Senior Test Engineer jobs: 45 open roles
Open senior test engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open.

The market for senior test engineer work
Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Engineering function this title sits in.
- Verified open senior test engineer jobs
- 45
- Engineering openings that ask for AI skills
- 8%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Skills most often named in openings
- 1. python10%
- 2. project management5%
- 3. linux4%
- 4. c++4%
- 5. aws4%
- 6. agile4%
- 7. supply chain4%
- 8. procurement3%
AI skills worth building for this work
- 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- 2. LLM application engineering
- 3. RAG and vector search
- 4. Model fine-tuning
- 5. Model training and deep learning
- 6. MLOps
Where senior test engineer experience can go next
Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.
Technical program management
Close fit · A few months
TPMs who can read the code earn trust quickly with engineering teams.
Carries over: Systems knowledge, Estimation, Working across engineering teams
Engineering management
Close fit · A few months
The usual next step for engineers who like people and want to grow others: you trade writing code for building the team.
Carries over: Technical judgment, Code review and mentoring, Delivery
Solutions consulting and sales engineering
Adjacent · A few months
Sales engineers and solutions architects are engineers who like talking to customers; pay includes a bonus.
Carries over: Deep technical knowledge, Debugging, Architecture
Product management
Adjacent · Longer (6+ months)
Technical product managers are in steady demand, especially for platform and AI products.
Carries over: Technical depth, Trade-off thinking, Shipping software
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Open senior test engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Senior Test Engineer (SME)
Odyssey Systems Consulting · Hanscom AFB, MA, US
Nov 7, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
Odyssey Systems Consulting · Lackland AFB, TX, US
Nov 7, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
BAE Systems · San Diego, California, United States
Nov 5, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
Curtiss Wright · US-MN-Chanhassen (Exlar)
Nov 5, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
Voyager Technologies · San Diego, CA
$145k–$185k · Nov 4, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer (Vibration)
Element Fleet Management Corp./ADR · Huntsville, AL, US
Nov 4, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer (Onsite - Puerto Rico)
RTX · santa isabel, Puerto Rico, United States of America
Nov 4, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer (Sample Role)
Alector · San Francisco HQ
$100k–$120k · Nov 2, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
Allient · Dayton, OH
Oct 27, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer, Environmental Qualification
Curtiss Wright · US-TX-Round Rock (Nuclear)
Oct 26, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer (Actuators/Mechanical Systems)
Joby Aviation · Santa Cruz, CA, US
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
Steampunk · McLean, VA, US
Oct 19, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
LendingTree · Charlotte, NC, United States
Oct 13, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer (TS/SCI w/Poly)
Peraton Enterprise Solutions · US-MD-Annapolis Junction
Oct 9, 2026
- Senior Test Engineer
CesiumAstro · Westminster, CO
$133k–$160k · Oct 9, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 45 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Where senior test engineer jobs are
- California14
- Texas5
- Maryland3
- Colorado3
- Virginia2
- Alabama2
- Massachusetts2
- Michigan2
- Washington2
- Oklahoma1
- New Hampshire1
- North Carolina1
Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.
Employers hiring senior test engineers
- BAE Systems 2
- Odyssey Systems Consulting 2
- RTX 2
- Curtiss Wright 2
- CesiumAstro 2
- Form Energy 2
- Radiant 1
- Alector 1
- Steampunk 1
- Epirus 1
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