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Space jobs with a security clearance

Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Houston Area

10 open cleared roles at 6 space companies name a site in the Houston area, most of them in Houston and Johnson Space Center. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Space companies hiring cleared people in the Houston area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
The Aerospace Corporation4not stated
Lockheed Martin2too few figures
Amentum1too few figures
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
Intuitive Machines1not stated
Venus Aerospace1not stated

Where the roles are

  • Houston9
  • Johnson Space Center1

Kinds of work

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTC

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Houston area

Which space companies are hiring cleared people in the Houston area?

Today, The Aerospace Corporation (4 roles), Lockheed Martin (2 roles), Amentum (1 role), Booz Allen Hamilton (1 role), Intuitive Machines (1 role), Venus Aerospace (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Houston area.

Where in the Houston area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Houston (9), Johnson Space Center (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do cleared space jobs in the Houston area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $150k/yr, with typical pay from $128k–$238k/yr; 9.6% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings).

Do cleared space jobs in the Houston area require US citizenship?

Of the 1,688 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 78.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.4% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

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 Houston area (the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its posting names a security clearance level (Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI) by the same reading as every cleared space job; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.