Space Jobs for Test Engineers

Going by the 212 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for test engineers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $109k–$200k/yr and the median is $130k/yr. The top posted figure is $265k/yr, at SpaceX. 213 of the 425 open roles for test engineers state no pay, so check each listing.

Usually an engineering degree and hands-on test experience, with the data and automation tools the role names. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 154 open roles for test engineers whose requirements we read, 5 a master's, 134 at least a bachelor's and 15 name no degree.

A test engineer at a space company plans and runs the tests that prove hardware works: writing procedures, building test setups, running the test and reading the data, from a single valve to an engine on the stand or a whole satellite in a vacuum chamber.

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Hubble Network, Inversion Space and Xona Space Systems among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.