Spacecraft & stations · Satellite manufacturer
Terran Orbital
About Terran Orbital
Terran Orbital designs and builds satellites and satellite buses in Irvine, California, and is a Lockheed Martin company.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 29 open Terran Orbital roles; typical pay across them is $88.8k to $163k a year (median $111k).
Live Terran Orbital roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 01:01 UTC- $175,000/yr
Flight Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Irvine, CA, United States· 6d agoDetails
$125,000/yrCustodian (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Irvine, CA, United States· 1w agoDetails
Inventory Control Supervisor (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Irvine, CA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$90,000/yrSr. Manufacturing Engineer - EPS (opens the job details)
Technicians · Irvine, CA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$115,000/yrManager, Test Systems (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Irvine, CA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$160,000/yr- $170,000/yr
PLM Administrator (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Irvine, CA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$110,000/yrSystems Engineering Architect (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Irvine, CA, United States· 3w agoDetails
$200,000/yrAccountant (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Irvine, CA, United States· 3w agoDetails
$70,000/yrSr. Project Engineer (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Irvine, CA, United States· 4w agoDetails
$130,000/yrSr. Manager, Vehicle Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Irvine, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$160,000/yr
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About Terran Orbital
Satellite manufacturer, a Lockheed Martin company. It pays $88.8k–$163k/yr typically (median $111k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed29 open roles on Terran Orbital, independently checked 30 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Terran Orbital's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Irvine, CA
What Terran Orbital pays
From current postings · as of 30 Oct 2026Median $111k/yr, taken across 28 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $58.2k/yr and as high as $200k/yr.
Measured from 28 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 1 of the 29 listings open here posts no pay at all.
Best-paid Terran Orbital openings today
All 29 by paySystems Engineering Architect (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Irvine, CA, United States· 3w agoDetails
$200,000/yr- $175,000/yr
- $170,000/yr
Manager, Test Systems (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Irvine, CA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$160,000/yrSr. Manager, Vehicle Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Irvine, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$160,000/yr
“Typical” here means 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; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
The work Terran Orbital hires for
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What our research measures about Terran Orbital
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring29 open roles, 0.4% of all the space roles we read, across 10 kinds of work; 10 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply100.0% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 100.0% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience20.7% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 17.2% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency96.6% of the postings state their pay, at a median $111,000 a year.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% for overtime or extended hours.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Terran Orbital do?
Satellite manufacturer, a Lockheed Martin company.
How much does Terran Orbital pay?
Openings at Terran Orbital pay $88.8k–$163k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $111k/yr. We take both from the 28 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $58.2k/yr; the highest is $200k/yr.
What is it like to work at Terran Orbital?
Terran Orbital pays $88.8k–$163k/yr typically (median $111k/yr).
Which locations does Terran Orbital hire in?
Irvine, CA
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