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Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Huntsville Area

201 open cleared roles at 12 space companies name a site in the Huntsville area, most of them in Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal; typical pay runs $117k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in the Huntsville area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin131$150k/yr
Northrop Grumman18$135k/yr
Blue Origin13not stated
Leidos12$96.7k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation7not stated
Boeing5$149k/yr
Iridium4$133k/yr
Parsons4$171k/yr
Amentum3not stated
Anduril2not stated
Varda Space Industries1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures

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Open cleared space jobs in the Huntsville area, newest first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 16:02 UTC

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Huntsville area

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

Today, Lockheed Martin (131 roles), Northrop Grumman (18 roles), Blue Origin (13 roles), Leidos (12 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (7 roles), Boeing (5 roles), and 6 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Huntsville area.

Where in the Huntsville area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Huntsville (200), Redstone Arsenal (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

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

The roles here that state pay post a median $150k/yr, with typical pay from $117k–$270k/yr; 50.8% of Alabama's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Alabama 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 Huntsville area require US citizenship?

Of the 474 space postings in Alabama whose text we read, 72.8% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 53.8% 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 Huntsville area (the Huntsville, AL metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Limestone and Madison 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.