Non-US Nationals: NASA Job Opportunities in Astronomy

[Salman Ranjha]

I am not a US national but I'm really interested to graduate in Astronomy and work with NASA. So I've heard a lot of rumours that non US nationals cannot get job in NASA.
Is it true.?
If yes then which of the other space agencies offer job to outsiders (someone not national of that country)

 

[axmls]

NASA itself only hires US citizens. I'm not sure how it works for companies that contract with NASA.

 

[Student100]

I am not a US national but I'm really interested to graduate in Astronomy and work with NASA. So I've heard a lot of rumours that non US nationals cannot get job in NASA.
Is it true.?
If yes then which of the other space agencies offer job to outsiders (someone not national of that country)

You need to become a US citizen before you can do any work for the federal government, or work on federal contracts. You would probably need to be able to get and maintain at the minimum a confidential or secret clearance, even when the job doesn't really deal with classified material. There may be exceptions for jobs that deal directly with national security (such as linguists), but you're probably out of luck.

If you're in the EU, you should eligible to work for the ESA.

 

[Evo]

NASA itself only hires US citizens. I'm not sure how it works for companies that contract with NASA.

NASA contractors can hire non-US citizens for some positions, they just can't work directly for NASA. Not sure what kind of positions the OP wanted.

 

[rootone]

You need to become a US citizen before you can do any work for the federal government

As you would also need to obtain a Russian citizenship to work within the Russian space agency and etc ...

 

[Salman Ranjha]

Thank you All

 

[ZapperZ]

Before you run away, you might also want to take a look at these:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/want-to-work-in-nasa.724673/#post-4583678
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/im-not-sure-this-is-a-good-idea.616978/#post-3973861
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...ics-and-computer-science.515184/#post-3410551
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...-a-theoretical-physicist.793625/#post-4984372

etc...

Be very careful when you have an ambition to work for a particular employer, because in this case, it appears that you may not know of the fact that I've listed many times above.

Zz.

 

[donpacino]

The way many US aerospace corporations work is you need to be able to work in the US without company sponsorship.