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Avionics & Electrical

$123k–$260k/yrtypical paylive median $150k/yr hire for it

Measured from 268 distinct posted rates, across 24 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 282 of the 550 listings open here post no pay at all.

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Updated 29 Oct 2026, 21:01 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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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. 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 Network0Stated 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 Systems7$159k–$208k/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 Space5$129k–$243k/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
Boeing logoBoeing4Stated per posting
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace2Stated per posting
ICEYE logoICEYE7Stated per posting
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace3Stated per posting
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications2Stated per posting
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman1Stated per posting
SpaceX logoSpaceX136$138k–$280k/yr
Planet logoPlanet3$129k–$145k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile11Stated per posting
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies14$149k–$262k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory7$116k–$168k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space15$130k–$167k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital3$145k–$174k/yr
Vast logoVast14$112k–$153k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab25$88k–$146k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis29$60.3k–$176k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). Employers with a referral agreement get a boost in this order, which has no effect on the salary they offer.

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