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Space Jobs for Mechanical Engineers in Texas

91 open roles for mechanical engineers at 4 space companies name a site in Texas, most of them in Bastrop and Starbase. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring mechanical engineers in Texas

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX53not stated
Axiom Space15not stated
Firefly Aerospace13not stated
AST SpaceMobile10not stated

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 08:01 UTC

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Which space companies hire mechanical engineers in Texas?

Today, SpaceX (53 roles), Axiom Space (15 roles), Firefly Aerospace (13 roles), AST SpaceMobile (10 roles). The table above lists every employer with a role open in Texas.

Where in Texas are the roles for mechanical engineers?

Most are in Bastrop (28), Starbase (20), Houston (15), Cedar Park (10), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for mechanical engineers in Texas pay?

Too few of the roles here state their pay to give a median: 1.3% of Texas's postings state pay, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. For reference, the 18,240 mechanical engineers working in Texas, in any industry, earn a median $112k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for mechanical engineers in Texas require US citizenship?

Of the 1,255 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 87.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 1.3% 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 Texas, 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.