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Space Jobs for Software Engineers on the Space Coast

45 open roles for software engineers at 9 space companies name a site on the Space Coast, most of them in Cape Canaveral and Melbourne. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Browse the rolesThe Space Coast in the research on where space jobs are →Software engineers in Florida →Every space job on the Space Coast →Software engineers in every state →

Space companies hiring software engineers on the Space Coast

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
L3Harris14$168k/yr
Lockheed Martin12$140k/yr
SpaceX7not stated
Blue Origin6too few figures
Relativity Space2too few figures
CesiumAstro1not stated
Sidus Space1not stated
United Launch Alliance1not stated
Vantor1not stated

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 17:02 UTC

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What people ask about software engineers' work on the Space Coast

Which space companies hire software engineers on the Space Coast?

Today, L3Harris (14 roles), Lockheed Martin (12 roles), SpaceX (7 roles), Blue Origin (6 roles), Relativity Space (2 roles), CesiumAstro (1 role), and 3 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open on the Space Coast.

Where on the Space Coast are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Cape Canaveral (21), Melbourne (9), Palm Bay (7), Titusville (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for software engineers on the Space Coast pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $146k/yr, with typical pay from $140k–$244k/yr; 35.8% of Florida's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Florida 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 5,030 software developers working on the Space Coast, in any industry, earn a median $132k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do roles for software engineers on the Space Coast require US citizenship?

Of the 900 space postings in Florida whose text we read, 74.2% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 27.7% 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 on the Space Coast (the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Brevard County), 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.