Test Engineer Jobs in Pasadena, CA

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Avionics Test Engineer

  • Vast Space
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 6 hours ago
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 6 hours ago

Engineer II: $120,540-$171,108 Senior Avionics Test Engineer: $147,600-$209,520 Pay Range: California $120,540$209,520 USD COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge...

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Flight Test Engineer (Masters) - Early Career

  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Palmdale, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 6 hours ago
  • Palmdale, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 6 hours ago

The right Flight Test Engineer will be tasked across the full flight test life cycle. You may be tasked to customize test processes to individual customers and circumstances....

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Principal/Sr Principal Ground Test Engineer

  • Northrop Grumman
  • Palmdale, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 18 hours ago
  • Palmdale, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 18 hours ago

Preferred Qualifications: Experience as a Test Engineer that includes test planning, execution, and operations....

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Ground Test Engineer/ Principal Ground Test Engineer

  • Northrop Grumman
  • Palmdale, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 18 hours ago
  • Palmdale, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 18 hours ago

Preferred Qualifications: Experience as a Test Engineer that includes test planning, execution, and operations....

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Senior Automation Testing Engineer

  • DTEL Engineering & Consultants Inc
  • Culver City, CA (18 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 20 hours ago
  • Culver City, CA (18 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 20 hours ago

Design manual and automated testing processes, testing plans, and test cases Perform the following types of tests manually and/or using test automation tools: system, functional, regression, integration...

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Senior Test Engineer

  • Radiant Nuclear
  • El Segundo, CA (22 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 1 day ago
  • El Segundo, CA (22 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 1 day ago

Senior Test Engineer We are seeking Senior Test Engineer to design and implement mission-critical procedures for reactor operators managing our groundbreaking nuclear microreactor technology....

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Systems Integration & Test Engineer (All Levels)

  • Castelion
  • Torrance, CA (24 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 4 days ago
  • Torrance, CA (24 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 4 days ago

Senior Avionics Test Engineer We are looking for a Senior Avionics Test Engineer to own the validation and performance characterization of our control actuation systems the critical interface between...

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R&D Test Engineer

  • BeautyHealth
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 5 days ago
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 5 days ago

Must be able to stand and work at lab benches for extended periods during test execution, fixture builds, and failure analysis activities....

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Specialist, Integration/Test Engineer

  • L3Harris Technologies
  • Los Angeles, CA (13 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 7 days ago
  • Los Angeles, CA (13 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 7 days ago

Essential Functions: Develop, analyze, execute test plans and date: Update and implement testing procedures to validate performance, evaluate results against design criteria, durability, and reliability...

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Test Engineer

  • Merican Inc
  • Anaheim, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 8 days ago
  • Anaheim, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 8 days ago

Job Title: Test Engineer End Client Location: Anaheim, CA 92805 Employment Type: FTE Key Skills & Requirements: Electromechanical functional, environmental, EMI, and structural testing Experience with...

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Ground & Flight Test Engineer, Integration & Safety

  • True Anomaly
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago

Direct involvement in range operations, flight test execution, or on-orbit demonstrations....

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Associate Ground & Flight Test Engineer, Integration & Safety

  • True Anomaly
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago
  • Long Beach, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago

Working under the direction of the senior Ground & Flight Test Engineer, this role contributes across the full test lifecycle - from requirements development and procedure writing through test execution...

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Senior Product Test Engineer

  • Minimed
  • Northridge, CA (24 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago
  • Northridge, CA (24 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago

About the Role In this exciting role as a Senior Product Test Engineer, you will be responsible for product verification and reliability test planning, designing, developing, and implementing testing...

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Senior Principal Test Engineer

  • DRS Technologies
  • Cypress, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago
  • Cypress, CA (23 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 11 days ago

Job Summary This position is for a senior level (IV or V) Integration & Test Engineer to support space -based IR imaging products....

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Principal Integration & Test Engineer

  • K2 Space
  • Los Angeles, CA (13 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 12 days ago
  • Los Angeles, CA (13 miles from Pasadena, CA)
  • 12 days ago

The Role As a Principal Integration & Test Engineer, you will help hone K2's approach to subscale and full vehicle production, qualification testing, and operation....

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Salary for Test Engineer Jobs in Pasadena, CA

Estimated salary range based on data from US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and iHireQualityControl research efforts.

Highest Education Level

Test Engineers in Pasadena, CA offer the following education background
Bachelor's Degree
45.4%
Master's Degree
24.9%
High School or GED
10.1%
Associate's Degree
9.4%
Vocational Degree or Certification
7.5%
Doctorate Degree
1.8%
Some College
0.7%
Some High School
0.2%

Average Work Experience
Here's a breakdown of the number of years' experience offered by Test Engineers in Pasadena, CA
4-6 years
22.2%
Less than 1 year
22.2%
1-2 years
18.5%
2-4 years
18.5%
None
11.1%
6-8 years
7.4%



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