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Space Jobs for RF Engineers in the Austin Area

27 open roles for RF and communications engineers at 4 space companies name a site in the Austin area, most of them in Austin and Bastrop. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring RF and communications engineers in the Austin area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX11not stated
CesiumAstro10not stated
Amazon Leo5$178k/yr
Blue Origin1not stated

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 08:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire RF and communications engineers in the Austin area?

Today, SpaceX (11 roles), CesiumAstro (10 roles), Amazon Leo (5 roles), Blue Origin (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Austin area.

Where in the Austin area are the roles for RF and communications engineers?

Most are in Austin (15), Bastrop (11), Hutto (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for RF and communications engineers in the Austin area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $178k/yr, with typical pay from $178k–$228k/yr; 10.2% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas 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 1,960 electronics engineers, except computer working in the Austin area, in any industry, earn a median $163k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do roles for RF and communications engineers in the Austin area require US citizenship?

Of the 1,865 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 80.3% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.8% 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 Austin area (the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties), 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 RF and communications engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.