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Space Jobs for Data Scientists in the Austin Area
32 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at 2 space companies name a site in the Austin area, most of them in Bastrop and Austin. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Austin area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | 31 | not stated |
| CesiumAstro | 1 | not stated |
Where the roles are
- Bastrop31
- Austin1
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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC
Sourcing Manager, AI Satellite Electronics (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Supply Chain · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2w agoDetails

Electrical Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Systems & Test · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3w agoDetails

Principal Electrical Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Avionics · Bastrop, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails

Full-Stack Data Scientist, Hardware Reliability (Starlink) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Science & Data · Bastrop, TX, United States· 1mo agoDetails

Thermal Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Tooling Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Technicians · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Automation and Controls Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Technicians · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Systems & Test · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Optical Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Systems & Test · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Manufacturing Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Technicians · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

RFIC Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · RF & Payloads · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Principal Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · RF & Payloads · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Sr. Electrical Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Systems & Test · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

GNC Engineer - Embedded Controls, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Flight Software · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Software Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Flight Software · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Product Growth Strategy & Analytics Lead (Starlink) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Programs & Business · Bastrop, TX, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Application Software Engineer, Applied AI (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Software & IT · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Software & IT · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Thermal Engineer - Fluids Analysis, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Thermal Engineer - Spacecraft Analysis, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Process Engineer - Wafer Level Assembly, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Technicians · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Packaging Engineer - Thermal Materials, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Materials Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Materials Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Mechanical Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Mechanical Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Mechanical · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Power Electronics Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Avionics · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Sr. Electrical Hardware Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Avionics · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Power Electronics Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Avionics · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Electrical Hardware Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Avionics · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Data Engineer (Starlink) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Software & IT · Bastrop, TX, United States· 3mo agoDetails

Senior Machine Learning Engineer II (opens the job details)
CesiumAstro · Software & IT · Austin, TX· 9mo agoDetails
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What people ask about data scientists and machine learning engineers' work in the Austin area
Which space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Austin area?
Today, SpaceX (31 roles), CesiumAstro (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Austin area.
Where in the Austin area are the roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers?
Most are in Bastrop (31), Austin (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.
How much do space roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Austin area pay?
Too few of the roles here state their pay to give a median: 9.6% of Texas's postings state pay, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 3,730 data scientists working in the Austin area, in any industry, earn a median $127k/yr (BLS, May 2025).
Do roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Austin area require US citizenship?
Of the 1,687 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 78.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.4% 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 Austin area (the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson 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 data scientists and machine learning engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.