JPL is located in Altadena, 7 miles away west from Caltech. Many fellows live in La Canada, Altadena (east of JPL) or Pasadena.
Q. Does JPL pay well?
While ZipRecruiter is seeing salaries as high as $163,196 and as low as $28,018, the majority of salaries within the Nasa JPL jobs category currently range between $58,986 (25th percentile) to $110,599 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $147,465 annually in California.
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Q. How do I get a job at JPL NASA?
The job requires a Bachelor’s degree in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or related technical discipline with 3 years of related experience.
Q. Are JPL employees federal employees?
JPL is one of ten NASA centers and is a FFRDC. NASA has ten field centers (plus HQ in DC). Nine of them are government facilities with government employees (civil servants) working there. One of them is JPL and is a FFRDC.
Q. Is JPL part of NASA?
JPL is a federally-funded research and development center managed by Caltech for NASA.
Q. How much does a JPL flight technician make?
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Salary FAQs The average salary for an Aircraft Mechanic II is $70,374 per year in United States, which is 15% higher than the average NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory salary of $60,917 per year for this job.
Q. Does JPL hire international?
Opportunities are available to foreign nationals on a limited basis through the JPL Visiting Student Research Program. See the program page for more information about how to qualify and apply.
Q. What did JPL invent?
MGM-29 Sergeant
MGM-5 Corporal
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During JPL’s Army years, the laboratory developed two deployed weapon systems, the MGM-5 Corporal and MGM-29 Sergeant intermediate-range ballistic missiles. These missiles were the first US ballistic missiles developed at JPL.
Q. Whats it like working at JPL?
JPL is a decent place to work. Good job security but the pay isn’t great. Many people spend their entire careers at JPL because the work is interesting. But opportunities for advancement don’t come along too often.
Q. How many employees does JPL have?
JPL is based in Pasadena, Calif., and is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Here’s a brief rundown of the lab, which employs about 5,000 people and has an annual budget of $1.6 billion.
