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Impulse Space Test Engineer Salary

Impulse Space's 26 open roles for test engineers post a median $133k/yr, typically $121k–$190k/yr, from 26 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Impulse Space role
median $150k/yr
Impulse Space's test engineers: 11% below it
Test engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
Impulse Space: 5% below it
Highest posted top
$220k/yr
Senior Propulsion Test Engineer

Typical pay 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. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Impulse Space test engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op4$62.4k/yr$62.4k/yr
Level II3$140k/yr$133k–$181k/yr
Senior5$158k/yr$145k–$212k/yr
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level13$128k/yr$123k–$169k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Impulse Space hires test engineers

  • Redondo Beach, CA21 roles, median $135k/yr
  • Mojave, CA5 roles, median $125k/yr

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC

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Questions about Impulse Space pay for test engineers

How much does Impulse Space pay test engineers?

Impulse Space's open roles for test engineers post a median $133k/yr, typically $121k–$190k/yr, from 26 distinct pay figures in 26 of its 26 postings. Typical pay here 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. The highest posted top is $220k/yr, for Senior Propulsion Test Engineer.

What does Impulse Space pay test engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: intern or co-op: a median $62.4k/yr (4 roles); level II: a median $140k/yr (3 roles); senior: a median $158k/yr (5 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Impulse Space pay test engineers more than other space companies?

Impulse Space's median, $133k/yr, is 5% below the $140k/yr median of the 952 open roles for test engineers at every space company we read (Impulse Space's among them).

Do test engineers earn more than other roles at Impulse Space?

Impulse Space's roles for test engineers post a median $133k/yr, 11% below the $150k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Impulse Space salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Impulse Space hire test engineers?

Its open roles for test engineers are in Redondo Beach, CA (21) and Mojave, CA (5). By place, they post a median of $135k/yr in Redondo Beach, CA and $125k/yr in Mojave, CA.