Salary guide
| Measure | Annual pay (USD) |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | $159,000 |
| Median | $179,000 |
| 75th percentile | $205,000 |
| Lowest listing | $100,000 |
| Highest listing | $517,000 |
| Listings counted | 272 |
| Level | Listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 131 | $181,000 |
| Lead | 8 | $164,000 |
| Company | Open listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Anduril Industries | 37 | $168,000 |
| Pure Storage | 21 | $187,000 |
| Esri | 12 | $198,000 |
| NVIDIA | 11 | $204,000 |
| Relativity Space | 10 | $165,000 |
| Rocket Lab | 9 | $175,000 |
| Cloudflare | 8 | $200,000 |
| Zoox | 7 | $248,000 |
| Country | Currency | Listings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD | 235 | $180,000 | $158,000 to $212,000 |
| Canada | USD | 13 | $175,000 | $150,000 to $194,000 |
Your core work will be Linux administration and common network troubleshooting. You will also support infrastructure work across physical, virtualized, and cloud environments alongside the relevant engineers.
Northrop Grumman · 4d ago
Lead requirements development, decomposition, allocation, and traceability within Cameo, translating customer and stakeholder needs into system, segment, and subsystem requirements.
Design and build platforms that automate the provisioning, configuration, operation, and lifecycle management of large-scale GPU and CPU compute infrastructure.
Collaborate with internal product, research, and engineering teams and external partners to define system requirements to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Anduril Ground Maneuver is the business line that brings Anduril's sensors, effectors, communications, command and control, and Lattice to military ground vehicles. Our work covers wheeled and tracked platforms, from light tactical vehicles to armored vehicles.
As a Business Systems Engineer on the GTM Engineering team, you will design, build, and operate the automation and AI systems that power ClickUp's Go-To-Market business — spanning core business products and the integration platforms that connect them.
The Systems Engineer is responsible for effective provisioning, operation, installation/configuration and maintenance of systems hardware/software/related infrastructure.
Our partner is looking for a Sr. Systems Engineer – AI Gateway Platform based in the United States.
The Senior Cryogenic System Engineer is responsible for the design, analysis, verification, validation, integration, and operational support of cryogenic systems that enable PsiQuantum's quantum computing infrastructure.
Carrot is looking for a Sr. IT Systems Engineer to design, scale, and secure the identity, endpoint, and SaaS platforms that power our global, remote-first workforce.
Our partner is looking for a Systems Engineer (SQL) based in the United States. As a Systems Engineer (SQL), you will be responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and maintaining complex database environments supporting critical government and defense IT systems.
The Systems Engineer is responsible for effective provisioning, operation, installation/configuration and maintenance of systems hardware/software/related infrastructure.
The Maritime Division operates across multiple sites and business lines, producing advanced undersea systems for national defense.
Turion Space · 6d ago
Drive system-level thinking across integrated software, firmware, and electronics, ensuring payload architectures meet functional, performance and reliability requirements.
This role sits within IT & Security and supports the technology every scientist, engineer, and employee relies on, including laptops, mobile devices, specialized research compute, endpoint security, and device trust.
Flexport IT is looking for a Senior IT Systems Engineer to support our SaaS based Collaboration and Endpoint Management platforms.
We’ve surpassed $500M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing.
Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a Senior Quality System Engineer to join our team and help develop future opportunities for our internal quality management system and digitization efforts.
Assess and improve the health, performance, security, and reliability of infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms. Build, configure, and maintain Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker, VMware, and Linux environments.
At Anduril, our Battlespace Awareness Command and Control Software team specializes in solving complex, real-world problems through cutting-edge algorithms and intelligent software integrations.
Anduril Industries · 10d ago
Anduril’s Quality organization is seeking a Senior Quality Systems Engineer to own and advance the quality management system for Battlespace Awareness.
As a Senior Systems Engineer on Shield AI’s next gen UAS program, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and integrating cutting-edge autonomous aircraft systems for national defense.
The Reliability team at Relativity Space ensures quality is built into every stage of the Terran R design and production process, embedding reliability from the very beginning.
The Space Imaging team is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team. The Imaging Space team is responsible for system architecture definition, trade analyses, and modeling/validating system performance for spaceborne EO/IR systems.
Act as the main point of contact for production support, managing and resolving tickets across various business units. Serve as the primary technical escalation point for production issues impacting AI Assistants, conversational interfaces, and foundational AI capabilities.
