Ursa Major Salary

💰 $101K–$148K salary range

Median: $129K  ·  Based on 94 public Ursa Major job postings  ·  Updated October 21, 2026

This Ursa Major salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Ursa Major

• Vice President, Business Development — $280K–$330K · Sales & Business Development
• Senior Director of FP&A — $230K–$300K · Finance & Accounting
• Senior Director, Quality — $225K–$275K · Quality
• Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement — $187K–$234K · Supply Chain
• Chief Engineer, Hypersonic Missile and Interceptor — $175K–$230K · Engineering
• Principal DevOps Engineer — $175K–$215K · Digital Operations
• Senior Manager, SEC Reporting — $167K–$207K · Finance & Accounting
• Avionics Design Manager — $160K–$200K · Avionics
• Staff Systems Engineer – Safety & Reliability — $156K–$195K · Engineering
• Staff Thermal-Fluids Analysis Engineer — $155K–$190K · Analysis

Ursa Major salary by department

• analysis: $150K median · $190K top base — Staff Thermal-Fluids Analysis Engineer (view JD) (10 roles)
• program management: $135K median · $163K top base — Senior Program Manager (view JD) (5 roles)
• avionics: $133K median · $200K top base — Avionics Design Manager (view JD) (7 roles)
• engineering: $128K median · $230K top base — Chief Engineer, Hypersonic Missile and Interceptor (view JD) (40 roles)
• quality: $117K median · $275K top base — Senior Director, Quality (view JD) (5 roles)
• supply chain: $90K median · $234K top base — Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (view JD) (6 roles)

Ursa Major engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $97K median · $165K top base — Avionics Test Manager (view JD) (17)
• Senior: $133K median · $166K top base — Senior Systems Engineer (view JD) (31)
• Staff: $161K median · $230K top base — Chief Engineer, Hypersonic Missile and Interceptor (view JD) (13)

Ursa Major salary by location

• Remote: $156K median · $190K top base — Staff Thermal-Fluids Analysis Engineer (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Ursa Major

15% of Ursa Major's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $156K median vs $130K onsite.

What Ursa Major looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · Supply Chain (4) · ERP (4) · Procurement (3) · Project Management (3) · Inventory Management (3) · Scheduling (3) · Azure (2) · AWS (2) · Team Leadership (2).

Benefits & perks at Ursa Major

Commonly listed: dental (93) · vision (93) · mental-health (93) · hsa-fsa (93) · 401k (93) · life-ins (93) · unlimited-pto (93) · pto (93).

About Ursa Major

Ursa Major is Series E stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2015 · HQ Berthoud, Colorado. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Ursa Major

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 33 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and Associate's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 84% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Ursa Major hiring activity

Ursa Major has 94 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 94 public job postings with disclosed pay. 25 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (73 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 15 contract roles in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Ursa Major's pay with companies in the same space:

💸 Companies that pay more than Ursa Major

Muon Space · Shield AI · True Anomaly · Inversion Space · AnySignal

📚 Salary guides & rankings

Top-Paying Tech Companies for Engineers (2026) · Highest-Paying Cities for Software Engineers · Highest-Paying Engineering Roles

Browse all company salary pages →

Explore more salary data

All Sales salaries →  ·  Browse all tech salaries →

Common questions

What does Ursa Major pay?
The median pay is $129K, with a typical range of $101K–$148K, based on 94 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Ursa Major?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Business Development, at $280K–$330K base.

Which team pays the most at Ursa Major?
The analysis team, at a $150K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 94 public Ursa Major job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 21, 2026.

Hiring like Ursa Major? Talk to Recruiting from Scratch →