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Vast Test Engineer Salary

Vast's 21 open roles for test engineers post a median $154k/yr, typically $141k–$230k/yr, from 21 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Vast role
median $141k/yr
Vast's test engineers: 9% above it
Test engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
Vast: 10% above it
Highest posted top
$249k/yr
Senior EMI-EMC 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.

Vast test engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II1Too few figures
Senior3$167k/yr$166k–$241k/yr
Staff1Too few figures
Title names no level16$152k/yr$141k–$230k/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 Vast hires test engineers

  • Long Beach, CA17 roles, median $165k/yr
  • Mojave, CA4 roles, median $129k/yr

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Questions about Vast pay for test engineers

How much does Vast pay test engineers?

Vast's open roles for test engineers post a median $154k/yr, typically $141k–$230k/yr, from 21 distinct pay figures in 21 of its 21 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 $249k/yr, for Senior EMI-EMC Test Engineer.

What does Vast pay test engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $167k/yr (3 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Vast pay test engineers more than other space companies?

Vast's median, $154k/yr, is 10% above the $140k/yr median of the 945 open roles for test engineers at every space company we read (Vast's among them).

Do test engineers earn more than other roles at Vast?

Vast's roles for test engineers post a median $154k/yr, 9% above the $141k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Vast salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Vast hire test engineers?

Its open roles for test engineers are in Long Beach, CA (17) and Mojave, CA (4). By place, they post a median of $165k/yr in Long Beach, CA and $129k/yr in Mojave, CA.