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Space Jobs for Propulsion Engineers in Florida

38 open roles for propulsion engineers at 9 space companies name a site in Florida, most of them in Cape Canaveral and Homestead. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring propulsion engineers in Florida

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Blue Origin21$145k/yr
SpaceX7not stated
Relativity Space4$139k/yr
Amazon Leo1too few figures
AST SpaceMobile1not stated
Boeing1too few figures
Gravitics1too few figures
Lockheed Martin1too few figures
United Launch Alliance1not stated

Where the roles are

  • Cape Canaveral13
  • Homestead1
  • Kennedy Space Center1
  • Merritt Island1
  • Orlando1

Kinds of work

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Which space companies hire propulsion engineers in Florida?

Today, Blue Origin (21 roles), SpaceX (7 roles), Relativity Space (4 roles), Amazon Leo (1 role), AST SpaceMobile (1 role), Boeing (1 role), and 3 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in Florida.

Where in Florida are the roles for propulsion engineers?

Most are in Cape Canaveral (13), Homestead (1), Kennedy Space Center (1), Merritt Island (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for propulsion engineers in Florida pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $146k/yr, with typical pay from $137k–$214k/yr; 35.8% of Florida's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Florida has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 3,280 aerospace engineers working in Florida, in any industry, earn a median $129k/yr (BLS, May 2025, as our research sets beside the open roles).

Do roles for propulsion engineers in Florida require US citizenship?

Of the 900 space postings in Florida whose text we read, 74.2% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 27.7% 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 propulsion engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.