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Space Jobs for Sales and Business Development

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 438 open roles for sales and business development professionals on , including Muon Space, Hubble Network and Amazon Leo; typical pay across them is $132k to $288k a year (median $165k), topped by $600k a year advertised at Apex.

See 438 roles for sales and business development professionals
$132k–$288k/yrtypical paylive median $165k/yrup to $600k/yr at Apex

Measured from 205 distinct posted rates, across 48 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 207 of the 438 listings open here post no pay at all.

Space companies hire sales and business development professionals to win launch contracts, sell satellite services and data, and capture government programs. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.

Live roles for sales and business development professionals

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 21:02 UTC

Capture and proposals

79 open

Win government and defense contracts: capture strategy, proposals and bids.

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Sales engineers and pre-sales

29 open

The technical side of a sale: solutions, demonstrations and what a customer's mission needs from the product.

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Account executives and customer success

103 open

Sell to and look after enterprise, aviation, maritime and government customers of satellite services and data.

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Business development and partnerships

123 open

Open new markets, customers and partnerships for launch, spacecraft and space data companies.

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Sales professionals

104 open

Sales roles across space companies.

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Before you apply

Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.

Pay by specialty

Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Capture and proposals79$118k–$264k/yr$332k/yr
Sales engineers and pre-sales29$127k–$195k/yr$285k/yr
Account executives and customer success103$132k–$229k/yr$365k/yr
Business development and partnerships123$150k–$323k/yr$600k/yr
Sales professionals104$136k–$231k/yr$260k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 226 out of 438 open roles for sales and business development professionals, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

0

Ask for a PhD

4

Ask for a master's

152

Ask for at least a bachelor's

70

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience189
  • Name a security clearance47
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition20
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)14
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)6
  • Ask for a professional license1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 6 years.

Who hires sales and business development professionals in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Muon Space logoMuon Space6$83.2k–$224k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network3$110k–$250k/yr
Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo24$82.7k–$262k/yr
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly1$115k–$190k/yr
Momentus logoMomentus1$140k–$175k/yr
LeoLabs logoLeoLabs3Not stated
Stoke Space logoStoke Space1$160k–$260k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space1$220k–$290k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems logoBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems4$133k–$261k/yr
Apex logoApex10$80k–$600k/yr
Loft Federal logoLoft Federal1$200k–$250k/yr
Albedo logoAlbedo1$169k–$190k/yr
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries3$200k–$311k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital4$130k–$200k/yr
Viasat logoViasat13$80k–$285k/yr
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin6$145k–$237k/yr
Skylo logoSkylo1$155k–$170k/yr
Impulse Space logoImpulse Space1$100k–$150k/yr
Quantum Space logoQuantum Space2$125k–$230k/yr
Epsilon3 logoEpsilon31$140k–$200k/yr
HawkEye 360 logoHawkEye 3601$185k–$230k/yr
Planet logoPlanet20$67.6k–$166k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky2Not stated
Slingshot Aerospace logoSlingshot Aerospace3$120k–$200k/yr
CesiumAstro logoCesiumAstro11$65k–$371k/yr
Spire Global logoSpire Global9$101k–$230k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies3$48.9k–$62.4k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space1$121k–$156k/yr
Orbit Fab logoOrbit Fab1$150k–$200k/yr
Parsons logoParsons1$177k–$332k/yr
Sierra Space logoSierra Space4$90.7k–$347k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space1$122k–$182k/yr
Vast logoVast2$112k–$203k/yr
ICEYE logoICEYE12Not stated
OHB logoOHB8Not stated
Telesat logoTelesat5Not stated
Telespazio logoTelespazio5Not stated
ClearSpace logoClearSpace4Not stated
HyImpulse logoHyImpulse4Not stated
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space4Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale3Not stated
Eutelsat logoEutelsat3Not stated
Open Cosmos logoOpen Cosmos3Not stated
Redwire Space Europe logoRedwire Space Europe3Not stated
ArianeGroup logoArianeGroup2Not stated
Constellr logoConstellr2Not stated
Foundational logoFoundational2Not stated
NewOrbit Space logoNewOrbit Space2Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space1Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space1Not stated
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace1Not stated
Exotrail logoExotrail1Not stated
GHGSat logoGHGSat1Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace1Not stated
Satellogic logoSatellogic1Not stated
Star Catcher logoStar Catcher1Not stated
Synspective logoSynspective1Not stated
The Exploration Company logoThe Exploration Company1Not stated
ThrustMe logoThrustMe1Not stated
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1$100k–$180k/yr
Katalyst Space Technologies logoKatalyst Space Technologies1$110k–$180k/yr
SES logoSES4Not stated
SpaceX logoSpaceX109$80k–$260k/yr
ispace logoispace5Not stated
Redwire logoRedwire2$148k–$212k/yr
Rendezvous Robotics logoRendezvous Robotics3$95k–$200k/yr
L3Harris logoL3Harris4Not stated
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin7$81.5k–$325k/yr
Vantor logoVantor4$219k–$365k/yr
SEAKR Engineering logoSEAKR Engineering1$225k–$275k/yr
Blue Canyon Technologies logoBlue Canyon Technologies3Not stated
AeroVironment (AV) logoAeroVironment (AV)2$80.5k–$123k/yr
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman13$75.8k–$263k/yr
Iridium logoIridium12$88k–$306k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab22$86k–$321k/yr
CACI logoCACI2$115k–$302k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major3$80k–$330k/yr
Lunar Outpost logoLunar Outpost2$49.9k/yr
Teledyne logoTeledyne7$62.8k–$251k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis12$60.3k–$225k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Sales or Business Development Professional salary by employer

What each employer's own postings pay sales and business development professionals, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring sales and business development professionals: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo24 open
Assessment
Amazon's interview loop. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin6 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space4 open
Assessment
Thales interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space1 open
Assessment
Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin7 open
Assessment
Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman13 open
Assessment
The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for sales and business development professionals, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do sales and business development professionals earn in the space industry?

Going by the 205 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for sales and business development professionals (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $132k–$288k/yr and the median is $165k/yr. The top posted figure is $600k/yr, at Apex. 207 of the 438 open roles for sales and business development professionals state no pay, so check each listing.

What do space sales roles ask for?

Most ask for years of sales or business development experience, often in aerospace, defense, telecommunications or government contracting, and a technical degree helps in sales engineering. Roles that sell to national security customers can ask for a security clearance. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 226 open roles for sales and business development professionals whose requirements we read, 4 a master's, 152 at least a bachelor's and 70 name no degree.

What does a sales or business development professional do at a space company?

A sales or business development professional at a space company finds and wins the customers that pay for launches, spacecraft, connectivity and Earth observation data. In the defense and civil market that means capture management and proposals for government contracts; in the commercial market, account executives and customer success teams selling satellite connectivity and data to enterprises, airlines, shipping and governments.

How do space companies hire sales and business development professionals?

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status. Of the employers hiring sales and business development professionals now, none publishes a recorded interview or an ID check in the guides we hold. The section on how each employer checks you quotes each guide with its source.

Are these jobs real?

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Hubble Network, Amazon Leo and True Anomaly among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.

Which space companies pay sales and business development professionals the most?

Of the 6 employers whose postings for sales and business development professionals state enough pay for a figure, the highest medians are Rocket Lab ($224k/yr), Amazon Leo ($169k/yr) and Astranis ($169k/yr). A median is of what each employer's open roles post today, by the same formula for every employer.

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