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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in Texas

96 open roles for software engineers at 10 space companies name a site in Texas, most of them in Houston and Bastrop. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in Texas

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX42not stated
Axiom Space12not stated
CACI11$116k/yr
CesiumAstro7not stated
Intuitive Machines7not stated
AST SpaceMobile6not stated
Firefly Aerospace5not stated
E-Space3$180k/yr
Venus Aerospace2not stated
Amazon Leo1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 13:04 UTC

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Which space companies hire software engineers in Texas?

Today, SpaceX (42 roles), Axiom Space (12 roles), CACI (11 roles), CesiumAstro (7 roles), Intuitive Machines (7 roles), AST SpaceMobile (6 roles), and 4 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in Texas.

Where in Texas are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Houston (32), Bastrop (22), Starbase (20), Austin (8), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

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

The roles here that state pay post a median $116k/yr, with typical pay from $116k–$212k/yr; 1.3% 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 133,390 software developers working in Texas, in any industry, earn a median $132k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for software engineers in Texas require US citizenship?

Of the 1,255 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 87.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 1.3% 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 Texas, 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.