Job Postings

• Informal, non-comprehensive list of grad opportunities for Fall 2022 (updated periodically by Dr. Sarah Hörst of Johns Hopkins University)

See also our resources page with an (incomplete) list of universities with planetary science programs.

• NASA Postdoctoral Program Opportunities – Deadline: March 1, July 1, and November 1, annually

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Mass Spectrometry of Lunar Volatiles at NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD – Deadline: NPP; July 1, 2022

• Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, TX – Deadline: Permanent Call

• Postdoctoral Researcher for Exploration of Planetary Ices and Climates (EPIC) at University of Colorado, Boulder, CO - Deadline: Until Filled

• Postdoctoral Researcher for Planetary Mapping of Impact Craters through LPI in Houston, TX – Deadline: Until Filled

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Modeling of Martian Habitability at LPI, Houston, TX - Deadline: Until Filled

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Space Exploration for Project ESPRESSO in Boulder, CO - Deadline: Until Filled

• No current job postings in Academia relating to early career scientists in NextGen. Please check back later. If you know of a current job opening, please let us know!

• Applied Data Scientist for the Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor program at Caltech, CA - Deadline: Until Filled

• Lunar Geotechnical Scientist at Jacobs, Houston, TX - Deadline: Until Filled

• Mission Control Space Services in Ottawa, Canada - Deadline: Permanent Call

• Staff Scientist for PSI through flexible or remote locations – Deadline: Permanent Call

Because there are many engineering jobs and many types of engineering, this section serves as a reference for those who want to continue in space engineering. This focuses on companies that conduct lunar and planetary exploration work in addition to specific job postings.

• Astrobotic Technology, Inc.

• Ceres Robotics

• Deep Space Systems

• Draper

• Firefly Aerospace, Inc

• Honeybee Robotics

• Intuitive Machines, LLC

• Jacobs

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

• Lockheed Martin Space

• Masten Space Systems, Inc.

• Mission Control Space Services, Inc.

• Moon Express

• NASA

• Orbit Beyond

• Paragon Space Development Corporation

• Space Talent

• SpaceX

• Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.

• United Launch Alliance