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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the Houston Area

46 open roles for software engineers at 7 space companies name a site in the Houston area, most of them in Houston. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Browse the rolesThe Houston area in the research on where space jobs are →Software engineers in Texas →Every space job in the Houston area →Software engineers in every state →

Space companies hiring software engineers in the Houston area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Axiom Space12not stated
CACI11$116k/yr
Lockheed Martin10$158k/yr
Intuitive Machines7not stated
Amentum3too few figures
Venus Aerospace2not stated
The Exploration Company1not stated

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 15:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire software engineers in the Houston area?

Today, Axiom Space (12 roles), CACI (11 roles), Lockheed Martin (10 roles), Intuitive Machines (7 roles), Amentum (3 roles), Venus Aerospace (2 roles), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Houston area.

Where in the Houston area are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Houston (46), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for software engineers in the Houston area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $116k/yr, with typical pay from $116k–$214k/yr; 9.6% 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 22,940 software developers working in the Houston area, in any industry, earn a median $129k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do roles for software engineers in the Houston area require US citizenship?

Of the 1,688 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 78.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.4% 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 Houston area (the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller 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 software engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.