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Space Jobs for Data Scientists in the San Jose Area

25 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at 5 space companies name a site in the San Jose area, most of them in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale; typical pay runs $160k–$322k/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 the San Jose area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX12$183k/yr
Lockheed Martin8$114k/yr
Muon Space3$223k/yr
E-Space1too few figures
Skylo1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Palo Alto15
  • Sunnyvale7
  • San Jose3
  • Mountain View1
  • Saratoga1

Kinds of work

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What people ask about data scientists and machine learning engineers' work in the San Jose area

Which space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers in the San Jose area?

Today, SpaceX (12 roles), Lockheed Martin (8 roles), Muon Space (3 roles), E-Space (1 role), Skylo (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Jose area.

Where in the San Jose area are the roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Most are in Palo Alto (15), Sunnyvale (7), San Jose (3), Mountain View (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 San Jose area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $183k/yr, with typical pay from $160k–$322k/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 6,060 data scientists working in the San Jose area, in any industry, earn a median $185k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers here post a median $183k/yr today, 1.1% below that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

Do roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in the San Jose 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 San Jose area (the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: San Benito and Santa Clara 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.