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Space Jobs for Data Scientists

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 263 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers on , including Muon Space, Array Labs and Anduril; typical pay across them is $144k to $270k a year (median $164k), topped by $350k a year advertised at SpaceX.

See 128 roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers
$144k–$270k/yrtypical paylive median $164k/yrup to $350k/yr at SpaceX

Measured from 140 distinct posted rates, across 31 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 122 of the 263 listings open here post no pay at all.

Space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers to turn imagery, telemetry and production data into products and decisions. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.

Live roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers

Updated 30 Oct 2026, 16:03 UTC

Showing the 128 roles that ask for at least a bachelor's, every country. See every role

Geospatial and Earth observation data

10 open

Turn satellite imagery and radar data into products: remote sensing, geospatial analysis and image science.

Machine learning and AI

86 open

Models for imagery, autonomy, operations and manufacturing.

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Data engineering

6 open

The pipelines and platforms that move telemetry, imagery and business data.

Data science and analytics

26 open

Analysis of test, production, operations and business data.

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Before you apply

Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.

Pay by specialty

Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Geospatial and Earth observation data23$83.8k–$211k/yr$213k/yr
Machine learning and AI161$160k–$271k/yr$350k/yr
Data engineering21$132k–$219k/yr$280k/yr
Data science and analytics58$129k–$228k/yr$270k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 175 out of 263 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

4

Ask for a PhD

8

Ask for a master's

128

Ask for at least a bachelor's

35

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience137
  • Name a security clearance52
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)42
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)16
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition8
  • Ask for a certification2
  • Ask for a professional license1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires data scientists and machine learning engineers in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Muon Space logoMuon Space5$171k–$261k/yr
Array Labs logoArray Labs1$150k–$300k/yr
Anduril logoAnduril3$167k–$254k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network1$150k–$235k/yr
Umbra logoUmbra2$155k–$210k/yr
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly11$80k–$315k/yr
Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo12$132k–$262k/yr
E-Space logoE-Space1$150k–$225k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space1Not stated
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems logoBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems1$97k–$165k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space2$140k–$200k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital4$90k–$210k/yr
Viasat logoViasat6$121k–$285k/yr
Skylo logoSkylo1$170k–$185k/yr
Impulse Space logoImpulse Space2$62.4k–$180k/yr
KBR logoKBR1Not stated
BlackSky logoBlackSky4$74.9k–$165k/yr
Planet logoPlanet7$100k–$226k/yr
Slingshot Aerospace logoSlingshot Aerospace1$150k–$250k/yr
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin15$99.2k–$277k/yr
Vast logoVast1$160k–$268k/yr
CesiumAstro logoCesiumAstro1Not stated
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space2$115k–$196k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies4$120k–$275k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space1$70.7k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton4$61.9k–$225k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation logoThe Aerospace Corporation21Not stated
ArianeGroup logoArianeGroup7Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space4Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)4Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE3Not stated
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space3Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale2Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space1Not stated
Constellr logoConstellr1Not stated
Eutelsat logoEutelsat1Not stated
Foundational logoFoundational1Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace1Not stated
OHB logoOHB1Not stated
Spaceium logoSpaceium1Not stated
Sierra Space logoSierra Space4$113k–$221k/yr
SES logoSES1Not stated
Intuitive Machines logoIntuitive Machines2Not stated
SpaceX logoSpaceX66$80k–$350k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile4Not stated
Vantor logoVantor22$81k–$220k/yr
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman2$169k–$258k/yr
L3Harris logoL3Harris2$166k–$308k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab5$132k–$204k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory9$83.8k–$228k/yr
CACI logoCACI1$76k–$156k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring data scientists and machine learning engineers: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo12 open
Assessment
Amazon's interview loop. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin15 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton4 open
Assessment
Booz Allen's technical assessment and interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)4 open
Assessment
ESA's pre-screening and panel interview. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Credentials
You complete a basic medical screening for the ESA Medical Officer and a basic background screening run by an external party; in a second stage ESA contacts your referees and verifies your diploma. Source
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space3 open
Assessment
Thales interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space1 open
Assessment
Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman2 open
Assessment
The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory9 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

In the US, by state

Space industry jobs by US state

The public record, in every industry: 275,600 data scientists work in the US (2025), projected to grow 35% by 2035, at a median $120k/yr (BLS, May 2025). Open space roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $160k/yr, 33.1% above it (pay research). Each state's page gives its own.

What our research measures about science & data work

Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do data scientists and machine learning engineers earn in the space industry?

Going by the 140 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $144k–$270k/yr and the median is $164k/yr. The top posted figure is $350k/yr, at SpaceX. 122 of the 263 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers state no pay, so check each listing.

What do data roles ask for?

Usually a degree in a quantitative field and experience with the tools the role names; imagery and remote sensing roles often ask for a graduate degree in the field. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 175 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers whose requirements we read, 4 ask for a PhD, 8 a master's, 128 at least a bachelor's and 35 name no degree.

What does a data scientist or machine learning engineer do at a space company?

A data scientist at a space company works on the data a space business produces: Earth observation imagery and radar, spacecraft telemetry, test and production data, building the models, pipelines and analysis that turn it into products and decisions.

How do space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status. Of the employers hiring data scientists and machine learning engineers now, European Space Agency (ESA) says it checks credentials such as degrees. The section on how each employer checks you quotes each guide with its source.

Are these jobs real?

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Array Labs, Anduril and Hubble Network among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.

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