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Space Jobs for Systems Engineers

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 350 open roles for systems engineers on , including Muon Space, Hubble Network and Momentus; typical pay across them is $122k to $229k a year (median $142k), topped by $393k a year advertised at Stoke Space.

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$122k–$229k/yrtypical paylive median $142k/yrup to $393k/yr at Stoke Space

Measured from 164 distinct posted rates, across 26 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 185 of the 350 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 29 Oct 2026, 18:01 UTC

Vehicle and mission systems

94 open

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

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Systems engineers

248 open

Systems engineering roles across vehicles, subsystems and ground systems.

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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 verification8$128k–$186k/yr$196k/yr
Vehicle and mission systems94$124k–$220k/yr$393k/yr
Systems engineers248$122k–$232k/yr$286k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 103 out of 350 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

1

Ask for a master's

85

Ask for at least a bachelor's

17

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience79
  • Name a security clearance27
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)17
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)5
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition3
  • Ask for a certification1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires systems engineers in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Muon Space logoMuon Space9$151k–$246k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network2$128k–$286k/yr
Momentus logoMomentus1$160k–$200k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space3$106k–$193k/yr
Albedo logoAlbedo1$161k–$185k/yr
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries8$105k–$203k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space12$100k–$280k/yr
Apex logoApex11$90k–$215k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital5$125k–$230k/yr
Quindar logoQuindar3$110k–$180k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space4$98.8k–$393k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky1Not stated
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space3$104k–$226k/yr
Vantor logoVantor11$99k–$196k/yr
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1$100k–$180k/yr
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly7$105k–$235k/yr
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace5Not stated
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin79Not stated
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman22Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space7Not stated
The Exploration Company logoThe Exploration Company6Not stated
Boeing logoBoeing4Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE3Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace3Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale2Not stated
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications1Not stated
RTX logoRTX1Not stated
SpaceX logoSpaceX26$100k–$280k/yr
Planet logoPlanet6$114k–$183k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile15Not stated
Loft Federal logoLoft Federal1$136k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies17$48.9k–$279k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory8$97k–$180k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major5$108k–$195k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space8$104k–$175k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital6$100k–$200k/yr
Vast logoVast8$112k–$159k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab32$52k–$173k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis3$115k–$180k/yr

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 systems engineers earn in the space industry?

Going by the 164 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for systems engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $122k–$229k/yr and the median is $142k/yr. The top posted figure is $393k/yr, at Stoke Space. 185 of the 350 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 103 open roles for systems engineers whose requirements we read, 1 a master's, 85 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.

Are these jobs real?

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