🇺🇸Test automation jobs in California
604 open roles mentioning Test automation in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, SpaceX, Muon Space, K2 Space and Zoox have the most. 10 are remote and the median advertised salary is $190K.
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Job titles in Test automation roles in California
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- Principal Sofware Engineer, Applied AIPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$203K - $275KLead and aboveKubernetesAIIncident response
- Senior Mission Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorPythonC++Docker
- Autonomy EngineerApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$110K - $160KRustPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$213K - $263KSeniorPythonC++AI agents
- Senior GNC EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorPythonC++MATLAB
- RF Integration Engineer (6388)itD Tech · 🇺🇸San Jose—PythonC++MATLAB
- Senior Backend Engineer, Video Platform IntegrationPatreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$212K - $318KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Analytics EngineerMerge · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$160K - $200KPythonSQLLLM
- Senior Spacecraft Avionics Test EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$140K - $203KSeniorPythonGitUnix
- Spacecraft Avionics Test Engineer IIVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$120K - $173KPythonGitUnix
- Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer, AvionicsVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$140K - $203KSeniorPythonUnixTest planning
- Senior Automation & Controls EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$140K - $179KSeniorPythonLinuxGrafana
- Quality & Reliability, Intern Summer 2027Lightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA—InternPythonData centersHardware testing
- Senior Software Engineer, Windows - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoAI
- Senior Software Engineer, macOS - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoSwift
- Security EngineerCartesia · 🇺🇸*HQ - San Francisco, CA$200K - $240KPythonTypeScriptTerraform
- Software Engineering Intern-Information Systems (Summer 2027)Muon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA—InternPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML PlatformAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$197K - $307KHybridSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLead and aboveC++Machine LearningLinux
- Senior Manager - Electrical Engineering, Air Dominance & StrikeAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$191K - $254KSeniorComputer VisionSecurity clearanceHardware testing
- RF Software Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonC++Linux
- Director, Test & Evaluation, RoboticsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KLead and abovePythonC++Linux
- Senior Data Engineer, Marketing & GTMAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco—HybridSeniorPythonSQLdbt
- Senior Engineering Manager, ProductOtter.ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$230K - $290KSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Engineer, Autonomous Systems Integration (R6266)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—PythonC++Linux
- Staff /Sr. Staff Test Platform & Firmware Integration EngineerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$167K - $227KLead and abovePythonLinuxGit
- Senior Hardware Reliability Test Engineer – Electrical Systems & Power ElectronicsCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$190K - $230KSeniorPython.NETLinux
- Member of Technical Staff - ML Infrastructure Engineer, RL Post-trainingPreference Model · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $350KGCPLLMPyTorch
- Offensive Security EngineerFinix · 🇺🇸San Francisco—GoPythonJava
- Software Engineer, MobileFactory · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—SnowflakeDatabricksPalo Alto Networks
- Senior Salesforce Engineer, Quote-to-CashAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco—HybridSeniorSalesforceCI/CDGit
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Optical Systems Validation Engineer - Optical Circuit Switch (OCS)PsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$118K - $197KSeniorPythonPRDsFirmware
- Hardware In Loop (HIL) Software Engineer Intern - Winter 2027Skydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States—HybridInternPythonDockerLinux
- Sr. Production Reliability Engineer (Starship Electronics)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$140K - $230KSeniorPythonC++C
- Electrical Engineering Manager, Air Dominance and StrikeAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$161K - $212KComputer VisionSecurity clearanceHardware testing
- Senior Test Engineer, LunarVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$138K - $230KSeniorPythonMATLABTest planning
- Early Career RF Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & StrikeAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$120K - $153KJuniorMATLABComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Software Engineer, Sentry Software (Manufacturing)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$220K - $292KRustPythonC++
- Software Engineer, Sentry Software (Ground Based Air Defense)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$167K - $222KRustPythonC++
- Senior Firmware EngineerHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$156K - $214KHybridSeniorPythonAI agentsTest planning
- Senior Software Engineer, Embedded (TS Cleared)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$185K - $250KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior Flight Software Engineer (TS Cleared)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$185K - $250KSeniorRustPythonC++
- System Validation EngineerALTEN Technology USA · 🇺🇸Foster City, California$115K - $135KPythonTest planningFirmware
- Electrical EngineerHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$135K - $186KHybridPythonC++C
- Electrical EngineerVerne Robotics · 🇺🇸San Francisco$140K - $250KPythonC++Embedded C
- Staff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA$230K - $284KLead and abovePythonC++SQL
- Sr. Model Engineer, VoicexAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Validation and Verification Engineer, Aviation EngineeringSkyryse · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$120K - $145KPythonC++MATLAB
- Hardware Test EngineerAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$110K - $176KPythonSQLLinux
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Who is hiring for Test automation roles in California
What Test automation roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $170K | 226 |
| Senior | $192K | 186 |
| Lead and above | $231K | 86 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about Test automation jobs in California
- How many Test automation jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 604 open Test automation jobs in California at 135 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 47 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most Test automation jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (105), SpaceX (23), Muon Space (20), K2 Space (19) and Zoox (18). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Test automation jobs in California?
- 10 of the 604 open Test automation jobs in California (2%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do Test automation jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $190K, based on 502 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $160K and $222K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the Test automation jobs in California?
- 26 of the 604 open Test automation jobs in California (4%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 425 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 135 companies are hiring and 47 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing Test automation jobs in California?
- 202 of the 604 open Test automation jobs in California (33%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Computer Vision, LLM, Machine Learning. Employers still list 604 such roles today at 135 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do Test automation jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Test automation (100%), Python (74%), Hardware testing (34%), C++ (33%), Test equipment (33%) of the 604 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in Test automation jobs in California?
- Senior Software Engineer (42), Software Engineer (34), Staff Software Engineer (18), Electrical Engineer (9), Embedded Software Engineer (8): the most common titles among the 604 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are Test automation jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 604 Test automation jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 135 companies, 0.4% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 47 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $190K. 10 (2%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for Test automation jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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