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Space Jobs for Technicians in the Washington, DC Area
19 open roles for technicians at 8 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Silver Spring, MD and Greenbelt, MD; typical pay runs $58.9k–$134k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring technicians in the Washington, DC area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Rocket Lab | 6 | $54k/yr |
| KBR | 5 | $78k/yr |
| AST SpaceMobile | 2 | not stated |
| Iridium | 2 | too few figures |
| Amentum | 1 | too few figures |
| Johns Hopkins APL | 1 | too few figures |
| Northrop Grumman | 1 | too few figures |
| SpaceX | 1 | too few figures |
Where the roles are
- Silver Spring, MD6
- Greenbelt, MD4
- Lanham, MD2
- Laurel, MD2
- McLean, VA2
- Dulles, VA1
- Springfield, VA1
- Washington, DC1
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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 20:02 UTC
Service Desk Technician (opens the job details)
Iridium · Launch & Ops · McLean, VA, United States· 1d agoDetails
$60,000–$80,000/yrService Desk Technician (opens the job details)
Iridium · Launch & Ops · McLean, VA, United States· 1d agoDetails
$60,000–$80,000/yr
Maintenance Technician - Level 4 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Technicians · Dulles, VA, United States· 4d agoDetails
$72,600–$121,000/yr
Electronics Technician (opens the job details)
Amentum · Technicians · Springfield, VA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$53–$72.50/hr
Environmental Test Technician II (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Silver Spring, MD, United States· 3w agoDetails
$47,000–$58,000/yrAerospace Test Technician III (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Silver Spring, MD, United States· 3w agoDetails
$54,000–$66,000/yrAerospace Test Technician II (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Silver Spring, MD, United States· 3w agoDetails
$47,000–$58,000/yrAerospace Production Technician II (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Silver Spring, MD, United States· 3w agoDetails
$43,000–$54,000/yr
Engineering Technician – Satellite Ground Station & RF Systems (opens the job details)
Johns Hopkins APL · Launch & Ops · Laurel, Maryland, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$20.55–$42.20/hr
Purge Technician (opens the job details)
KBR · Technicians · Greenbelt, Maryland, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$97,300–$146,000/yrThermal Technician (opens the job details)
KBR · Technicians · Laurel, Maryland, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$62,400–$93,600/yrOptical Fabrication Technician (opens the job details)
KBR · Technicians · Greenbelt, Maryland, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$62,400–$93,600/yrAerospace Production Technician III (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Silver Spring, MD, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$49,000–$62,000/yrContamination and Control Technician (opens the job details)
KBR · Technicians · Greenbelt, Maryland, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$30–$52.79/hrEnvironmental Test Technician III (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Silver Spring, MD, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$54,000–$66,000/yr
Gateway Technician (opens the job details)
AST SpaceMobile · Technicians · Lanham, Maryland +3 more· 3mo agoDetails
Optical Technician (opens the job details)
KBR · Technicians · Greenbelt, Maryland, United States· 3mo agoDetails
$62,400–$93,600/yr
IT Support Technician (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Software & IT · Washington, DC, United States· 4mo agoDetails
$29–$45/hrThermal Blanket Fabrication Technician (opens the job details)
AST SpaceMobile · Technicians · Lanham, Maryland, United States· 1y+ agoDetails
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What people ask about technicians' work in the Washington, DC area
Which space companies hire technicians in the Washington, DC area?
Today, Rocket Lab (6 roles), KBR (5 roles), AST SpaceMobile (2 roles), Iridium (2 roles), Amentum (1 role), Johns Hopkins APL (1 role), and 2 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 technicians?
Most are in Silver Spring, MD (6), Greenbelt, MD (4), Lanham, MD (2), Laurel, MD (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.
How much do space roles for technicians in the Washington, DC area pay?
The roles here that state pay post a median $73.5k/yr, with typical pay from $58.9k–$134k/yr. For reference, the 190 aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians working in the Washington, DC area, in any industry, earn a median $85.3k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for technicians here post a median $73.5k/yr today, 13.9% below that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.
Do roles for technicians 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 technicians; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.