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Launch and mission operations in Florida

Space Jobs for Mission Operations Engineers in Florida

24 open roles for mission and launch operations engineers at 7 space companies name a site in Florida, most of them in Cape Canaveral and Space Coast. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring mission and launch operations engineers in Florida

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX6not stated
Blue Origin5not stated
Relativity Space5$89.4k/yr
Amazon Leo3$139k/yr
L3Harris2not stated
Lockheed Martin2too few figures
AST SpaceMobile1not stated

Where the roles are

  • Cape Canaveral11
  • Space Coast5
  • Merritt Island2
  • North Merritt Island2
  • Palm Bay2
  • Kennedy Space Center1
  • Titusville1

Kinds of work

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC

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What people ask about mission and launch operations engineers' work in Florida

Which space companies hire mission and launch operations engineers in Florida?

Today, SpaceX (6 roles), Blue Origin (5 roles), Relativity Space (5 roles), Amazon Leo (3 roles), L3Harris (2 roles), Lockheed Martin (2 roles), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in Florida.

Where in Florida are the roles for mission and launch operations engineers?

Most are in Cape Canaveral (11), Space Coast (5), Merritt Island (2), North Merritt Island (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for mission and launch operations engineers in Florida pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $92.6k/yr, with typical pay from $83.2k–$161k/yr; 11.8% of Florida's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

Do roles for mission and launch operations engineers in Florida require US citizenship?

Of the 447 space postings in Florida whose text we read, 86.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 4.3% 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 Florida, 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 mission and launch operations engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.