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Space Jobs for Electrical Engineers

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 733 open roles for electrical engineers on , 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.

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$120k–$230k/yrtypical paylive median $140k/yrup to $328k/yr at Stoke Space

Measured from 348 distinct posted rates, across 27 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 385 of the 733 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 30 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTC

Power systems and batteries

94 open

Batteries, solar arrays, power distribution and power electronics that keep a vehicle alive.

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Circuit boards, FPGAs and hardware design

222 open

Design the boards, FPGAs and ASICs inside flight computers and instruments, built to survive radiation and launch.

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Harness and electrical integration

62 open

Cabling and harness design, and integrating the electrical system of a whole vehicle.

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Avionics engineers

169 open

Flight computers, sensors and the avionics boxes that run a rocket or a satellite.

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Electrical engineers

186 open

Electrical engineering roles across vehicles, ground systems and test facilities.

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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.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Power systems and batteries94$113k–$199k/yr$215k/yr
Circuit boards, FPGAs and hardware design222$140k–$267k/yr$285k/yr
Harness and electrical integration62$108k–$227k/yr$263k/yr
Avionics engineers169$112k–$193k/yr$240k/yr
Electrical engineers186$128k–$225k/yr$328k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 310 out of 733 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.

0

Ask for a PhD

6

Ask for a master's

281

Ask for at least a bachelor's

23

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience263
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition44
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)34
  • Name a security clearance23
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)13
  • Name iPC or NASA workmanship certification4
  • Ask for a professional license3

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires electrical engineers in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Muon Space logoMuon Space12$83.2k–$237k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network1$107k–$240k/yr
Outpost logoOutpost1$130k–$170k/yr
Turion Space logoTurion Space1$100k–$150k/yr
Momentus logoMomentus2$140k–$195k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space11$106k–$221k/yr
Xona Space Systems logoXona Space Systems7$100k–$200k/yr
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries12$109k–$263k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space34$62.4k–$285k/yr
Apex logoApex14$88k–$215k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital1$150k–$200k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space3$105k–$328k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky3Not stated
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space13$84k–$255k/yr
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1$100k–$180k/yr
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly20$75k–$170k/yr
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace10Not stated
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin180Not stated
Boeing logoBoeing17Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE17Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space11Not stated
The Exploration Company logoThe Exploration Company6Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale3Not stated
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman3Not stated
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace2Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace1Not stated
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications1Not stated
SpaceX logoSpaceX187$68.6k–$290k/yr
Planet logoPlanet4$114k–$145k/yr
Spire Global logoSpire Global1Not stated
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile11Not stated
HawkEye 360 logoHawkEye 3603$130k–$170k/yr
Loft Federal logoLoft Federal1$132k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies12$56.2k–$262k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory10$97.7k–$183k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major3$110k–$147k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital3$120k–$175k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space28$90k–$175k/yr
Vast logoVast25$72.8k–$162k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab36$58.2k–$152k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis22$60.3k–$180k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

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.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do electrical engineers earn in the space industry?

Going by the 348 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. 385 of the 733 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 310 open roles for electrical engineers whose requirements we read, 6 a master's, 281 at least a bachelor's and 23 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 Turion Space 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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