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Space Jobs for Systems Engineers

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 968 open roles for systems engineers on , including Muon Space, Anduril and Hubble Network; typical pay across them is $132k to $242k a year (median $156k), topped by $1.5M a year advertised at Voyager Technologies.

See 806 roles for systems engineers
$132k–$242k/yrtypical paylive median $156k/yrup to $1.5M/yr at Voyager Technologies

Measured from 588 distinct posted rates, across 70 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 377 of the 968 listings open here post no pay at all.

Space companies hire systems engineers to hold a vehicle or mission together: its requirements, its interfaces and the proof that it all works as one. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.

Live roles for systems engineers

Updated 30 Oct 2026, 18:03 UTC

Showing the 806 roles posted for United States. See every role

Requirements and verification

28 open

Write the requirements, trace them and prove the vehicle meets them, often with model-based systems engineering.

Show 18 more requirements and verification roles

Vehicle and mission systems

198 open

Own a vehicle, spacecraft or mission as a system: its architecture, interfaces, budgets and trades.

Show 188 more vehicle systems roles

Systems engineers

580 open

Systems engineering roles across vehicles, subsystems and ground systems.

Show 570 more systems roles

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.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Requirements and verification37$121k–$214k/yr$239k/yr
Vehicle and mission systems233$136k–$253k/yr$424k/yr
Systems engineers698$129k–$240k/yr$1.5M/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 255 out of 968 open roles for systems 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.

0

Ask for a PhD

13

Ask for a master's

225

Ask for at least a bachelor's

17

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience212
  • Name a security clearance114
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)25
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition15
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)10
  • Ask for a certification2
  • Ask for a professional license1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 6 years.

