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Space Jobs for Cybersecurity Experts in California

110 open roles for cybersecurity experts at 25 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Hawthorne and El Segundo; typical pay runs $140k–$265k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cybersecurity experts in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX30$159k/yr
Apex10$175k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation9not stated
Viasat8$181k/yr
Rocket Lab6$147k/yr
True Anomaly6$204k/yr
K2 Space5$180k/yr
KBR5$175k/yr
Anduril4$172k/yr
Northwood Space4$170k/yr
Astranis3$184k/yr
Northrop Grumman3$157k/yr
Iridium2too few figures
Lockheed Martin2too few figures
Varda Space Industries2not stated
Xona Space Systems2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
Boeing1too few figures
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
General Galactic1too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory1too few figures
Muon Space1too few figures
Relativity Space1too few figures
RTX1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 22:03 UTC

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Which space companies hire cybersecurity experts in California?

Today, SpaceX (30 roles), Apex (10 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (9 roles), Viasat (8 roles), Rocket Lab (6 roles), True Anomaly (6 roles), and 19 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for cybersecurity experts?

Most are in Hawthorne (27), El Segundo (20), Los Angeles (15), Long Beach (13), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for cybersecurity experts in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $170k/yr, with typical pay from $140k–$265k/yr; 88.2% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 15,800 information security analysts working in California, in any industry, earn a median $139k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for cybersecurity experts in California require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for cybersecurity experts; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.