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Space Jobs for Data Scientists in Texas

36 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at 3 space companies name a site in Texas, most of them in Bastrop and Houston. 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 Texas

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX30not stated
Axiom Space4not stated
AST SpaceMobile2not stated

Where the roles are

  • Bastrop29
  • Houston4
  • Dallas1
  • Midland1
  • Starbase1

Kinds of work

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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

Today, SpaceX (30 roles), Axiom Space (4 roles), AST SpaceMobile (2 roles). The table above lists every employer with a role open in Texas.

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

Most are in Bastrop (29), Houston (4), Dallas (1), Midland (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 Texas pay?

Too few of the roles here state their pay to give a median: 1.3% of Texas's postings state pay, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. For reference, the 21,940 data scientists working in Texas, in any industry, earn a median $122k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in Texas require US citizenship?

Of the 1,255 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 87.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 1.3% 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 Texas, 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.