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Active postings across tracked companies, weekly snapshots
Active postings across tracked companies, weekly snapshots
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2026-09-01: Blue Origin’s Workday board joined the tracker (+≈1,590 postings). Totals jump on this date reflects expanded coverage, not market hiring.
2026-09-26: 35 employers joined the tracker (+1,834 postings: Inversion Space, Isar Aerospace, Spire Global, Katalyst Space, AST SpaceMobile, LeoLabs, BlackSky, HawkEye 360 and 27 more). Anduril now counts space-segment roles only (−2,252 postings of non-space work). Hermeus now counts space-segment roles only (−85 postings of non-space work). Hadrian now counts space-segment roles only (−143 postings of non-space work). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring.
2026-09-27: 11 employers joined the tracker (+1,192 postings: Leonardo, Leidos, Boeing, KBR, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Northrop Grumman, Axiom Space, Sierra Space and 3 more). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring.
2026-10-05: Anduril's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Rocket Lab's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−4 postings). Vast's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). K2 Space's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−16 postings). Voyager Technologies now counts space-segment roles only (−132 postings of non-space work). Voyager Technologies's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). True Anomaly's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Ursa Major's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Spire Global's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−4 postings). HawkEye 360's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Outpost Space's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). GITAI's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Hubble Network's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Loft Orbital's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−3 postings). Array Labs's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). SpaceX no longer counts its xAI and X roles (−50 postings of AI data-center, AI-compute and X platform work). ICEYE's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−2 postings). Northwood Space's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Apex's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Lunar Outpost's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring.
SpaceNexus, Open space-industry jobs (SpaceNexus jobs machine (employer ATS boards, daily sync; coverage changes disclosed)). https://spacenexus.us/chart/open-space-jobs (retrieved 2026-10-14).
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 16 | 6511 |
| Aug 23 | 6662 |
| Aug 30 | 6768 |
| Sep 6 | 8545 |
| Sep 13 | 8832 |
| Sep 20 | 9086 |
| Sep 27 | 9818 |
| Oct 4 | 10.1k |
| Oct 11 | 9955 |
| Oct 13 | 9977 |
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