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Launch and mission operations in the Washington, DC area

Space Jobs for Mission Operations Engineers in the Washington, DC Area

17 open roles for mission and launch operations engineers at 10 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Springfield, VA; typical pay runs $111k–$215k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring mission and launch operations engineers in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Booz Allen Hamilton3$142k/yr
RTX3$126k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation2not stated
Johns Hopkins APL2too few figures
Northrop Grumman2too few figures
AST SpaceMobile1not stated
Elveo Mobile1not stated
Iridium1too few figures
KBR1too few figures
L3Harris1not stated

Where the roles are

  • Chantilly, VA6
  • Springfield, VA4
  • Arlington, VA2
  • Laurel, MD2
  • McLean, VA2
  • Lanham, MD1
  • Leesburg, VA1

Kinds of work

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 22:03 UTC

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What people ask about mission and launch operations engineers' work in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies hire mission and launch operations engineers in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Booz Allen Hamilton (3 roles), RTX (3 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (2 roles), Johns Hopkins APL (2 roles), Northrop Grumman (2 roles), AST SpaceMobile (1 role), and 4 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for mission and launch operations engineers?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (6), Springfield, VA (4), Arlington, VA (2), Laurel, MD (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 the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $135k/yr, with typical pay from $111k–$215k/yr.

Do roles for mission and launch operations engineers in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), 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.