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Space Jobs for Program Managers in the San Diego Area

22 open roles for program and project managers at 4 space companies name a site in the San Diego area, most of them in Carlsbad and San Diego; typical pay runs $155k–$323k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring program and project managers in the San Diego area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Viasat14$183k/yr
Voyager Technologies4$167k/yr
Northrop Grumman3$166k/yr
Blue Origin1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 14:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire program and project managers in the San Diego area?

Today, Viasat (14 roles), Voyager Technologies (4 roles), Northrop Grumman (3 roles), Blue Origin (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Diego area.

Where in the San Diego area are the roles for program and project managers?

Most are in Carlsbad (14), San Diego (8), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for program and project managers in the San Diego area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $183k/yr, with typical pay from $155k–$323k/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).

Do roles for program and project managers in the San Diego area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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 Diego area (the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: San Diego 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 program and project managers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.