Materials and processes
Space Jobs for Materials Engineers
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 92 open roles for materials engineers and chemists on 14 space industry employers, including Inversion Space, Xona Space Systems and Apex; their typical pay runs $124k to $224k a year, with a median of $130k, and the highest advertised rate is $252k a year at Stoke Space.
Associate Materials Engineer (opens the job details)
AST SpaceMobile · Mechanical · Hyderabad, Telangana, India· 3w agoDetails
Measured from 33 distinct posted rates, across 9 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 59 of the 92 open roles here state no pay.
Space companies hire materials engineers and chemists to choose, qualify and test the metals, composites and chemicals their vehicles are made of and run on. Every role is checked against its employer's job board every hour.
Live roles for materials engineers and chemists
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Materials and processes engineers
1 openChoose and qualify materials and the processes that make parts from them.
Associate Materials Engineer (opens the job details)
AST SpaceMobile · Mechanical · Hyderabad, Telangana, India· 3w agoDetails
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Pay by specialty
Each specialty's typical pay is measured over its own open roles the way every band on this site is (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), and shown only where at least three distinct rates are posted.
What the roles ask for
Read from the requirements of 13 of the 92 open roles for materials engineers and chemists: the lines each role's pop-up lists from its posting. A role counts once, at the lowest degree it accepts.
The roles that name experience ask for a median of 4 years.
Who hires materials engineers and chemists in the space industry
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Frequently asked questions
How much do materials engineers and chemists earn in the space industry?
Across the 33 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for materials engineers and chemists right now, typical pay runs from $124000 to $224000 an hour, with a median of $130000. The highest posted rate is $252105 an hour, at Stoke Space. 59 of the 92 open roles for materials engineers and chemists state no pay, so check each listing.
What degree do materials roles ask for?
Usually a degree in materials science, metallurgy, chemical engineering or chemistry, and for senior roles a master's or PhD. Each listing states the degree, the experience and the location it asks for. Of the 13 open roles for materials engineers and chemists whose requirements we read, 1 a master's, 11 a bachelor's or a degree and 1 name no degree.
What does a materials engineer or chemist do at a space company?
A materials engineer at a space company decides what a part is made of and how it is made, then proves it: testing alloys and composites, writing the process specifications for heat treating, bonding and coating, and finding the cause when a part fails.
How do space companies hire materials engineers and chemists?
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.
Are these jobs real?
Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Inversion Space, Xona Space Systems, Apex and Stoke Space 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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