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Terran Orbital jobs
Terran Orbital designs and builds satellites and satellite buses in Irvine, California, and is a Lockheed Martin company.
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 24 open jobs at Terran Orbital; their typical pay runs $104k to $224k a year, with a median of $133k.
Typical pay, live
Latest Terran Orbital openings
Read 7 Nov 2026, 10:02 UTCPrincipal Embedded Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Irvine, CA, United States · 2d agoDetails
$175,000–$230,000/yr- $175,000–$230,000/yr
Flight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Irvine, CA, United States · 2w agoDetails
$125,000–$150,000/yrCustodian (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Irvine, CA, United States · 2w agoDetails
$22–$25/hrInventory Control Supervisor (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Irvine, CA, United States · 2w agoDetails
$90,000–$120,000/yrSr. Manufacturing Engineer - EPS (opens the job details)
Technicians · Irvine, CA, United States · 3w agoDetails
$115,000–$155,000/yrManager, Test Systems (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Irvine, CA, United States · 3w agoDetails
$160,000–$190,000/yrPLM Administrator (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Irvine, CA, United States · 4w agoDetails
$110,000–$130,000/yr- $170,000–$210,000/yr
Sr. Project Engineer (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Irvine, CA, United States · 1mo agoDetails
$130,000–$175,000/yrSr. Manager, Vehicle Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Irvine, CA, United States · 1mo agoDetails
$160,000–$195,000/yrSpacecraft Thermal Engineer (I/II) (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Irvine, CA, United States · 1mo agoDetails
$80,000–$100,000/yr
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Terran Orbital at a glance
Terran Orbital designs and builds satellites and satellite buses in Irvine, California, and is a Lockheed Martin company.
24 roles taken from its careers site on 2026-11-07A recruiter wrote to you in Terran Orbital's name?
Terran Orbital's own sites: terranorbital.com.
What Terran Orbital pays
Read from the ranges on its open jobs · 2026-11-07The median is $133k/yr over the 24 open jobs with a posted range, and single figures go from $45.8k/yr up to $230k/yr. Interns, technicians and senior engineers all sit in that figure; the table below separates the disciplines.
Measured from 24 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
The top-paying Terran Orbital jobs open now
Every 24, highest pay firstPrincipal Embedded Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Irvine, CA, United States · 2d agoDetails
$175,000–$230,000/yr- $175,000–$230,000/yr
Staff Embedded Linux Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Irvine, CA, United States · 3mo agoDetails
$175,000–$230,000/yr- $170,000–$210,000/yr
Sr. Manager, Vehicle Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Irvine, CA, United States · 1mo agoDetails
$160,000–$195,000/yr
The middle half 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, measured the same way for every list on the site. A posting's range is base salary only: stock, sign-on money and bonuses are extra where a company offers them. The methodology explains how each pay figure is measured and graded.
What Terran Orbital looks for
The usual bar in each discipline Terran Orbital is staffing right now. A posting can ask for more or less (a clearance, a degree, years on hardware), so check the role itself before applying.
Often no degree: a trade school, apprenticeship or military background, plus certifications such as welding or IPC.
An engineering degree; test technicians often come from the military or a technical program.
An electrical or computer engineering degree; harness and board technicians often hold IPC certifications.
A computer science, aerospace or electrical engineering degree; C/C++ for flight code, control theory for GNC.
Often no degree for logistics and maintenance; buyers and planners usually have business or supply-chain training.
A computer science degree or equivalent experience; some programs need a US security clearance.
Terran Orbital's disciplines
Each discipline page covers the work itself, the usual entry bar and the pay posted for it across the industry.
For the wider picture, open the pay tables for every discipline or the space employers that pay the most.
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Questions about Terran Orbital
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What does Terran Orbital pay?
Across the 24 open Terran Orbital jobs that give a pay range, the middle of the market is $104k–$224k/yr and the median $133k/yr. The lowest posted figure is $45.8k/yr and the highest $230k/yr. These are base salary ranges as the postings give them; equity, bonuses and relocation help come on top where offered.
Which disciplines is Terran Orbital staffing?
Of its 24 openings, the largest groups are manufacturing & technicians (5), systems, integration & test (4) and avionics & electrical (3).
What does Terran Orbital ask for in space manufacturing and technician jobs?
Often no degree: a trade school, apprenticeship or military background, plus certifications such as welding or IPC. The exact bar is in each Terran Orbital posting.
How fresh is this list of Terran Orbital roles?
We read Terran Orbital's public careers site every night. A role stays here as long as Terran Orbital keeps it up, dated with our last check.
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