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Space Jobs for Program Managers in the Washington, DC Area

45 open roles for program and project managers at 18 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Dulles, VA; typical pay runs $146k–$290k/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 Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Northrop Grumman10$201k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation6not stated
Amazon Leo5$175k/yr
Lockheed Martin4$179k/yr
AST SpaceMobile3not stated
Anduril2too few figures
CACI2too few figures
Planet2too few figures
Viasat2too few figures
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems1too few figures
HawkEye 3601too few figures
KBR1not stated
L3Harris1not stated
Redwire1not stated
Spire Global1too few figures
Trinzic1too few figures
Ursa Major1not stated
Vantor1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Chantilly, VA10
  • Dulles, VA9
  • Washington, DC7
  • Arlington, VA6
  • Herndon, VA3
  • Lanham, MD3
  • Germantown, MD2
  • Sterling, VA2
  • Bethesda, MD1
  • Crystal City, VA1

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What people ask about program and project managers' work in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies hire program and project managers in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Northrop Grumman (10 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (6 roles), Amazon Leo (5 roles), Lockheed Martin (4 roles), AST SpaceMobile (3 roles), Anduril (2 roles), and 12 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 program and project managers?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (10), Dulles, VA (9), Washington, DC (7), Arlington, VA (6), 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 Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $175k/yr, with typical pay from $146k–$290k/yr.

Do roles for program and project managers 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 program and project managers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.