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Space Jobs for Data Scientists in California

78 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at 23 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Long Beach and El Segundo; typical pay runs $147k–$273k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring data scientists and machine learning engineers in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX18$160k/yr
True Anomaly11$198k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation10not stated
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory9$129k/yr
Muon Space3$223k/yr
Rocket Lab3$179k/yr
Voyager Technologies3$185k/yr
Anduril2too few figures
Impulse Space2too few figures
K2 Space2too few figures
Planet2too few figures
Relativity Space2too few figures
Array Labs1too few figures
E-Space1too few figures
Hubble Network1too few figures
Inversion Space1not stated
KBR1not stated
Loft Orbital1too few figures
Northrop Grumman1too few figures
Northwood Space1too few figures
Skylo1too few figures
Vast1too few figures
Viasat1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 17:02 UTC

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What people ask about data scientists and machine learning engineers' work in California

Which space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers in California?

Today, SpaceX (18 roles), True Anomaly (11 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (10 roles), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (9 roles), Muon Space (3 roles), Rocket Lab (3 roles), and 17 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Most are in Long Beach (18), El Segundo (13), Hawthorne (11), Pasadena (9), 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 California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $174k/yr, with typical pay from $147k–$273k/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 40,400 data scientists working in California, in any industry, earn a median $142k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers 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 data scientists and machine learning engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.