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Communications and payloads in Texas

Space Jobs for RF Engineers in Texas

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

Space companies hiring RF and communications engineers in Texas

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX11not stated
AST SpaceMobile6not stated
Axiom Space1not stated
Blue Origin1not stated

Where the roles are

  • Bastrop9
  • Midland5
  • Starbase2
  • Dallas1
  • Houston1
  • Hutto1

Kinds of work

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTC

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What people ask about RF and communications engineers' work in Texas

Which space companies hire RF and communications engineers in Texas?

Today, SpaceX (11 roles), AST SpaceMobile (6 roles), Axiom Space (1 role), Blue Origin (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in Texas.

Where in Texas are the roles for RF and communications engineers?

Most are in Bastrop (9), Midland (5), Starbase (2), Dallas (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 Texas pay?

Too few of the roles here state their pay to give a median: 1.3% of Texas's postings state pay, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. For reference, the 8,710 electronics engineers, except computer working in Texas, in any industry, earn a median $132k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for RF and communications engineers in Texas require US citizenship?

Of the 1,255 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 87.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 1.3% 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 Texas, 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.