Titlesby GlyphTest Engineer a new title on company job boards
Engineering · Emerging · not on Hacker News yet · 231 open roles at 33 companies · median $154k
An engineer who builds and executes testing routines to verify software functionality and performance.
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in June 2023, in a company job-board posting from Astranis. Today 231 open roles use the title at 33 companies, most of them in robotics and autonomy.
- PostingThe oldest Test Engineer posting we holdAstranis, Jun 2023 · backs: first sighting
- PostingStaff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance SystemsWaymo, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Robotics and autonomy25
- AI lab5
- Consumer2
Cities
- Palo Alto20
- Los Angeles19
- San Francisco15
- Austin4
- Washington3
- Seattle3
- Hyderabad, India2
- Boston2
- San Diego2
- Sydney, Australia1
Countries and remote
- United States212
- India3
- Australia1
- Poland1
- Singapore1
Posted pay
Middle half $133k to $172k, median $154k from 191 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 105 | |
| 2 | Relativity SpaceA company hiring most for Test Engineer and Systems Engineer. | 17 | |
| 3 | K2 SpaceA company hiring most for Design Engineer and Test Engineer. | 13 | |
| 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | Commonwealth Fusion SystemsAn American fusion power company founded in 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). | 8 | |
| 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | ICEYEA company hiring most for Test Engineer and DevOps Engineer. | 5 | |
| 11 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Archer AviationA company hiring most for Test Engineer and Research Engineer. | 4 |
Open roles
8 of 231; company pages list the restStaff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance Systems
Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
Propulsion Integration & Test Engineer I, First shift
Long Beach, California, United States
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance Systems | Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA | $230k to $284k | |
| Flight Test Engineer, OmenAnduril IndustriesCosta Mesa, California, United States$117k to $154k | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $117k to $154k |
| Hardware Test Engineer | San Francisco | $110k to $176k | |
| Robotics Test Engineer | San Francisco | $225k to $318k | |
| Junior Manufacturing Test EngineerPickle RobotCharlestown, MA$69k to $80k | Pickle Robot | Charlestown, MA | $69k to $80k |
| Propulsion Integration & Test Engineer I, First shiftRelativity SpaceLong Beach, California, United States$93k to $139k | Relativity Space | Long Beach, California, United States | $93k to $139k |
| R&D Test EngineerCommonwealth Fusion SystemsDevens, MA$107k to $160k | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Devens, MA | $107k to $160k |
| Manufacturing Test Engineer - Dot | Oakland, CA | $122k to $180k |
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About this title
An engineer who builds and executes testing routines to verify software functionality and performance.
228 open postings titled "Test Engineer" at OpenAI, DoorDash, Nuro, Zoox and 30 more (job-board scan, 2026-11-02; proposed by the model). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $154k from 191 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.