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Space Jobs for Software Engineers
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 890 open roles for software engineers on 43 space industry employers, including Muon Space, Hubble Network and Outpost; typical pay across them is $141k to $265k a year (median $160k), topped by $355k a year advertised at SpaceX.
DevOps Engineer (opens the job details)
Slingshot Aerospace · Software & IT · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$100,000–$135,000/yrManager, Software Engineering (opens the job details)
Slingshot Aerospace · Software & IT · Remote· 2mo agoDetails
$175,000–$265,000/yrSenior DevOps Engineer (opens the job details)
Slingshot Aerospace · Software & IT · Remote· 8mo agoDetails
$117,000–$180,000/yr
Measured from 524 distinct posted rates, across 31 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 366 of the 890 listings open here post no pay at all.
Space companies hire software engineers for the code that flies the vehicle and the software on the ground that builds, tests and operates it. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.
Live roles for software engineers
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Cloud, DevOps and infrastructure
2 openThe platforms, networks and pipelines a space company's software runs on.
DevOps Engineer (opens the job details)
Slingshot Aerospace · Software & IT · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$100,000–$135,000/yrSenior DevOps Engineer (opens the job details)
Slingshot Aerospace · Software & IT · Remote· 8mo agoDetails
$117,000–$180,000/yr
Software engineers
1 openSoftware engineering roles across space companies.
Manager, Software Engineering (opens the job details)
Slingshot Aerospace · Software & IT · Remote· 2mo agoDetails
$175,000–$265,000/yr
Before you apply
Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.
Pay by specialty
Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.
What the roles ask for
Drawn from the requirement lines of 83 out of 890 open roles for software engineers, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.
- Name years of experience70
- Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)41
- Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)19
- Name a security clearance19
- Set a residency or work-authorization condition7
Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.
Who hires software engineers in the space industry
Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). Employers with a referral agreement get a boost in this order, which has no effect on the salary they offer.
Where these roles are posted
Two groupings: roles posted for a single country, and roles with a language in the title. A place name leads to its own page, and a count lists the matching roles.
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Frequently asked questions
How much do software engineers earn in the space industry?
Across the 524 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for software engineers right now, typical pay runs from $141000 to $265000 an hour, with a median of $160000. The highest posted rate is $355000 an hour, at SpaceX. 366 of the 890 open roles for software engineers state no pay, so check each listing.
Do I need aerospace experience?
Not always: many roles ask for strong software experience in the language and domain they name (C++ and embedded systems for flight software, cloud and web stacks for ground software) rather than space experience. Each listing states what it requires and where it is based. Of the 83 open roles for software engineers whose requirements we read, 54 at least a bachelor's and 29 name no degree.
What does a software engineer do at a space company?
A software engineer at a space company writes either the software that runs on the vehicle (flight and embedded code that has to work the first time) or the software around it: mission control, telemetry and simulation, test automation, and the systems the factory and the business run on.
How do space companies hire software engineers?
Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.
Are these jobs real?
Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Hubble Network, Outpost and Turion Space among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.
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