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K2 Space Test Engineer Salary

K2 Space's 15 open roles for test engineers post a median $158k/yr, typically $125k–$200k/yr, from 15 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every K2 Space role
median $158k/yr
K2 Space's test engineers: level with it
Test engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
K2 Space: 13% above it
Highest posted top
$220k/yr
Senior Photonics Test & Automation 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.

K2 Space test engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op1Too few figures
Senior6$161k/yr$158k–$210k/yr
Principal or fellow2Too few figures
Title names no level6$125k/yr$121k–$163k/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.

Open K2 Space roles for test engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC

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Questions about K2 Space pay for test engineers

How much does K2 Space pay test engineers?

K2 Space's open roles for test engineers post a median $158k/yr, typically $125k–$200k/yr, from 15 distinct pay figures in 15 of its 15 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 Photonics Test & Automation Engineer.

What does K2 Space pay test engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $161k/yr (6 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does K2 Space pay test engineers more than other space companies?

K2 Space's median, $158k/yr, is 13% above the $140k/yr median of the 952 open roles for test engineers at every space company we read (K2 Space's among them).

Do test engineers earn more than other roles at K2 Space?

K2 Space's roles for test engineers post a median $158k/yr, level with the $158k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (K2 Space salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does K2 Space hire test engineers?

Its open roles for test engineers are in Los Angeles, CA (15).