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Salary bands for the 16 roles Dawn Aerospace has open right now, by role family and location. Where a posting states a range we show it verbatim; otherwise the band is a SpaceNexus estimate: the same bands that appear on Dawn Aerospace's listings. How the estimates are made.
Dawn Aerospace's median band midpoint of $125k sits 13% below the SpaceNexus industry benchmark of $144k: the median across 58 curated space-industry roles, US base salary, as of 2026-08. Mix matters: an employer hiring mostly technicians will sit below a benchmark weighted toward engineers, and vice versa.
Titles are clustered into families (a "Senior Propulsion Engineer" and a "Turbomachinery Lead" both land in Propulsion). The band is the median of the family's listings.
| Role family | Open | Median band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing and technicians | 5 | $60k–$85k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Mechanical, structures and thermal | 2 | $108k–$153k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| RF, communications and antenna | 2 | $105k–$153k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Avionics and electrical | 1 | $110k–$160k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Finance, legal and people | 1 | $95k–$140k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Mission and flight operations | 1 |
Estimates are adjusted for metro (LA/Bay +20%, Seattle +15%, DC +10%, Houston and remote −5%, Huntsville −10%); stated ranges are the employer's own.
| Location | Open | Median band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | 8 | $103k–$150k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Delft, South Holland, Netherlands | 5 | $95k–$140k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Huntsville, Alabama, United States | 2 | $108k–$150k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Germany | 1 | – | No match in dataset |
Engineering roles at Dawn Aerospace currently show a median band of $110k–$155k per year across 5 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates, matched to each title and adjusted for seniority and location). Across all 16 open roles the median band is $100k–$150k.
16 live roles as of Sep 26, 7:39 AM UTC, synced from Dawn Aerospace's own careers page, led by manufacturing and technicians (5), mechanical, structures and thermal (2), rf, communications and antenna (2). The largest locations are Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands, Huntsville, Alabama, United States.
None of Dawn Aerospace's 16 current postings state a range, so every band on this page is a SpaceNexus estimate: our benchmark dataset of 58 roles (as of 2026-08) matched to the title and adjusted for seniority and metro. Estimates are guidance, not offers.
Counts are live as of Sep 26, 7:39 AM UTC. Listings mirror Dawn Aerospace's careers page; large employers often post the same role in several locations. Bands labelled "SpaceNexus estimate" are guidance from a benchmark dataset, not offers. Nothing here is a statement by Dawn Aerospace.
| $120k–$160k |
| SpaceNexus estimate |
| Sales and business development | 1 | – | No match in dataset |
| Science and research | 1 | $100k–$150k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Supply chain and procurement | 1 | $100k–$150k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Test and integration | 1 | $90k–$130k | SpaceNexus estimate |