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Space Jobs for Systems Engineers in the Washington, DC Area

124 open roles for systems engineers at 24 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Dulles, VA; typical pay runs $137k–$266k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring systems engineers in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin23$169k/yr
Northrop Grumman21$143k/yr
KBR18$172k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation17not stated
L3Harris9$132k/yr
AST SpaceMobile7not stated
Booz Allen Hamilton4$122k/yr
Anduril2too few figures
Blue Origin2too few figures
General Dynamics Mission Systems2too few figures
Iridium2too few figures
MITRE2too few figures
Muon Space2too few figures
RTX2too few figures
Viasat2too few figures
AeroVironment (AV)1too few figures
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems1too few figures
LeoLabs1not stated
Peraton1too few figures
Quantum Space1too few figures
Redwire1too few figures
Rocket Lab1too few figures
SES1not stated
Trinzic1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 08:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire systems engineers in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (23 roles), Northrop Grumman (21 roles), KBR (18 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (17 roles), L3Harris (9 roles), AST SpaceMobile (7 roles), and 18 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for systems engineers?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (43), Dulles, VA (20), Herndon, VA (11), Bethesda, MD (8), 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 Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $162k/yr, with typical pay from $137k–$266k/yr.

Do roles for systems engineers in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren 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 systems engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.