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Space Jobs for Mechanical Engineers in the Houston Area

34 open roles for mechanical engineers at 5 space companies name a site in the Houston area, most of them in Houston. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Browse the rolesThe Houston area in the research on where space jobs are →Mechanical engineers in Texas →Every space job in the Houston area →Mechanical engineers in every state →

Space companies hiring mechanical engineers in the Houston area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Axiom Space15not stated
Amentum9too few figures
Intuitive Machines6not stated
Gravitics3$148k/yr
KBR1not stated

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 14:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire mechanical engineers in the Houston area?

Today, Axiom Space (15 roles), Amentum (9 roles), Intuitive Machines (6 roles), Gravitics (3 roles), KBR (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Houston area.

Where in the Houston area are the roles for mechanical engineers?

Most are in Houston (34), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for mechanical engineers in the Houston area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $125k/yr, with typical pay from $98.5k–$183k/yr; 9.6% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 8,310 mechanical engineers working in the Houston area, in any industry, earn a median $125k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do roles for mechanical engineers in the Houston area require US citizenship?

Of the 1,688 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 78.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.4% 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 the Houston area (the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller counties), 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 mechanical engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.