Space Jobs for Product Managers

Pay by specialty

Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 57 out of 105 open roles for product managers, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

• Name years of experience46
• Name a security clearance14
• Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)7
• Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)4
• Set a residency or work-authorization condition4
• Ask for a certification1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 6 years.

Who hires product managers in the space industry

Employer	Open roles	Pay stated
Muon Space	6	$190k–$307k/yr
Hubble Network	1	$150k–$235k/yr
Umbra	1	$145k–$175k/yr
Amazon Leo	19	$129k–$268k/yr
True Anomaly	1	$135k–$235k/yr
E-Space	1	Not stated
LeoLabs	2	$171k–$194k/yr
Quindar	1	$120k–$180k/yr
Loft Orbital	3	$160k–$200k/yr
Viasat	6	$119k–$360k/yr
Blue Origin	7	$104k–$237k/yr
Skylo	2	$185k–$240k/yr
Epsilon3	1	$120k–$200k/yr
Planet	8	$127k–$326k/yr
BlackSky	1	$145k–$165k/yr
Slingshot Aerospace	1	Not stated
CesiumAstro	2	Not stated
Voyager Technologies	2	$175k–$275k/yr
Boeing	1	Not stated
Sierra Space	1	$157k–$215k/yr
Relativity Space	3	$126k–$222k/yr
OHB	3	Not stated
ArianeGroup	2	Not stated
Exolaunch	2	Not stated
Telesat	2	Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation	1	Not stated
ICEYE	1	Not stated
Kepler Communications	1	Not stated
Katalyst Space Technologies	2	$120k–$210k/yr
SES	1	Not stated
Redwire	1	$108k–$190k/yr
AST SpaceMobile	2	Not stated
Lockheed Martin	2	$136k–$252k/yr
Vantor	2	$135k–$180k/yr
United Launch Alliance	6	$108k–$202k/yr
Northrop Grumman	4	$129k–$266k/yr
Iridium	1	$147k–$193k/yr
CACI	2	$115k–$370k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Product Manager salary by employer

What each employer's own postings pay product managers, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.

• Amazon Leo Product Manager salarymedian $178k/yr, 19 open roles

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring product managers: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo19 open

Assessment

Amazon's interview loop. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Blue Origin7 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Lockheed Martin2 open

Assessment

Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Northrop Grumman4 open

Assessment

The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for product managers, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

What our research measures about programs & business work

Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.

• Who is hiring2,351 open roles (14.8% of the space roles we read) at 134 employers, 948 of them posted in the last 30 days.
• Where the jobs are4.1% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
• Who can apply59.4% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 31.7% name a security clearance.
• Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Excel (21%), SAP or another ERP (15%) and Jira (8%).
• Degrees and experience4.8% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 25.0% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 5 years of experience at the least.
• Pay transparency58.8% of the postings state their pay, at a median $148,000 a year.
• Internships and entry level95 open roles are for someone starting out (4.0% of its open roles).
• Shifts, weekends and travel15.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 17.1% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.4% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
• What applications askThe application forms for this work ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (77.6% of them), about a security clearance (47.7% of them), your GPA (25.3% of them), SAT, ACT or GRE scores (24.4% of them), your salary expectations (26.5% of them) and whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before (41.7% of them).