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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the Philadelphia Area

51 open roles for software engineers at 2 space companies name a site in the Philadelphia area, most of them in King of Prussia, PA and Camden, NJ; typical pay runs $108k–$276k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in the Philadelphia area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin50$158k/yr
L3Harris1not stated

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Which space companies hire software engineers in the Philadelphia area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (50 roles), L3Harris (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Philadelphia area.

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

Most are in King of Prussia, PA (50), Camden, NJ (1), 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 Philadelphia area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $158k/yr, with typical pay from $108k–$276k/yr. For reference, the 28,480 software developers working in the Philadelphia area, in any industry, earn a median $133k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for software engineers here post a median $158k/yr today, 18.8% above that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

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

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Philadelphia area (the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Cecil, Chester, Delaware, Gloucester, Montgomery, New Castle, Philadelphia and Salem 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.