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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in California

540 open roles for software engineers at 46 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Hawthorne and Long Beach; typical pay runs $153k–$275k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX162$160k/yr
True Anomaly40$190k/yr
Muon Space31$218k/yr
Viasat23$181k/yr
Astranis21$153k/yr
Relativity Space19$192k/yr
Amazon Leo17$198k/yr
K2 Space17$180k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation16not stated
Impulse Space16$184k/yr
Anduril14$204k/yr
Inversion Space14$170k/yr
Rocket Lab14$165k/yr
E-Space12$179k/yr
Vast12$197k/yr
Apex9$169k/yr
Blue Origin8$276k/yr
Boeing8$154k/yr
Cowboy Space8$158k/yr
Northwood Space8$161k/yr
Xona Space Systems7$170k/yr
Array Labs6$213k/yr
Northrop Grumman6$218k/yr
RTX6$124k/yr
Varda Space Industries6$193k/yr

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What people ask about software engineers' work in California

Which space companies hire software engineers in California?

Today, SpaceX (162 roles), True Anomaly (40 roles), Muon Space (31 roles), Viasat (23 roles), Astranis (21 roles), Relativity Space (19 roles), and 40 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Hawthorne (129), Long Beach (85), El Segundo (40), Palo Alto (33), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for software engineers in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $180k/yr, with typical pay from $153k–$275k/yr; 88.2% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. For reference, the 290,800 software developers working in California, in any industry, earn a median $174k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for software engineers in California require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% 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 California, 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 software engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.