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Security for space systems in the Los Angeles area

Space Jobs for Cybersecurity Experts in the Los Angeles Area

89 open roles for cybersecurity experts at 18 space companies name a site in the Los Angeles area, most of them in Hawthorne and El Segundo; typical pay runs $116k–$250k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cybersecurity experts in the Los Angeles area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX28$134k/yr
Apex10$175k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation9not stated
Rocket Lab6$147k/yr
True Anomaly6$204k/yr
K2 Space5$180k/yr
KBR5$175k/yr
Anduril4$172k/yr
Northrop Grumman4$152k/yr
Northwood Space3too few figures
Varda Space Industries2not stated
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
General Galactic1too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)1too few figures
Millennium Space Systems1too few figures
Relativity Space1too few figures
RTX1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 21:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire cybersecurity experts in the Los Angeles area?

Today, SpaceX (28 roles), Apex (10 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (9 roles), Rocket Lab (6 roles), True Anomaly (6 roles), K2 Space (5 roles), and 12 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Los Angeles area.

Where in the Los Angeles area are the roles for cybersecurity experts?

Most are in Hawthorne (28), 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 the Los Angeles area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $163k/yr, with typical pay from $116k–$250k/yr; 91.8% 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 4,820 information security analysts working in the Los Angeles area, in any industry, earn a median $130k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for cybersecurity experts here post a median $163k/yr today, 25.7% above that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

Do roles for cybersecurity experts in the Los Angeles area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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 the Los Angeles area (the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Los Angeles and Orange counties), 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.