Avionics and power
Space Jobs for Electrical Engineers
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 1,126 open roles for electrical engineers on 93 space industry employers, including Muon Space, Array Labs and Hubble Network; typical pay across them is $132k to $240k a year (median $160k), topped by $377k a year advertised at Blue Origin.
$160,000–$215,000/yr- $160,000–$215,000/yr
- $29.00/hr
Measured from 639 distinct posted rates, across 59 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 486 of the 1,126 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, 09:18 UTCListed here: Astranis roles. See every employer
Power systems and batteries
1 openBatteries, solar arrays, power distribution and power electronics that keep a vehicle alive.
- $160,000–$215,000/yr
Circuit boards, FPGAs and hardware design
6 openDesign the boards, FPGAs and ASICs inside flight computers and instruments, built to survive radiation and launch.
Senior Electrical Engineer- SDR Hardware (opens the job details)
Astranis · RF & Payloads · San Francisco· 1y+ agoDetails
$175,000–$240,000/yr- $175,000–$240,000/yr
PCBA Manufacturing Engineer (opens the job details)
Astranis · Technicians · San Francisco· 1y+ agoDetails
$120,000–$175,000/yr- $140,000–$205,000/yr
- $180,000–$250,000/yr
- $180,000–$250,000/yr
Harness and electrical integration
4 openCabling and harness design, and integrating the electrical system of a whole vehicle.
- $29.00/hr
- $29.00/hr
Avionics Integration Engineer (opens the job details)
Astranis · Systems & Test · San Francisco· 1mo agoDetails
$115,000–$145,000/yr- $135,000–$235,000/yr
Avionics engineers
7 openFlight computers, sensors and the avionics boxes that run a rocket or a satellite.
- $1,925/wk
- $1,925/wk
- $160,000–$215,000/yr
- $145,000–$235,000/yr
- $105,000–$165,000/yr
Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Packaging & RF Components (opens the job details)
Astranis · Mechanical · San Francisco· 1y+ agoDetails
$110,000–$160,000/yrSenior Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Packaging & RF Components (opens the job details)
Astranis · Mechanical · San Francisco· 1y+ agoDetails
$145,000–$225,000/yr
Electrical engineers
4 openElectrical engineering roles across vehicles, ground systems and test facilities.
- $160,000–$215,000/yr
- $145,000–$235,000/yr
- $105,000–$165,000/yr
- $135,000–$235,000/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 300 out of 1,126 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 experience252
- Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)48
- Set a residency or work-authorization condition30
- Name a security clearance18
- Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)14
- Ask for a professional license13
- Name iPC or NASA workmanship certification2
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). 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
The US states with the most open roles for electrical engineers, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.
In the US, by state
- California454
- Washington172
- Texas121
- Colorado76
- Florida61
- Arizona19
- Virginia17
Space industry jobs by US state
The public record, in every industry: 199,700 electrical engineers work in the US (2025), projected to grow 10% by 2035, at a median $121k/yr (BLS, May 2025). Each state's page gives its own.
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.
- What applications askThe application forms for this work ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (90.5% of them), about a security clearance (56.5% of them), your GPA (37.0% of them), SAT, ACT or GRE scores (35.9% of them), your salary expectations (26.2% of them) and whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before (48.9% of them).
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Frequently asked questions
How much do electrical engineers earn in the space industry?
Going by the 639 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for electrical engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $132k–$240k/yr and the median is $160k/yr. The top posted figure is $377k/yr, at Blue Origin. 486 of the 1,126 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 300 open roles for electrical engineers whose requirements we read, 4 a master's, 273 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, Array Labs, Hubble Network and Outpost 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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