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AeroVironment

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General information

AeroVironment builds autonomous systems for defense customers, working across air, land, sea, space and cyber. Its products include Switchblade, a loitering munition that flies until it strikes a target, and small military drones like Raven, Wasp and Puma. It also makes counter-drone systems and directed-energy weapons. The company is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Paul B. MacCready Jr. founded AeroVironment in 1971. It is now publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker AVAV, with a market value of $10 billion. The company employs 3,750 people and reported $820.6 million in revenue for fiscal 2025. What started as a small company is now a defense supplier worth billions on the stock market. Historically, the median salary is ~$175,671.1

Website
avinc.com
Headquarters
Arlington VA, United States
Industry
Industrials
Category
Aerospace & Defense
Employees
3,400

Hiring activity

407Open jobs
+245Added in 30 days
−188Closed in 30 days
22 daysHow long jobs stay open

New jobs added per week2

View these weekly figures as a table
Week beginningNew listings
September 7, 202643
September 14, 202653
September 21, 202644
September 28, 202665
October 5, 202664
October 12, 202638
October 19, 202636
October 26, 2026 (in progress)42

Open jobs

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Pay

What does AeroVironment actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $140,125. Note that 31% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.4

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
BracketJobs
Under $100k78 jobs (16%)
$100k to $150k254 jobs (51%)
$150k to $200k123 jobs (25%)
$200k and up40 jobs (8%)

Plus 84 hourly jobs at $17 to $60 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now4

Vice President, IAMD Business GM$245,500 – $393,000
Vice President of Cybersecurity & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)$245,500 – $393,000
VP of Security$245,500 – $393,000
$84k$393k
VP of Global Supply Chain$245,500 – $393,000
Vice President & Product Line GM$245,500 – $393,000
Chief Compliance Officer$245,500 – $393,000
Associate Vice President, Program Management - LMS$224,500 – $359,000
Engineering Associate Vice President, Business Group Chief Engineer$224,500 – $359,000
Engineering Associate Vice President, Business Group Chief Engineer$224,500 – $359,000
Sr. Director, P&C Business Partner$191,000 – $305,750
Sr. Director, Program Management$187,000 – $299,000
Senior Director, CUAS RF Product Portfolio$187,000 – $299,000
Director - ARD$180,500 – $289,000
Senior Director, Electronic Warfare Business Development$178,000 – $284,750
Sr. Director Operations$178,000 – $284,750
Capture Director, Sr$175,000 – $280,000
Business Development Director$175,000 – $280,000
Director, Enterprise Execution & Strategic Initiatives$170,500 – $272,750
Director of Information Security$170,500 – $272,750
Chief Engineer, Production$170,000 – $272,000
Chief Engineer Systems$170,000 – $272,000
Sr. Principal Software Engineer$170,000 – $272,000
CNO Developer$102,000 – $270,000
Software Engineer (Level 2)$102,000 – $270,000
Software Engineer$125,000 – $270,000
Finance Integration Director$167,500 – $268,000
Director, Business Operations$167,500 – $268,000
Senior Network Engineer$150,000 – $265,000
Senior Network Engineer$150,000 – $262,500
Director, Program Management$163,000 – $261,000
Director, Planning and Production Control$163,000 – $261,000
Director, Global IT Support$163,000 – $261,000
Senior Software Engineer$150,000 – $260,000
Software System Engineer$102,000 – $255,000
DevOps Engineer$102,000 – $255,000
Director of Finance - LMS$165,580 – $252,160
Senior System Administrator$170,000 – $250,000
Chief Engineer, Systems$154,500 – $247,250
Chief Engineer, Software$154,500 – $247,250
Product Line Chief Engineer - Future Missile Systems Development$154,500 – $247,250
Sr. Principal GNC Engineer$154,500 – $247,250
RF System Architect$154,500 – $247,250
Systems Engineer, Principal$154,500 – $247,250
Sr. Principal - GNC Engineer$154,500 – $247,250
Program Manager$120,000 – $245,000
Business Development Director, Sr.$152,000 – $243,250
EW Product Sales Director$152,000 – $243,250
Lead Machine Learning Engineer$158,000 – $241,000
Product Line Director - EW Systems$148,000 – $237,000
Product Line Director - EW Systems$148,000 – $237,000
Product Line Director – EW Communications Technology$148,000 – $237,000
Senior Director, Business Operations$148,000 – $237,000
Director, Program Management$148,000 – $237,000
Director, Program Management$148,000 – $237,000
Director, Directed Energy Operations$148,000 – $237,000
Director, Business Operations$148,000 – $237,000
Director of Manufacturing - Space Technologies$148,000 – $237,000
Director of Engineering, Directed Energy Systems$148,000 – $237,000
Product Line Director – LOCUST Programs$148,000 – $237,000
Principal DSP Engineer$153,500 – $234,250
Principal Electrical Engineer$153,500 – $234,250
Lead Autonomy Robotics Engineer$151,000 – $230,250
Program Manager$170,000 – $230,000
Senior Manager, Program Control$147,500 – $225,000
Sr. Manager, Program Management$147,500 – $225,000
Senior Manager, Strategic Growth$147,500 – $225,000
Development Engineer, Principal. (DevOps)$147,000 – $224,250
Principal Software Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Principal Electrical Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Software Engineer (EMB), Sr.$147,000 – $224,250
Principal Mechanical Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Systems Engineer, Sr. Staff$147,000 – $224,250
Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Sr. Staff Systems Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Principal Software Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Principal DevSecOps Software Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Principal Embedded Software Engineer$147,000 – $224,250
Legislative Affairs Director$145,000 – $221,250
Senior Systems Engineer$125,000 – $220,000
Senior System Engineer$125,000 – $220,000
Senior System Administrator$170,000 – $220,000
Senior Systems Engineer$125,000 – $219,500
Computer Scientist$125,000 – $219,000
Senior Manager-GNC Engineer$141,000 – $215,000
Sr Manager, Software Engineering$141,000 – $215,000
Senior Finance Manager (BAM)$141,000 – $215,000
Senior Manager, Subcontracts Mgmt.$141,000 – $215,000
Senior Manager, Physical Security$141,000 – $215,000
Senior Manager, Software Engineering$141,000 – $215,000
Sr. Manager, Depot Repair & Sustaining Operations$141,000 – $215,000
Senior Manager, Physical Security$141,000 – $215,000
Software Engineer$170,000 – $214,000
Senior Program Manager / Product Manager – Advanced Targeting & Tracking (A$139,371 – $212,315
Data Scientist$107,000 – $212,000
Export Controls Officer$139,000 – $212,000
Director, Product Line Management$139,000 – $212,000
Business Operations Manager$139,000 – $212,000
Manager – Financial Analysis and Reporting$121,000 – $212,000
Senior Program Manager$139,000 – $212,000
Digital Network Exploitation Analyst (DNEA)$83,500 – $210,000

