
Senior Test Engineer
San Diego, CAFull-time$133–226K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near San Diego, CA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
BAE Systems seeks a Senior Test Engineer to support development and implementation of a space-ground, mission-focused software cloud application. The engineer will work with systems and software teams on test planning, procedures, integration, and requirements sell-off, and may support customer meetings and product demonstrations. The role is full-time and performed onsite at a BAE Systems facility, with occasional business travel.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Job Description
BAE Systems is looking for a Senior Test Engineer to work on a multi-disciplinary team in an Agile, fast-paced development environment. The qualified candidate will support the development and implementation of a Space Ground mission-focused software cloud application.
Assigned tasks may include the development of Test Plans, Test Procedures, integration and requirement sell-off. The Test Engineer will coordinate with the Systems and Software Teams to accomplish program tasks, provide technical solutions, and support system integration on the program. Supports customer meeting and briefings as necessary.
Position may require occasional business travel to customer locations in support of product demonstrations and customer meetings.
Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
-
Must have a Top Secret security clearance
-
Motivated individual with strong problem-solving abilities
-
The ability to engage constructively with peers and technical leads to communicate the technical approach, trade-offs, and technical decisions
-
Effective communication skills (both verbal and written)
-
Understanding and application of modern software development and systems engineering practices, design principles, techniques, and technologies
-
Highly motivated and able to work well in both team and solo settings
-
Experience with developing systems engineering process for planning dev, integration and test
-
Capable of writing detailed test procedures
-
Capable of learning new systems quickly
-
Able to read and follow procedures and flow diagram
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
-
Holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance would be highly desired
-
Bachelor of Science degree in engineering/technical discipline, and 8 years related experience or equivalent experience, training and/or certifications
-
Team player with a proactive attitude and the ability to be productive in a dynamic/collaborative environment
-
Motivated self-starter with good problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability
-
Ability to develop improved methods to increase program efficiency
-
Strong oral and written communications skills
-
Good planning and organizational skills
-
Experience with Jenkins, Docker, Postman, GitHub/GitLab, Java, Bash, Curl, XML, JSON, SQL, Javascript, and AWS, C2S
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Senior Test Engineer
132485BR
EEO Career Site Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities . females . veterans . individuals with disabilities . sexual orientation . gender identity . gender expression
How this job compares
Set against the 3,137 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$133–226K/yr
- California median$125–180K/yr678 salary ranges
- US median$104–162K/yr2,109 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $179K, is 17% above the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the top quarter of Test Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 836 open Test Engineer jobs in California and 3,137 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Anduril129 open
- Northrop Grumman60 open
- SpaceX53 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,623 postings).
- Education
- 1,672 of the 3,137 open Test Engineer jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.



