Space jobs for test engineers in New York
6 open test engineer jobs in New York at 4 employers, posting $97.7k–$112k a year.
- 25th percentile$97,673/yr
- Median (50th)$103,736/yr
- 75th percentile$112,229/yr
- Distinct posted rates4
- Jobs stating a salary4
- Employers3
The median is the middle of the 4 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $97,673–$112,229 a year, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
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Where the test engineer jobs are in New York
The towns with the most openings in this profession. Where a town has its own page, it gathers every space role open there.
What test engineers earn in New York
Salaries in this state's postings next to the BLS wage for the profession across every industry, statewide and in its metro areas.
Posted on open jobs in New York
- 25th percentile$97,673/yr
- Median (50th)$103,736/yr
- 75th percentile$112,229/yr
- Distinct posted rates4
- Jobs stating a salary4
- Employers3
The median is the middle of the 4 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $97,673–$112,229 a year, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
Middle half of 4 jobs stating pay from 3 employers, median $104k/yr.
Measured by BLS in New York
BLS publishes no wage for this occupation in New York.
What systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space in New York offer
Counted from each job's own posting, the same reading as the lists across the state.
Security clearance: 3 jobs
- Lead, System Engineering (Space Optical Systems) at L3Harris
- Sr Specialist, System Engineering (Space Optical Systems) at L3Harris
- IPT Lead Engineer at Moog
No experience needed: 1 job
- Test Engineer I at Frontgrade TechnologiesTest Engineer I
Relocation assistance: 2 jobs
- IPT Lead Engineer at MoogWork/Life Balance : Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance
- Sr. Systems Engineer at MoogWork/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance.
Employers hiring test engineers in New York
Beyond Reach Labs2 open in New York
Frontgrade Technologies2 open in New York
L3Harris1 open in New York
SpaceX1 open in New York
What the job takes
An engineering degree and time running tests: instrumentation, data and the test procedure.
Depends on the role
Security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI)
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Asked for on classified government programs; the employer sponsors it, and only a US citizen can hold one
Space jobs for test engineers in New York: common questions
How much do test engineers make in New York?
New York postings for test engineers state $97.7k–$112k a year in the middle half and $104k a year at the median (4 postings, 3 employers).
Which New York towns have the most test engineer roles?
Hauppauge (2), New York (2), Canandaigua (1) and Rochester (1). A role offered in several towns is counted in each of them.
Which space companies hire test engineers in New York?
The most openings today: Beyond Reach Labs (2), Frontgrade Technologies (2) and L3Harris (1). 4 employers in all list test engineer roles in New York.
Are test engineers in demand in New York?
6 test engineer jobs are open in New York today at 4 employers on this board.
Which employers pay test engineers the most in New York?
Ranked by the salaries each one posts for the test engineer jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: L3Harris (most often $88.5k–$165k a year, a median of $126,500 across 1 posted rate), SpaceX (most often $85k–$115k a year, a median of $100,000 across 1 posted rate) and Frontgrade Technologies (most often $82.8k–$115k a year, a median of $99,082.75 across 2 posted rates). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.
Which systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space in New York need a security clearance?
3 of the open systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space here say so in their own posting: Lead, System Engineering (Space Optical Systems) at L3Harris; Sr Specialist, System Engineering (Space Optical Systems) at L3Harris; IPT Lead Engineer at Moog.
Which systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space in New York hire with no experience?
1 of the open systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space here says so in its own posting: Test Engineer I at Frontgrade Technologies (Test Engineer I).
Which systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space in New York pay for relocation?
2 of the open systems engineering, integration and test jobs in space here say so in their own posting: IPT Lead Engineer at Moog (Work/Life Balance : Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance); Sr. Systems Engineer at Moog (Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance.).
What do you need to work as a test engineer in New York?
An engineering degree and time running tests: instrumentation, data and the test procedure. Security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI) (Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency; asked for on classified government programs; the employer sponsors it, and only a US citizen can hold one). Each posting spells out its own degree, experience and citizenship requirements.
Are these roles still open?
They are taken from each company's own careers site and leave SpaceJobs.Now when the company removes them. Each job has its own page with the full posting and the pay it states. Where a job network that works with us carries that same posting, Apply takes you through it to the employer's application; elsewhere it shows the jobs like it that take your application now and the recruiters who place that work.
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Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now job board: open jobs in New York, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 10 Nov 2026
- Security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI): Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Cite this page
SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Space jobs for test engineers in New York. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/space-jobs-for-test-engineers/new-york