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Space Jobs for Mechanical Engineers in the San Francisco Area

32 open roles for mechanical engineers at 8 space companies name a site in the San Francisco area, most of them in San Francisco and Alameda; typical pay runs $100k–$235k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring mechanical engineers in the San Francisco area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Astranis15$100k/yr
Astra5$160k/yr
Xona Space Systems4$155k/yr
Array Labs2too few figures
Benchmark Space Systems2too few figures
Cowboy Space2too few figures
Capella Space1too few figures
Planet1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • San Francisco17
  • Alameda5
  • Burlingame4
  • Pleasanton2
  • Redwood City2
  • San Carlos2

Kinds of work

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 05:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire mechanical engineers in the San Francisco area?

Today, Astranis (15 roles), Astra (5 roles), Xona Space Systems (4 roles), Array Labs (2 roles), Benchmark Space Systems (2 roles), Cowboy Space (2 roles), and 2 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Francisco area.

Where in the San Francisco area are the roles for mechanical engineers?

Most are in San Francisco (17), Alameda (5), Burlingame (4), Pleasanton (2), 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 San Francisco area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $148k/yr, with typical pay from $100k–$235k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 5,150 mechanical engineers working in the San Francisco area, in any industry, earn a median $161k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for mechanical engineers here post a median $148k/yr today, 8.3% below that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

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

Of the 4,832 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.3% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.5% 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 San Francisco area (the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo 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.