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Space industry jobs in the SF Bay Area[329 OPEN]

The Bay Area's space ecosystem is satellite + software heavy — Planet Labs (Earth observation constellation), Astranis (small-GEO comsats), Maxar SSL (Palo Alto satellite manufacturing), Varda (in-space manufacturing), plus NASA Ames.

[ OPEN ROLES ]
329
[ NEW · 30D ]
119
[ MEDIAN SR ]
$196K
§ 01OPEN ROLESSORTED BY POSTED · TOP 24
Senior Product Manager, Mission Solutions
Planet Labs·SAN FRANCISCO, CA; ARLINGTON, VA; DENVER, CO·ON-SITE
[PCB DESIGN]
$142,800 – $203,200
SENIOR2D AGO
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Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions
Planet Labs·SAN FRANCISCO, CA; ARLINGTON, VA·ON-SITE
[PCB DESIGN]
$142,800 – $203,200
SENIOR2D AGO
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Staff Spacecraft Platform Engineer
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
$202,000 – $223,000
LEAD2D AGO
→
Technician II, Testbeds & EGSE
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON]
$126,000 – $146,000
MID2D AGO
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Hardware Test Engineer I, Testbeds & EGSE
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][EMBEDDED]
$127,000 – $148,000
LEAD3D AGO
→
Electrical Test Specialist
Astranis·SAN FRANCISCO·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][KUBERNETES][DOCKER]
MID3D AGO
→
Customer and Partner Marketing Specialist
Planet Labs·SAN FRANCISCO, CA·ON-SITE
[PCB DESIGN]
$114,200 – $142,700
LEAD3D AGO
→
Product Manager
Loft Orbital·SAN FRANCISCO, CA·ON-SITE
[EMBEDDED]
$160,000 – $190,000
EXECUTIVE3D AGO
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Manufacturing Engineer II, Testbeds & EGSE
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][EMBEDDED]
$202,000 – $223,000
MID4D AGO
→
Wi-Fi Software Engineer (Starlink)
SpaceX·PALO ALTO, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][EMBEDDED]
$135,000 – $210,000
LEAD4D AGO
→
Software Engineer, Inference (AI Data Engineering)
SpaceX·PALO ALTO, CA·ON-SITE
[TENSORRT][RUST][PYTHON][KUBERNETES]
$135,000 – $210,000
LEAD4D AGO
→
Hardware Test Engineer II, Testbeds & EGSE
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][EMBEDDED]
$157,000 – $182,000
LEAD5D AGO
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Mechanical Engineer II, Spacecraft Structures & Missions
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][MATLAB]
$144,000 – $177,000
LEAD5D AGO
→
Mechanical Engineer II, Solar & Deployables
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][MATLAB]
$144,000 – $177,000
LEAD5D AGO
→
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Solar & Deployables
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][MATLAB]
$183,000 – $198,000
SENIOR5D AGO
→
Engineering Manager, Avionics
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][EMBEDDED][PCB DESIGN]
$186,000 – $202,000
LEAD6D AGO
→
Engineering Manager, Mission Electrical
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][EMBEDDED][PCB DESIGN]
$186,000 – $202,000
EXECUTIVE6D AGO
→
Engineering Manager, Mission Mechanical
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
$186,000 – $202,000
LEAD6D AGO
→
Thermal Engineer II
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][MATLAB]
$144,000 – $177,000
MID6D AGO
→
Senior Thermal Engineer
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][MATLAB]
$183,000 – $198,000
SENIOR6D AGO
→
Engineering Manager, Compute Components
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[FPGA]
$210,000 – $234,000
EXECUTIVE6D AGO
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FPGA RF Signal Processing Engineer
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[RUST][PYTHON][FPGA][EMBEDDED]
$173,000 – $196,000
LEAD6D AGO
→
Senior FPGA Engineer, Networking & Security
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[FPGA]
$184,000 – $208,000
SENIOR6D AGO
→
​​Platform Engineer, Onboard Compute
Muon Space·SAN JOSE, CA·ON-SITE
[FPGA]
$156,000 – $186,000
EXECUTIVE6D AGO
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VIEW ALL 329 ROLES IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA →
§ 02TOP COMPANIES HIRING IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREATOP 8
SpaceX
DEFENSE-AND-SPACE-MANUFACTURING · HAWTHORNE, USA
FOUNDED 2002STAGE TENDER OFFER
97OPEN
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Astranis
AVIATION-AND-AEROSPACE · SAN FRANCISCO, USA
FOUNDED 2015STAGE SERIES D
85OPEN
→
Muon Space
MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA
FOUNDED 2021STAGE SERIES B
85OPEN
→
Planet Labs
SAN FRANCISCO, USA
FOUNDED 2010STAGE IPO
27OPEN
→
Loft Orbital
SAN FRANCISCO, USA
FOUNDED 2017STAGE SERIES B
14OPEN
→
True Anomaly
DENVER, USA
FOUNDED 2022STAGE SERIES B
7OPEN
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Blue Origin
DEFENSE-AND-SPACE
FOUNDED 2011
6OPEN
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Momentus
5OPEN
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§ 03ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

The Bay Area's space ecosystem is satellite + software heavy — Planet Labs (Earth observation constellation), Astranis (small-GEO comsats), Maxar SSL (Palo Alto satellite manufacturing), Varda (in-space manufacturing), plus NASA Ames.

§ 04FAQ1 QUESTIONS
// QUESTIONS
Q.01
What does Bay Area space pay vs LA?
Comparable to LA — Senior satellite software engineers at Planet or Astranis run $200-260k base + meaningful equity. Cost of living is higher but TC reflects it.
§ 05KEY COMPANIES IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
[PLANET LABS][ASTRANIS][MAXAR / SSL][VARDA SPACE][APEX SPACE][NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER]
§ 06RELATED METROS
[LOS ANGELES][SEATTLE][DENVER / BOULDER]
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