Spacecraft and Satellite Configuration Design Engineer
Location
Burbank, CA
Wage
$110,000 – $175,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 5, 2026
Location
Burbank, CA
Wage
$110,000 – $175,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 5, 2026
Backed by NASA, DARPA, and Space Force, this rapidly growing startup aims to achieve asteroid mining through innovative space platforms. The company is seeking a Spacecraft and Satellite Configuration Design Engineer to oversee the configuration of satellite platforms and payloads from development to mission operations.
At roughly $69/hr, this posting sits about 96% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $29–$46/hr middle band drawn from 355 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Burbank, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 473 other active welding openings from 229 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.
CyberCoders currently has 1 other opening live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (35), Relativity Space (14), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (14). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, El Segundo at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $46/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Spacecraft and Satellite Configuration Design Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.