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Space Jobs for Electrical Engineers

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 703 open roles for electrical engineers on , including Muon Space, Hubble Network and Outpost; their typical pay runs $120k to $230k a year, with a median of $140k, and the highest advertised rate is $328k a year at Stoke Space.

See 28 roles for electrical engineers
$120k–$230k/yrtypical paylive median $140k/yrup to $328k/yr at Stoke Space

Measured from 337 distinct posted rates, across 24 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 366 of the 703 open roles here state no pay.

Space companies hire electrical engineers to design avionics, power systems, circuit boards and harnesses that work through launch, vacuum and radiation. Every role is checked against its employer's job board every hour.

Live roles for electrical engineers

Updated 29 Oct 2026, 14:01 UTC

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Power systems and batteries

10 open

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

Circuit boards, FPGAs and hardware design

6 open

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

Avionics engineers

9 open

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

Electrical engineers

3 open

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

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

Each specialty's typical pay is measured over its own open roles the way every band on this site is (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), and shown only where at least three distinct rates are posted.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Power systems and batteries89$113k–$202k/yr$215k/yr
Circuit boards, FPGAs and hardware design215$140k–$267k/yr$285k/yr
Harness and electrical integration60$107k–$230k/yr$263k/yr
Avionics engineers162$112k–$193k/yr$240k/yr
Electrical engineers177$119k–$219k/yr$328k/yr

What the roles ask for

Read from the requirements of 68 of the 703 open roles for electrical engineers: the lines each role's pop-up lists from its posting. A role counts once, at the lowest degree it accepts.

0

Ask for a PhD

0

Ask for a master's

62

Ask for a bachelor's or a degree

6

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience55
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)16
  • Ask for coding (Python, SQL and the like)9
  • Name a security clearance4
  • Ask where you live or may work4
  • Ask for a professional license1

The roles that name experience ask for a median of 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
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
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space12$84k–$255k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky3Not stated
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace10Not stated
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin182Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE17Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space11Not stated
The Exploration Company logoThe Exploration Company4Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale3Not stated
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace2Not stated
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications2Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace1Not stated
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly20$75k–$170k/yr
Starfish Space logoStarfish Space1$100k–$180k/yr
Planet logoPlanet4$114k–$145k/yr
SpaceX logoSpaceX188$68.6k–$290k/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 Technologies11$56.2k–$262k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major4$110k–$180k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space28$90k–$175k/yr
Vast logoVast25$72.8k–$162k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab39$58.2k–$152k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis22$60.3k–$180k/yr

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Where these roles are posted

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Frequently asked questions

How much do electrical engineers earn in the space industry?

Across the 337 distinct hourly rates posted for roles for electrical engineers right now, typical pay runs from $120000 to $230000 an hour, with a median of $140000. The highest posted rate is $327810 an hour, at Stoke Space. 366 of the 703 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 68 open roles for electrical engineers whose requirements we read, 62 a bachelor's or a degree and 6 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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