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Space Jobs for Test Engineers in California

168 open roles for test engineers at 16 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Long Beach and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $112k–$203k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring test engineers in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX29$138k/yr
Relativity Space22$117k/yr
Rocket Lab18$108k/yr
Vast18$112k/yr
K2 Space15$158k/yr
Muon Space13$196k/yr
True Anomaly9not stated
Apex8$165k/yr
Astranis8$138k/yr
Varda Space Industries8$151k/yr
Inversion Space7$128k/yr
Xona Space Systems4$155k/yr
Boeing3not stated
Northwood Space3$135k/yr
Voyager Technologies2too few figures
Vantor1too few figures

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Which space companies hire test engineers in California?

Today, SpaceX (29 roles), Relativity Space (22 roles), Rocket Lab (18 roles), Vast (18 roles), K2 Space (15 roles), Muon Space (13 roles), and 10 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for test engineers?

Most are in Long Beach (63), Hawthorne (27), Los Angeles (15), El Segundo (12), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for test engineers in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $135k/yr, with typical pay from $112k–$203k/yr; 87.7% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

Do roles for test engineers in California require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for test engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.