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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the San Jose Area

141 open roles for software engineers at 7 space companies name a site in the San Jose area, most of them in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale; typical pay runs $160k–$283k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in the San Jose area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX48$173k/yr
Lockheed Martin33$172k/yr
Muon Space31$218k/yr
E-Space12$179k/yr
Blue Origin9$276k/yr
Amazon Leo6$213k/yr
RTX2too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 15:02 UTC

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What people ask about software engineers' work in the San Jose area

Which space companies hire software engineers in the San Jose area?

Today, SpaceX (48 roles), Lockheed Martin (33 roles), Muon Space (31 roles), E-Space (12 roles), Blue Origin (9 roles), Amazon Leo (6 roles), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Jose area.

Where in the San Jose area are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Palo Alto (45), Sunnyvale (42), San Jose (32), Cupertino (9), 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 San Jose area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $201k/yr, with typical pay from $160k–$283k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 87,350 software developers working in the San Jose area, in any industry, earn a median $213k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for software engineers here post a median $201k/yr today, 5.7% below 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 San Jose area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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 San Jose area (the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: San Benito and Santa Clara 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.