Space industry work
Systems, Integration & Test
Measured from 366 distinct posted rates, across 31 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 429 of the 796 listings open here post no pay at all.
Live systems & test roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC
Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-San Diego· today
Sr Principal Engineer Systems (26-465) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Alabama-Huntsville· today
Principal Systems Test Engineer – Systems Tester (26-471) (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs· today
Systems Engineer (Experienced or Lead) (opens the job details)
Boeing · USA - Huntsville, AL· today
Manager Engineering Technical Support – Level 2 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Redondo Beach· today
Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Systems - Radiometric (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Azusa· today
Sr. Principal Optical Subsystem I&T Engineer (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Arizona-Chandler· today
Associate Systems Engineer - Colorado Springs (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs· today
Systems Engineer - Level 5 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Redondo Beach· today
Configuration Analyst (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Redondo Beach· today
Tie the vehicle together and prove it works: systems engineering and architecture, requirements and verification, assembly, integration and test (AI&T), environmental testing in thermal vacuum and vibration, and test engineering for whole vehicles and their subsystems.
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In short
Systems, Integration & Test. Tie the vehicle together and prove it works: systems engineering and architecture, requirements and verification, assembly, integration and test (AI&T), environmental testing in thermal vacuum and vibration, and test engineering for whole vehicles and their subsystems. The usual range is $109k–$230k/yr and the median $134k/yr, both taken from rates printed on postings that are live today. 31 employers hire for it, including Muon Space, Outpost, Turion Space.
Who hires for systems & test work
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What our research measures about systems & test work
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 hiring779 open roles (9.6% of the space roles we read) at 44 employers, 169 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Where the jobs are5.8% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
- Who can apply78.2% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 23.8% name a security clearance.
- Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Python (55%), MATLAB (25%) and C or C++ (20%).
- Degrees and experience2.4% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 29.9% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 4 years of experience at the least.
- Pay transparency46.7% of the postings state their pay, at a median $133,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level59 open roles are for someone starting out (7.6% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel20.2% of the postings ask for weekend work, 18.9% for overtime or extended hours, and 2.2% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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