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General information

Ursa Major was founded to address a critical shortfall in the U.S. industrial base and bring a new model to aerospace and defense systems: we design and manufacture the world’s leading propulsion systems for space, hypersonic applications, and missile systems.

Our products and technologies require an extraordinary team – a team that will mold tomorrow’s technologies while deploying today’s best....1

Website
ursamajor.com
Headquarters
3 offices, United States
Industry
Industrials
Category
Aerospace & Defense
Employees
330

Hiring activity

106Open jobs
+36Added in 30 days
−22Closed in 30 days

New jobs added per week2

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Week beginningNew listings
July 20, 20268
July 27, 202615
August 3, 202615
August 10, 202616
August 17, 202618
August 24, 20266
August 31, 20266
September 7, 2026 (in progress)4

Open jobs

106 open · updated today
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Pay

What does Ursa Major actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $126,000. Note that 33% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.4

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
BracketJobs
Under $100k14 jobs (18%)
$100k to $150k47 jobs (60%)
$150k to $200k11 jobs (14%)
$200k and up6 jobs (8%)

Plus 13 hourly jobs at $20.31 to $51.39 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now4

Vice President, Business Development$280,000 – $330,000
Vice President, Engineering$240,000 – $300,000
Deputy General Counsel$232,000 – $290,000
$40k$330k
General Application$40,000 – $250,000
Chief Engineer, Hypersonic Missile and Interceptor$175,000 – $230,000
Senior Legal Counsel$200,000 – $230,000
Director of Operations$180,000 – $220,000
Senior Manager, SEC Reporting$167,000 – $207,000
Avionics Design Manager$160,000 – $200,000
Senior Electrical Engineer$118,000 – $200,000
Staff GNC Software Engineer$150,000 – $185,000
Senior Manager, Integrated Business Processes$144,000 – $180,000
Staff Design Engineer - Solid Missile Systems$145,000 – $180,000
Staff FPGA Design Engineer$150,000 – $180,000
Staff Nozzle Design Engineer, Solid Rocket Motors$143,360 – $179,200
Staff Electrical Engineer$140,000 – $175,000
Staff Analysis Engineer$140,000 – $175,000
Staff GNC Analysis Engineer$135,000 – $170,000
Senior Systems Engineer$133,000 – $166,000
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer$130,000 – $162,000
Staff Test Infrastructure & Controls Engineer, Solid Missile Systems$129,000 – $161,000
Staff Ground Support Engineer$129,000 – $161,000
DoW Skillbridge - Senior Program Manager$125,000 – $160,000
Finance Transformation Manager$134,000 – $155,000
Senior Embedded Software Engineer$125,000 – $155,000
Staff Fluid System Manufacturing Engineer$124,000 – $155,000
Senior Propulsion Engineer, Fluid & Mechanical Systems$121,000 – $152,000
Senior Propulsion Engineer, Combustion Devices$121,000 – $152,000
Manager, Planning$120,000 – $151,000
Senior Engineer, Propulsion Systems$125,000 – $150,000
Senior Project Manager$120,000 – $150,000
Senior FPGA Verification Engineer$120,000 – $150,000
Senior Responsible Engineer (RE), Solid Missile Systems$118,000 – $147,000
Senior Maintenance Engineer$116,000 – $146,000
Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer$116,000 – $145,000
Senior Avionics Product Engineer$115,000 – $145,000
Senior Systems Safety Engineer - Interim Hazard Classification$115,000 – $143,000
Senior Systems Safety Engineer - Radiation Safety Officer$115,000 – $143,000
Senior Ground Support Design Engineer$112,000 – $140,000
Program Manager II$112,000 – $140,000
Senior Loads & Dynamics Analyst, Solid Missile Systems$111,000 – $138,000
Senior Controls Engineer$110,000 – $137,000
Senior Mechanical Engineer$110,000 – $136,000
Senior Materials Engineer (Thermal Protection Systems)$115,000 – $136,000
Senior Materials Engineer$108,000 – $135,800
Corporate Development & Finance Senior Associate$100,000 – $135,000
Senior Test Software Engineer$110,000 – $135,000
Senior Avionics Test Engineer$110,000 – $133,000
Senior Design Engineer, SMS$105,840 – $132,300
Product Quality Engineering Lead$106,000 – $132,000
Lead Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer$106,000 – $132,000
Senior People Operations Business Partner$110,000 – $130,000
Senior Manufacturing Engineer$105,000 – $130,000
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - AP Milling$88,000 – $130,000
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Energetics$88,000 – $130,000
Senior Analyst, Integrated Business Processes$98,000 – $121,000
Turbomachinery Engineer II$91,000 – $116,000
Structural Analysis Engineer II, Solid Missile Systems$91,000 – $115,000
Propellant Tank Responsible Engineer - In-Space$92,000 – $115,000
Development Engineer II$90,000 – $115,000
Propulsion Engineer II (Vehicle)$92,000 – $115,000
Controls Engineer II (PLC)$90,000 – $113,000
Controls Engineer II (SCADA)$90,000 – $113,000
Propellant Development Engineer II$90,000 – $112,000
Design Engineer II, SMS$87,600 – $109,500
Industrial Engineer II$86,000 – $107,000
Propulsion Engineer (Vehicle)$80,000 – $100,000
Propulsion Engineer, Combustion Devices$80,000 – $100,000
Propulsion Engineer, Fluid & Mechanical Systems$80,000 – $100,000
Accountant, General Ledger$72,000 – $90,000
Senior Paralegal$72,000 – $90,000
Buyer II$68,000 – $85,000
Supply Planner II$66,000 – $82,000
Demand Planner II$64,000 – $80,000
Financial Analyst I$70,000 – $80,000
Production Controller$62,000 – $77,000
Executive Team Scheduler$60,000 – $74,000
Talent Acquisition Coordinator$54,000 – $68,000

Hourly jobs

Master Technician$41 – $51 an hour
Senior Machinist$33 – $44 an hour
Avionics Technician II$33 – $43 an hour
Senior Carpenter$33 – $42 an hour
Senior Quality Control Inspector$33 – $41 an hour
Liquids Test Technician II$29 – $37 an hour
DoW Skillbridge - Machinist II$28 – $36 an hour
Supplier Engineering Technician II$28 – $36 an hour
Lab Technician, Energetics$24 – $34 an hour
Research Lab Technician$27 – $33 an hour
Development Technician - Energetics$25 – $31 an hour
Development Technician, Inerts$25 – $30 an hour
Receptionist (Part-time)$20 – $22 an hour

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Common questions

Is Ursa Major hiring now?

Yes. There are 106 open jobs, with 36 added in the last 30 days.

How much does Ursa Major pay?

Posted pay runs $40,000 to $330,000 a year, and the median is $126,000. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

180 daily listing observations, Jun 7 to Sep 12 windowRechecked daily, last September 12, 2026
  1. 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Ursa Major's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
  2. 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
  3. 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Ursa Major's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
  4. 4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Ursa Major's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.

Sources
ursamajor.com, checked daily
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