Avionics and power
Space Jobs for Electrical Engineers
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 720 open roles for electrical engineers on 40 space industry employers, including Muon Space, Hubble Network and Outpost; typical pay across them is $120k to $230k a year (median $140k), topped by $328k a year advertised at Stoke Space.
GNC Hardware Engineer (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Flight Software · Mountain View, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$157,000–$179,000/yr
$190,000–$285,000/yr
Measured from 347 distinct posted rates, across 26 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 373 of the 720 listings open here post no pay at all.
Space companies hire electrical engineers to design avionics, power systems, circuit boards and harnesses that work through launch, vacuum and radiation. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.
Live roles for electrical engineers
Updated 29 Oct 2026, 21:01 UTCShowing the 2 roles that ask for a master's, every country. See every role
Circuit boards, FPGAs and hardware design
2 openDesign the boards, FPGAs and ASICs inside flight computers and instruments, built to survive radiation and launch.
GNC Hardware Engineer (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Flight Software · Mountain View, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$157,000–$179,000/yr- $190,000–$285,000/yr
Before you apply
Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.
Pay by specialty
Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.
What the roles ask for
Drawn from the requirement lines of 182 out of 720 open roles for electrical engineers, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.
- Name years of experience152
- Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)35
- Name a security clearance19
- Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)13
- Set a residency or work-authorization condition13
- Name iPC or NASA workmanship certification3
- Ask for a professional license2
Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.
Who hires electrical engineers in the space industry
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.
Where these roles are posted
Two groupings: roles posted for a single country, and roles with a language in the title. A place name leads to its own page, and a count lists the matching roles.
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Frequently asked questions
How much do electrical engineers earn in the space industry?
Going by the 347 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for electrical engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $120k–$230k/yr and the median is $140k/yr. The top posted figure is $328k/yr, at Stoke Space. 373 of the 720 open roles for electrical engineers state no pay, so check each listing.
What do electrical roles ask for?
Usually an electrical or computer engineering degree and experience with the hardware the role names (board design, power electronics, FPGA development). Each listing states the degree, the tools and the location it asks for. Of the 182 open roles for electrical engineers whose requirements we read, 2 a master's, 167 at least a bachelor's and 13 name no degree.
What does an electrical engineer do at a space company?
An electrical engineer at a space company designs and tests the vehicle's electrical system: flight computers and avionics boxes, power generation and distribution, circuit boards and FPGAs, and the harnesses that connect them, then supports them through integration and flight.
How do space companies hire electrical engineers?
Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.
Are these jobs real?
Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Hubble Network, Outpost and Momentus among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.
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