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Northrop Grumman Test Engineer Salary

Northrop Grumman's 31 open roles for test engineers post a median $136k/yr, typically $115k–$254k/yr, from 30 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Northrop Grumman role
median $130k/yr
Northrop Grumman's test engineers: 5% above it
Test engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
Northrop Grumman: 3% below it
Highest posted top
$276k/yr
Space RADAR Payload I&T Technical Advisor - Sr. Staff Engineer Systems

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.

Northrop Grumman test engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II4$110k/yr$102k–$138k/yr
Level III4$117k/yr$112k–$148k/yr
Level IV and above1Too few figures
Staff5$211k/yr$211k–$276k/yr
Principal or fellow11$135k/yr$120k–$203k/yr
Manager2Too few figures
Title names no level4$143k/yr$129k–$189k/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 Northrop Grumman hires test engineers

  • Chandler, AZ7 roles, median $145k/yr
  • Colorado Springs, CO5 roles, median $130k/yr
  • Linthicum, MD4 roles, median $221k/yr
  • Redondo Beach, CA4 roles, median $129k/yr
  • Clearfield, UT2 roles
  • Oxnard, CA2 roles
  • Australia1 role
  • Baltimore, MD1 role
  • Dulles, VA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC

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Questions about Northrop Grumman pay for test engineers

How much does Northrop Grumman pay test engineers?

Northrop Grumman's open roles for test engineers post a median $136k/yr, typically $115k–$254k/yr, from 30 distinct pay figures in 30 of its 31 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 $276k/yr, for Space RADAR Payload I&T Technical Advisor - Sr. Staff Engineer Systems.

What does Northrop Grumman pay test engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $110k/yr (4 roles); level III: a median $117k/yr (4 roles); staff: a median $211k/yr (5 roles); principal or fellow: a median $135k/yr (11 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Northrop Grumman pay test engineers more than other space companies?

Northrop Grumman's median, $136k/yr, is 3% below the $140k/yr median of the 952 open roles for test engineers at every space company we read (Northrop Grumman's among them).

Do test engineers earn more than other roles at Northrop Grumman?

Northrop Grumman's roles for test engineers post a median $136k/yr, 5% above the $130k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Northrop Grumman salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Northrop Grumman hire test engineers?

Its open roles for test engineers are in Chandler, AZ (7), Colorado Springs, CO (5), Linthicum, MD (4), Redondo Beach, CA (4) and Clearfield, UT (2). By place, they post a median of $145k/yr in Chandler, AZ, $130k/yr in Colorado Springs, CO and $221k/yr in Linthicum, MD.