Sierra Space hardware engineering salaries

Across 20 open hardware engineering postings at Sierra Space that state a range, the middle half pays $134k–$171k a year, with a median of $159k. The lowest posted floor is $77k and the highest ceiling $254k. This is base pay as posted by Sierra Space, converted to US dollars; equity and bonus are not included.

From pay ranges in open postingsRebuilt 19 Oct 2026

The range

Lowest floor$77k
25th percentile$134k
Median$159k
75th percentile$171k
Highest ceiling$254k

Postings by the midpoint of the posted range, in steps of $20k

Middle halfMedian bucket

Median by team at Sierra Space

Management$187k
Hardware engineering$159k
Backend engineering$156k
DevOps and infrastructure$141k
Legal$128k
Industrial engineering$128k
Finance$112k
Analytics$100k

Postings with a stated range: Management 6 · Hardware engineering 20 · Backend engineering 6 · DevOps and infrastructure 11 · Legal 6 · Industrial engineering 46 · Finance 5 · Analytics 5

Hardware engineering pay by level

LevelPostingsMedianMiddle half
Junior4$92k$92k–$94k
Mid-level5$141k$134k–$141k
Senior8$167k$163k–$175k
Lead3$195k$173k–$207k

Best-paid open hardware engineering roles

$164k–$226kSep 10
Sr Embedded Software Engineer
Centennial · LouisvilleSenior
$157k–$215kMar 5
Sr Software Engineer - Flight Software
Centennial · LouisvilleSenior
$157k–$215kOct 12
Sr Spacecraft Operations Systems Engineer
Centennial · LouisvilleSenior
$144k–$198kSep 15
$144k–$198kJul 31

20 hardware engineering roles open at Sierra Space now

20 of them show the pay range on the posting.

Questions

How much does Sierra Space pay for hardware engineering roles?

The median of the 20 posted ranges is $159k a year; the middle half sits between $134k and $171k.

Is this base salary or total compensation?

Base salary as written in the posting. Many US employers post ranges under state pay transparency laws (California, New York, Washington, Colorado and others); equity and bonus are not part of these figures.

Why posted ranges and not self-reported salaries?

A posted range is what the employer commits to for a role it has open today. It is fresher than a survey and cannot be inflated by respondents. Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its range.

Which level pays most?

Lead roles have the highest median here: $195k a year across 3 postings.

Source: the pay ranges of 20 open postings on Sierra Space's careers board; the midpoint of each rangeUpdated 19 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0