Aerospace hardware and electronics engineer jobs in the United States

Aerospace hardware and electronics engineer: 3,669 open roles at 257 companies in the United States. 643 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship, export-control eligibility or a government security clearance. 1,101 mention relocation support.

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open roles
3,669
companies
257
open to any nationality
18%
median stated pay
$153k

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MITRE

mitre.org
mitre.org · HQ: McLean, United States · Space & Aerospace · Homeland Security · National Security · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1958 · Hiring 323, 57 new
HQ: McLean, United States · Space & Aerospace · Homeland Security · National Security · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1958 · Hiring 323, 57 new
MITRE is an American not for profit corporation that operates federally funded research and development centres for United States government agencies. Its artificial intelligence work spans model assurance, adversarial machine learning and the widely used ATLAS knowledge base of attacks against machine learning systems. The organisation advises defence, aviation, health and cybersecurity agencies and deliberately holds no commercial products of its own; its centres also maintain the ATT&CK framework that security teams everywhere rely on.
No named decision-maker yet.
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FPGA / ASIC Design Engineer

$104k – $130k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (Bedford, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Junior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
C++
Python
MATLAB
C++
CMake
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 81%

Lead Embedded Software Engineer

$156k – $196k per year · Lead · 8+ years exp · In office (Bedford, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Staff
Rust
C++
Python
DevOps
Linux
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SpaceX

spacex.com
spacex.com · HQ: Starbase, United States · Satellite Manufacturing · Satellite Communications · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2002 · Trust A · Hiring 2587, 168 new
HQ: Starbase, United States · Satellite Manufacturing · Satellite Communications · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2002 · Trust A · Hiring 2587, 168 new
SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and launch services provider founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the goal of making life multiplanetary. It developed the reusable Falcon 9, now by far the most flown orbital rocket in the world, the Dragon capsule that carries NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, and Starship, the fully reusable super-heavy vehicle intended for lunar and Mars missions. The company also operates Starlink, a satellite constellation of thousands of spacecraft providing broadband to consumers, aircraft, ships and militaries, which has become its largest source of revenue.
Elon Musk · Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Engineer · decision-maker
Gwynne Shotwell · President & Chief Operating Officer · decision-maker
Tom Mueller · Founding Employee & former Propulsion Chief
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Process Engineer, Wafer Preparation & Assembly (Starlink/Akoustis)

Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (Bastrop, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Nationals only · GMP / cleanroom · Middle
MATLAB
Python
AI/ML
OCR
Chips/EDA
Statistical Process Control
JMP
Minitab
Design
SolidWorks
AutoCAD
SpaceTech
FMEA
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Process Engineer, Gold-To-Gold Interconnect & Flip Chip Assembly (Starlink/Akoustis)

Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (Bastrop, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Nationals only · GMP / cleanroom · Middle
MATLAB
Python
Chips/EDA
Statistical Process Control
JMP
Minitab
Design
AutoCAD
SpaceTech
ANSYS
FMEA
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Blue Origin

blueorigin.com
blueorigin.com · HQ: Kent, United States · Space Services · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2000 · Trust A · Hiring 1573, 128 new
HQ: Kent, United States · Space Services · Launch Services · 5000+ employees · Est. 2000 · Trust A · Hiring 1573, 128 new
Blue Origin is an American aerospace company founded quietly by Jeff Bezos in 2000, and funded for two decades largely out of his own fortune rather than external investment. It flies the suborbital New Shepard vehicle for space tourism and research payloads, and developed the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket alongside the BE-4 engine, which also powers United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. Headquartered in Kent, Washington, the company is building the Blue Moon lunar lander under a NASA Artemis contract and has moved from a deliberately slow development culture toward far more aggressive schedules under chief executive Dave Limp.
Jeff Bezos · Founder · decision-maker
Dave Limp · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Bob Smith · former Chief Executive Officer
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Electrical Engineer III - Avionics Center of Excellence

$131k – $183k per year · Equity · Middle · 8+ years exp · In office (Seattle, United States) · Relocation · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Hazardous materials · Citizenship or vetting required · Middle
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Sr. Photonics Engineer