Hourly jobs

Senior Engineering Test Technician$39 – $60 an hour
Field Service Representative Instructor II$34 – $53 an hour
Hardware Repair Technician III$33 – $50 an hour
Technician III - Hardware Development$33 – $50 an hour
Engineering Flight Test Specialist III$31 – $48 an hour
Engineering Flight Test Specialist II$31 – $48 an hour
Engineering Development Technician IV$31 – $48 an hour
Engineering Flight Test Specialist II$31 – $48 an hour
CNC Programmer/Machinist$31 – $48 an hour
Engineering Development Technician IV$31 – $48 an hour
Research Program Manager, Clinical Research$29 – $44 an hour
Field Service Representative II$29 – $44 an hour
Field Service Representative II$29 – $44 an hour
Field Service Representative II$29 – $44 an hour
Field Service Representative$29 – $44 an hour
Field Service Representative - Site Lead$27 – $42 an hour
Field Service Representative - Site Lead$27 – $42 an hour
Designer/Drafter III$27 – $41 an hour
Engineering Development Tech III$27 – $41 an hour
Production Technician Sr.$26 – $40 an hour
Test Technician Team Lead$26 – $40 an hour
Administrative Assistant$26 – $40 an hour
Production Technician Lead$26 – $40 an hour
Sr. Administrative Assistant$26 – $40 an hour
Accounts Payable Clerk III$25 – $39 an hour

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Common questions

Is AeroVironment hiring now?

Yes. There are 407 open jobs, with 245 added in the last 30 days. They close fast though, often within 22 days, so don't wait.

How much does AeroVironment pay?

Posted pay runs $83,500 to $393,000 a year, and the median is $140,125. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

1,857 daily listing observations, Jun 14 to Oct 28 windowRechecked daily, last October 28, 2026
  1. 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from AeroVironment's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
  2. 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
  3. 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on AeroVironment's own hiring system; last check October 28, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
  4. 4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of AeroVironment's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.

Sources
avinc.com
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