Rocket Lab · 5d ago
We are looking for a deeply hands-on Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to join the team building IonQ’s Network and Security Platform.
Lucid Motors · 2mo ago
The Vehicle Efficiency Engineering (VEE) team is responsible for vehicle-level attributes that directly impact efficiency, performance, and customer experience.
Infrastructure Management: Administer and optimize our core productivity suite, including Google Workspace, Gemini, Slack, Asana, Smartsheet, and other tools.
Our partner is looking for an Integration System Engineer IV based in the United States. This role offers an opportunity to help healthcare organizations modernize and optimize their supply chain operations through integrated software solutions.
We are seeking a Senior Silicon Systems Engineer to bridge the gap between custom silicon and highly complex hardware integration within Atom’s research and product development programs.
Analyzes user’s requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.
Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. · 7d ago
Test and validate navigation algorithms and algorithmic models using MATLAB and Simulink. Develop tools and test infrastructure needed to perform comprehensive model and algorithm testing. Conduct analyses for system troubleshooting.
As an IT Systems Engineer, you will own internal IT from the laptop on a new hire's desk to the systems that keep our factory connected. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with end-to-end responsibility.
At Thatch, technology is how our teams get their work done, securely and without friction.
SALARY RANGE: The salary range the company reasonably expects to pay for this position is $140,081- $157,401 per year. Final salary will be determined based on experience, education, qualifications, contract requirements, and internal equity considerations.
Natera · 7d ago
You will have the opportunity to work with Natera's diverse and ultra-large data sets (up to PB size), build bioinformatics & genomics software tools and data systems for the most cutting-edge medical diagnostics and genomics applications, and make real impact by delivering…
The Stage Fluids team designs and delivers the propellant, pressurant, pneumatics, and other fluid systems that turn structures into functioning rockets.
Platform Administration. Own day-to-day configuration of Salesforce and HubSpot: objects, fields, record types, page layouts, validation rules, flows and workflows. Maintain naming conventions, picklist values, and field standards so the data stays usable downstream.
Serve as the Tier 3 escalation point for complex IT issues across networking, servers, endpoints, and identity systems. Design, implement, and maintain LAN/WAN, wireless, firewall, and VPN infrastructure.
OSI Systems, IncNew · 1d ago
CEC has experienced significant recent growth and has established itself as the go-to supplier for a diversified product line supporting a wide spectrum of markets from commercial products, military customers, to space research laboratories.
Anduril IndustriesNew · 2d ago
Test RF systems (power measurements, pulse response/synchronization, network analysis, environmental & stress testing, etc.). Drive air vehicle integration and checkout efforts (EMI/interference testing, installed performance testing, data analysis).
We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to own our macOS platform and drive endpoint management and device trust standards across Chime’s IT ecosystem.
We are seeking a versatile design engineer to join our engineering team in the role of Systems Engineer / Architect to collaboratively guide the design and evolution of REDCOM’s software and hardware products.
Full time position based in Altadena, CA.
(GAI) partners with prime contractors to provide professional services.
Our partner is looking for a Senior IT Systems Engineer based in the United States . We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available IT infrastructure.
The median Systems Engineer salary in our $100k+ listings is $179,000 a year, based on 272 live USD listings. The middle half of listings pays $159,000 to $205,000. These figures cover only listings that publish a salary of $100k+ or more, so they sit above pay for Systems Engineer roles overall.
Individual $100k+ Systems Engineer listings range from $100,000 to $517,000 a year. The 25th percentile of listing midpoints is $159,000 and the 75th percentile is $205,000.
Median pay by level in our $100k+ listings: senior $181,000 (131 listings), lead $164,000 (8 listings). Levels with fewer than 5 listings are left out.
The companies with the most open $100k+ Systems Engineer listings are Anduril Industries (37 listings, median $168,000), Pure Storage (21 listings, median $187,000), Esri (12 listings, median $198,000), NVIDIA (11 listings, median $204,000) and Relativity Space (10 listings, median $165,000).
The figures come from the salary ranges employers publish in their own job listings, collected from company career pages and applicant-tracking systems. Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range. Only USD listings go into the headline figures, and listings that are closed or stale are removed. The data was last refreshed on November 12, 2026.
Yes. Each listing is tagged remote, hybrid or on-site, and remote roles carry a region (US only, EMEA, APAC or global), so you can filter the live job list to the arrangement you want.
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