Space industry work
Avionics & Electrical
Measured from 272 distinct posted rates, across 26 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 304 of the 576 listings open here post no pay at all.
Live avionics roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 04:01 UTC
Staff FPGA Digital Engineer - 5 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Arizona-Chandler· today
2027 Electrical Engineer Intern- Redondo Beach CA (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Redondo Beach· today
Wire Design and Install Engineer (Associate or Experienced) (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
Engineer Electrical - Level 3 or 4 - Space AHT (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Alabama-Huntsville· today
Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Electrical (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs· today
Senior Electronic Design and Analysis Engineer (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
Lead Wire Design & Install Engineer (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
Hardware Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
ASIC Subsystem Engineer (Mid-level or Lead) (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
Senior Wire Design and Install Engineer (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - El Segundo, CA· today
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. The usual range is $123k–$260k/yr and the median $150k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. 34 employers hire for it, including Muon Space, Hubble Network, Outpost.
Who hires for avionics work
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What our research measures about avionics work
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring571 open roles (7.0% of the space roles we read) at 39 employers, 113 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Where the jobs are4.2% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
- Who can apply85.9% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 12.4% name a security clearance.
- Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Python (42%), C or C++ (21%) and MATLAB (15%).
- Degrees and experience1.1% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 35.1% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 5 years of experience at the least.
- Pay transparency47.5% of the postings state their pay, at a median $150,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level45 open roles are for someone starting out (7.9% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel28.3% of the postings ask for weekend work, 25.0% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.2% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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