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Space Jobs for Systems Engineers in the Los Angeles Area

275 open roles for systems engineers at 33 space companies name a site in the Los Angeles area, most of them in El Segundo and Redondo Beach; typical pay runs $136k–$242k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring systems engineers in the Los Angeles area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
The Aerospace Corporation40not stated
Northrop Grumman37$143k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton18$142k/yr
Boeing14$159k/yr
KBR14$153k/yr
Rocket Lab14$148k/yr
SpaceX12$133k/yr
K2 Space11$165k/yr
Apex10$180k/yr
Impulse Space10$158k/yr
Vast10$159k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)8$126k/yr
Relativity Space7$165k/yr
RTX7$110k/yr
Varda Space Industries7$160k/yr
CesiumAstro6$182k/yr
Terran Orbital6$150k/yr
True Anomaly6$160k/yr
Amazon Leo5$152k/yr
Anduril5$172k/yr
Vantor4$156k/yr
Astrolab3$165k/yr
Inversion Space3$165k/yr
Millennium Space Systems3$197k/yr
Northwood Space3$183k/yr

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 02:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire systems engineers in the Los Angeles area?

Today, The Aerospace Corporation (40 roles), Northrop Grumman (37 roles), Booz Allen Hamilton (18 roles), Boeing (14 roles), KBR (14 roles), Rocket Lab (14 roles), and 27 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in the Los Angeles area.

Where in the Los Angeles area are the roles for systems engineers?

Most are in El Segundo (104), Redondo Beach (43), Long Beach (37), Los Angeles (22), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for systems engineers in the Los Angeles area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $155k/yr, with typical pay from $136k–$242k/yr; 91.9% 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).

Do roles for systems engineers in the Los Angeles area require US citizenship?

Of the 5,108 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.1% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 36.4% 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 Los Angeles area (the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Los Angeles and Orange 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 systems engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.