Integration and test in the Houston area
Space Jobs for Test Engineers in the Houston Area
18 open roles for test engineers at 7 space companies name a site in the Houston area, most of them in Houston. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring test engineers in the Houston area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Machines | 8 | not stated |
| Axiom Space | 3 | not stated |
| CACI | 3 | $116k/yr |
| Amentum | 1 | too few figures |
| KBR | 1 | not stated |
| Trinzic | 1 | not stated |
| Venus Aerospace | 1 | not stated |
Where the roles are
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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC

CACI · Systems & Test · Houston, TX, US· 2w agoDetails
$76,000–$155,700/yr

System Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Amentum · Systems & Test · Houston, TX, United States· 4w agoDetails
$92,000/yr
Avionics Engineer – Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Systems & Test · Houston, TX· 1mo agoDetails

Sr. Structural Dynamics Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Systems & Test · Houston, TX· 1mo agoDetails

CACI · Systems & Test · Houston, TX, US· 1mo agoDetails
$76,000–$155,700/yr

Senior Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Venus Aerospace · Systems & Test · Houston, TX· 1mo agoDetails

Ground Systems Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · RF & Payloads · Houston, TX· 1mo agoDetails

Software Quality & Test Lead Engineer (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Quality · Houston, TX· 1mo agoDetails

Test Engineer - Spaceflight Hardware (opens the job details)
Trinzic · Systems & Test · Houston, Texas, United States· 2mo agoDetails

Production Test Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Axiom Space · Technicians · Houston· 2mo agoDetails

CACI · Systems & Test · Houston, TX, US· 2mo agoDetails
$76,000–$155,700/yr
Propulsion Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Propulsion · Houston, TX· 3mo agoDetails

Radiation Test Engineer (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Systems & Test · Houston, TX· 3mo agoDetails

Test Engineer - Spaceflight Hardware (opens the job details)
KBR · Systems & Test · Houston, Texas· 3mo agoDetails

Propulsion Engineer – Tank Test & Development (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Propulsion · Houston, TX· 6mo agoDetails
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What people ask about test engineers' work in the Houston area
Which space companies hire test engineers in the Houston area?
Today, Intuitive Machines (8 roles), Axiom Space (3 roles), CACI (3 roles), Amentum (1 role), KBR (1 role), Trinzic (1 role), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Houston area.
Where in the Houston area are the roles for test engineers?
Most are in Houston (18), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.
How much do space roles for test engineers in the Houston area pay?
The roles here that state pay post a median $116k/yr, with typical pay from $110k–$156k/yr; 1.3% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings).
Do roles for test engineers in the Houston area require US citizenship?
Of the 1,255 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 87.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 1.3% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.
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 the Houston area (the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller counties), 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.