo, Varda Space Industries.
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