Space Jobs for Welders

Across the 32 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for welders right now, typical pay runs from $58500 to $140000 an hour, with a median of $64600. The highest posted rate is $190000 an hour, 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 10 open roles for welders whose requirements we read, 2 a bachelor's or a degree and 8 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.