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Space Jobs for Electrical Engineers in California

459 open roles for electrical engineers at 40 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Long Beach and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $135k–$248k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring electrical engineers in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX72$138k/yr
Impulse Space29$148k/yr
K2 Space26$158k/yr
Vast26$159k/yr
Astranis22$185k/yr
E-Space22$175k/yr
Relativity Space20$185k/yr
Rocket Lab20$128k/yr
True Anomaly19$185k/yr
Boeing16$178k/yr
Amazon Leo15$184k/yr
Apex14$148k/yr
CesiumAstro13$154k/yr
Northwood Space13$144k/yr
Varda Space Industries12$172k/yr
Array Labs11$180k/yr
Astrolab11$185k/yr
Inversion Space11$165k/yr
Muon Space11$196k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation10not stated
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory10$141k/yr
Northrop Grumman7$143k/yr
Xona Space Systems7$163k/yr
Viasat5$128k/yr
Voyager Technologies5$160k/yr

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC

The 100 newest of 459; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

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Which space companies hire electrical engineers in California?

Today, SpaceX (72 roles), Impulse Space (29 roles), K2 Space (26 roles), Vast (26 roles), Astranis (22 roles), E-Space (22 roles), and 34 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for electrical engineers?

Most are in Long Beach (83), Hawthorne (70), El Segundo (52), Los Angeles (45), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for electrical engineers in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $160k/yr, with typical pay from $135k–$248k/yr; 88.2% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. For reference, the 24,700 electrical engineers working in California, in any industry, earn a median $144k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for electrical engineers in California require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for electrical engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.