$157k – $220k per year · Equity · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Reston, Denver, United States) · Relocation · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Hazardous materials · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
FMEA
CCSDS
MedTech
Verification & Validation
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METECS

metecs.com
metecs.com · HQ: Houston, United States · Space Services · Engineering Services · 51-200 employees · Est. 2003 · Hiring 17, 5 new
HQ: Houston, United States · Space Services · Engineering Services · 51-200 employees · Est. 2003 · Hiring 17, 5 new
METECS is an engineering services company that provides engineering, simulation, robotics and immersive solutions to the aerospace, energy, construction and agriculture industries. Its job ads cover lunar terramechanics, spacecraft guidance and control, moon base avionics and software engineering. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Spaceflight Hardware Electrical Engineer - METECS

In office (Houston, United States) · Bachelor's Degree
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Lead Spaceflight Hardware Systems Engineer - METECS

Lead · In office (Houston, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Staff
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Shield AI

shield.ai
shield.ai · HQ: San Diego, United States · Defense Manufacturing · Drone AI · Defense AI · Military Drones · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2015 · Trust B · Hiring 626, 13 new
HQ: San Diego, United States · Defense Manufacturing · Drone AI · Defense AI · Military Drones · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2015 · Trust B · Hiring 626, 13 new
Shield AI is an American defence technology company founded in 2015 that builds autonomy software and uncrewed aircraft for military missions. Its Hivemind autonomy stack lets aircraft fly, navigate and complete objectives without GPS, a remote pilot or a communications link, which matters in contested environments where those links are jammed. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the company fields the V-BAT vertical take-off aircraft with United States and allied forces, licenses Hivemind to other manufacturers and is developing the X-BAT jet for high-end missions.
Andrew Reiter · Co-Founder · decision-maker
Ryan Tseng · Co-Founder · decision-maker
Brandon Tseng · Co-Founder & President · decision-maker
Gary Steele · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Summer 2027 Intern - Embedded Firmware - 5810

$74k – $194k per year · Intern · 2+ years exp · In office (Dallas, United States) · Internship · Intern
C++
Verilog
VHDL
C++
CMake
DevOps
CI/CD
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 17 days ago Likely open · 63%

Manager, Environmental Control Systems & Thermal Engineering (R6306)

$200k – $300k per year · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (Seattle, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Staff
Amazon ECS
SpaceTech
STAR-CCM+
DO-160
Thermal Desktop
Defense
MIL-STD-810
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Planet

planet.com
planet.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Geospatial Analytics · Satellite Manufacturing · Earth Observation · 201-500 employees · Est. 2010 · Trust A · Hiring 124, 9 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Geospatial Analytics · Satellite Manufacturing · Earth Observation · 201-500 employees · Est. 2010 · Trust A · Hiring 124, 9 new
Planet is an American Earth observation company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as Planet Labs PBC, that designs, builds and operates a large fleet of imaging satellites and sells daily satellite imagery, data and analytics. Founded in 2010 by three former NASA scientists, it serves agriculture, government, defence, mapping and environmental customers through online platforms and software tools. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Flight Software Engineer

$163k – $203k per year · Senior · 6+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Senior
C++
Python
C
C
Embedded C
DevOps
RTOS
Debian
Ubuntu
Unix
Linux
Cybersecurity
GDPR
+2
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago Likely open · 54%

Electrical Engineer

$114k – $143k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Junior
Python
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 976C++ 956MATLAB 697Linux 484VHDL 283Agile 262Verilog 238Git 221SystemVerilog 189Verification & Validation 183Simulink 181CI/CD 175RTOS 173Sensor Fusion 151Computer Vision 150Altium Designer 148

Where the roles are

Seattle 201Huntsville 179El Segundo 163San Diego 139Los Angeles 134Littleton 126Redmond 109Costa Mesa 104Long Beach 97Denver 91

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

643 of the 3,669 roles here state no citizenship, export-control or security-clearance demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which aerospace companies hire most?

RTX (435), Lockheed Martin (357), Northrop Grumman (317), SpaceX (222), Blue Origin (196).

Which roles count as aerospace jobs?

Every propulsion, GNC, avionics, aerodynamics, structures, spacecraft, satcom, launch, flight test and aircraft maintenance role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician, data and IT roles of the aviation and space companies - aircraft makers and airlines' engineering, launch, satellites, Earth observation, eVTOL. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out, and so is weapons and missile work.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 3,669 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 3 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0