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Viasat Test Engineer Salary

Viasat's 12 open roles for test engineers post a median $155k/yr, typically $155k–$224k/yr, from 12 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Viasat role
median $156k/yr
Viasat's test engineers: 1% below it
Test engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
Viasat: 11% above it
Highest posted top
$242k/yr
System Test Engineering Lead

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.

Viasat test engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior2Too few figures
Lead1Too few figures
Title names no level9$155k/yr$155k–$224k/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 Viasat hires test engineers

  • Tempe, AZ7 roles, median $155k/yr
  • Carlsbad, CA3 roles, median $183k/yr
  • Georgia3 roles, median $155k/yr
  • Arizona2 roles
  • California2 roles
  • Germantown, MD2 roles
  • Reston, VA2 roles
  • Virginia2 roles

Open Viasat roles for test engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about Viasat pay for test engineers

How much does Viasat pay test engineers?

Viasat's open roles for test engineers post a median $155k/yr, typically $155k–$224k/yr, from 12 distinct pay figures in 12 of its 12 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 $242k/yr, for System Test Engineering Lead.

Does Viasat pay test engineers more than other space companies?

Viasat's median, $155k/yr, is 11% above the $140k/yr median of the 895 open roles for test engineers at every space company we read (Viasat's among them).

Do test engineers earn more than other roles at Viasat?

Viasat's roles for test engineers post a median $155k/yr, 1% below the $156k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Viasat salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Viasat hire test engineers?

Its open roles for test engineers are in Tempe, AZ (7), Carlsbad, CA (3), Georgia (3), Arizona (2) and California (2). By place, they post a median of $155k/yr in Tempe, AZ, $183k/yr in Carlsbad, CA and $155k/yr in Georgia.