Who hires systems engineers in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Muon Space logoMuon Space8$151k–$246k/yr
Anduril logoAnduril8$127k–$222k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network2$128k–$286k/yr
Umbra logoUmbra6$170k–$235k/yr
Astrolab logoAstrolab3$100k–$230k/yr
Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo38$96.6k–$250k/yr
Portal Space Systems logoPortal Space Systems1$165k–$230k/yr
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly7$90k–$285k/yr
Parsons logoParsons1$134k–$241k/yr
Turion Space logoTurion Space3$100k–$175k/yr
Momentus logoMomentus1$160k–$200k/yr
MITRE logoMITRE4$146k–$203k/yr
E-Space logoE-Space8$120k–$250k/yr
LeoLabs logoLeoLabs3$186k–$204k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space3$106k–$193k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems logoBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems14$55.1k–$254k/yr
Kymeta logoKymeta2$140k–$230k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space12$72.8k–$280k/yr
Albedo logoAlbedo1$161k–$185k/yr
Loft Federal logoLoft Federal1$136k–$175k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space4$98.8k–$393k/yr
Quindar logoQuindar2$110k–$180k/yr
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries8$105k–$203k/yr
Apex logoApex11$90k–$215k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital5$125k–$230k/yr
Trinzic logoTrinzic4$110k–$225k/yr
Viasat logoViasat24$95k–$336k/yr
Astra logoAstra4$140k–$240k/yr
RTX logoRTX10$62.9k–$252k/yr
Impulse Space logoImpulse Space11$100k–$205k/yr
KBR logoKBR29$110k–$274k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky1Not stated
Planet logoPlanet6$114k–$229k/yr
Quantum Space logoQuantum Space1$110k–$220k/yr
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin78$81.3k–$377k/yr
Gravitics logoGravitics1$140k–$170k/yr
Sophia Space logoSophia Space1$127k–$193k/yr
Vast logoVast8$112k–$249k/yr
CesiumAstro logoCesiumAstro25$113k–$279k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies17$48.9k–$1.5M/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space8$104k–$263k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space3$104k–$226k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton19$62k–$225k/yr
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace5Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation logoThe Aerospace Corporation64Not stated
OHB logoOHB38Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space14Not stated
Telesat logoTelesat11Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space7Not stated
Eutelsat logoEutelsat7Not stated
The Exploration Company logoThe Exploration Company6Not stated
ArianeGroup logoArianeGroup4Not stated
ClearSpace logoClearSpace4Not stated
Open Cosmos logoOpen Cosmos4Not stated
Star Catcher logoStar Catcher4Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)3Not stated
Exotrail logoExotrail3Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE3Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace3Not stated
Rocket Factory Augsburg logoRocket Factory Augsburg3Not stated
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space3Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale2Not stated
Leaf Space logoLeaf Space2Not stated
Reflex Aerospace logoReflex Aerospace2Not stated
Satellogic logoSatellogic2Not stated
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) logoSurrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)2Not stated
Constellr logoConstellr1Not stated
Hemeria logoHemeria1Not stated
HyImpulse logoHyImpulse1Not stated
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications1Not stated
NewOrbit Space logoNewOrbit Space1Not stated
Redwire Space Europe logoRedwire Space Europe1Not stated
Sidus Space logoSidus Space1Not stated
Synspective logoSynspective1Not stated
Sierra Space logoSierra Space21$94.1k–$239k/yr
Leidos logoLeidos3$87.1k–$157k/yr
SES logoSES7$121k–$190k/yr
Intuitive Machines logoIntuitive Machines1Not stated
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1$100k–$180k/yr
Katalyst Space Technologies logoKatalyst Space Technologies1$140k–$205k/yr
Boeing logoBoeing26$91.8k–$260k/yr
SpaceX logoSpaceX26$100k–$280k/yr
ispace logoispace4Not stated
General Dynamics Mission Systems logoGeneral Dynamics Mission Systems10$106k–$189k/yr
Vantor logoVantor11$99k–$196k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile16Not stated
Mission Control Space Services logoMission Control Space Services1Not stated
SEAKR Engineering logoSEAKR Engineering2$90k–$180k/yr
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman73$48.4k–$400k/yr
L3Harris logoL3Harris24$80.5k–$206k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital6$100k–$255k/yr
Virgin Galactic logoVirgin Galactic3$118k–$269k/yr
United Launch Alliance logoUnited Launch Alliance7$81.7k–$305k/yr
AeroVironment (AV) logoAeroVironment (AV)5$74.5k–$195k/yr
Redwire logoRedwire2$120k–$204k/yr
Iridium logoIridium5$90k–$260k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab34$52k–$260k/yr
Teledyne logoTeledyne3$178k–$237k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory8$97k–$180k/yr
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin28$41.9k–$424k/yr
Amentum logoAmentum13$83.7k–$98.5k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major5$108k–$195k/yr
CACI logoCACI6$76k–$198k/yr
Lunar Outpost logoLunar Outpost2$49.9k/yr
Peraton logoPeraton1$80k–$128k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis3$115k–$280k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring systems engineers: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo38 open
Assessment
Amazon's interview loop. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin78 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton19 open
Assessment
Booz Allen's technical assessment and interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space14 open
Assessment
Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply
Interview
Interview
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)3 open
Assessment
ESA's pre-screening and panel interview. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Credentials
You complete a basic medical screening for the ESA Medical Officer and a basic background screening run by an external party; in a second stage ESA contacts your referees and verifies your diploma. Source
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space3 open
Assessment
Thales interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman73 open
Assessment
The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory8 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin28 open
Assessment
Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for systems engineers, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

What our research measures about systems & test work

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Frequently asked questions

How much do systems engineers earn in the space industry?

Going by the 588 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for systems engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $132k–$242k/yr and the median is $156k/yr. The top posted figure is $1.5M/yr, at Voyager Technologies. 377 of the 968 open roles for systems engineers state no pay, so check each listing.

What do systems engineering roles ask for?

Usually an engineering degree and years in a hardware discipline before systems work, with experience in requirements, verification or model-based tools for some roles. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 255 open roles for systems engineers whose requirements we read, 13 a master's, 225 at least a bachelor's and 17 name no degree.

What does a systems engineer do at a space company?

A systems engineer at a space company owns how the parts of a vehicle or mission fit: the architecture and interfaces, the mass, power and data budgets, the requirements and their verification, and the trades between subsystems, working across every engineering team.

How do space companies hire systems 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. Of the employers hiring systems engineers now, European Space Agency (ESA) says it checks credentials such as degrees. The section on how each employer checks you quotes each guide with its source.

Are these jobs real?

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Anduril, Hubble Network and Umbra 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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