Space Jobs for Welders

Going by the 32 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for welders (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $58.5k–$140k/yr and the median is $64.6k/yr. The top posted figure is $190k/yr, at SpaceX. 58 of the 90 open roles for welders state no pay, so check each listing.

Many roles ask for one, or for passing the employer's own weld test, along with experience in the processes and materials they name. Each listing states what it requires, the shift and the location. Of the 21 open roles for welders whose requirements we read, 6 at least a bachelor's and 15 name no degree.

A welder at a space company joins flight hardware to tight procedures: tanks and domes, engine parts, propellant lines and structures, then has the welds inspected and recorded. Welding engineers develop and qualify the processes and the welders who perform them.

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.

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Firefly Aerospace, Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Isar Aerospace 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.