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Space Jobs for Machinists in California

64 open roles for machinists at 12 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Hawthorne and Long Beach; typical pay runs $65.6k–$141k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring machinists in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX29$82.2k/yr
Relativity Space19$78.8k/yr
Vast4$95.4k/yr
Rocket Lab3$72.8k/yr
Inversion Space2too few figures
Apex1too few figures
Blue Origin1not stated
K2 Space1not stated
Northwood Space1too few figures
Terran Orbital1too few figures
True Anomaly1too few figures
Varda Space Industries1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 04:01 UTC

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Which space companies hire machinists in California?

Today, SpaceX (29 roles), Relativity Space (19 roles), Vast (4 roles), Rocket Lab (3 roles), Inversion Space (2 roles), Apex (1 role), and 6 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for machinists?

Most are in Hawthorne (29), Long Beach (26), Los Angeles (2), Playa Vista (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for machinists in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $82.2k/yr, with typical pay from $65.6k–$141k/yr; 87.7% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

Do roles for machinists in California 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 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 machinists; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.