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Space Jobs for Data Scientists in the Washington, DC Area

41 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at 10 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Herndon, VA and Chantilly, VA; typical pay runs $135k–$225k/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 Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Vantor14$135k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation10not stated
Planet4$171k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton3$162k/yr
Lockheed Martin3$158k/yr
AST SpaceMobile2not stated
SpaceX2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
BlackSky1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Herndon, VA11
  • Chantilly, VA8
  • Arlington, VA5
  • Washington, DC5
  • McLean, VA4
  • Reston, VA3
  • Lanham, MD2
  • Springfield, VA2
  • Alexandria, VA1
  • Fort Belvoir, VA1

Kinds of work

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What people ask about data scientists and machine learning engineers' work in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Vantor (14 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (10 roles), Planet (4 roles), Booz Allen Hamilton (3 roles), Lockheed Martin (3 roles), AST SpaceMobile (2 roles), and 4 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Most are in Herndon, VA (11), Chantilly, VA (8), Arlington, VA (5), Washington, DC (5), 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 Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $158k/yr, with typical pay from $135k–$225k/yr. For reference, the 9,260 data scientists working in the Washington, DC area, in any industry, earn a median $132k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers here post a median $158k/yr, 19.5% above that (research on levels and pay).

Do roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), 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.