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Avionics & Electrical

$120k–$260k/yrtypical paylive median $148k/yr hire for it

Measured from 275 distinct posted rates, across 25 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 287 of the 562 open roles here state no pay.

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Updated 29 Oct 2026, 13:40 UTC

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Build the electrical heart of a rocket or satellite: flight computers and avionics boxes, power systems and batteries, harnesses, circuit boards, FPGAs and ASICs, and the electronics that must survive launch loads, vacuum and radiation.

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In short

Avionics & Electrical. Build the electrical heart of a rocket or satellite: flight computers and avionics boxes, power systems and batteries, harnesses, circuit boards, FPGAs and ASICs, and the electronics that must survive launch loads, vacuum and radiation. It typically pays $120k–$260k/yr, with a live median of $148k/yr, measured from the rates its open roles publish today. hire for it, including Muon Space, Hubble Network, Outpost.

Who hires for avionics work

EmployerOpen nowPay for this work
Muon Space logoMuon Space9$183k–$260k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network1Stated per posting
Outpost logoOutpost2Stated per posting
Turion Space logoTurion Space0Stated per posting
Momentus logoMomentus2Stated per posting
Inversion Space logoInversion Space6$158k–$207k/yr
Xona Space Systems logoXona Space Systems6$157k–$199k/yr
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries5$162k–$245k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space22$169k–$281k/yr
Apex logoApex13$130k–$211k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space1Stated per posting
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space6$124k–$240k/yr
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1Stated per posting
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly16Stated per posting
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace11Stated per posting
Astroscale logoAstroscale1Stated per posting
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space12Stated per posting
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin146Stated per posting
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace2Stated per posting
ICEYE logoICEYE10Stated per posting
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace3Stated per posting
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications2Stated per posting
Planet logoPlanet3$129k–$145k/yr
SpaceX logoSpaceX137$138k–$280k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile12Stated per posting
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies14$149k–$262k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space15$130k–$167k/yr
Vast logoVast14$112k–$153k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab28$88k–$143k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis29$60.3k–$176k/yr

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