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Weekly briefs were paused March–July 2026 and resumed in August 2026 on an automated weekly cadence. Historic editions from before the pause are preserved below.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-10-12: 9,951 job postings on employers’ own job boards, 686 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
9,951 job postings on the space employers’ job boards we track, 4,714 of them at private, pre-IPO companies right now. Every figure in this report counts roles on employers’ own job boards; paid and employer-posted roles are not counted. Hiring activity below covers the seven days ending 2026-10-12 (2026-10-05 → 2026-10-12).
Coverage note (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. No week-over-week change is shown this week for that reason.
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| Open roles on employers’ own job boards | 9,951 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 4,714 |
| New roles this week | 686 |
Ranked by open roles on each employer’s own job board (roles on employers’ own job boards; paid and employer-posted roles are not counted).
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 2,677 |
| Blue Origin | 1,765 |
| Rocket Lab | 577 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 415 |
| Relativity Space | 358 |
| K2 Space | 235 |
| AST SpaceMobile | 224 |
| Impulse Space | 212 |
| True Anomaly | 207 |
| Sierra Space | 204 |
686 roles were first posted on employers’ own job boards in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $155,000, based on 538 roles on employers’ own job boards that disclose salary.
Job data is synced daily from company ATS feeds. This brief is generated automatically every week: no AI, pure data aggregation.