DefTech

DefTech ships physical systems where software, electronics, and field constraints meet.

Updated 12 October 2026 AI-assisted summary of published DOU and Djinni analytics

Salary from $1,550 Posted estimate · last 3 months

Salary to $3,546 Posted estimate · last 3 months

Jobs 131 Last 3 months

Applications per job 2.77 JobNote category match

Published signal

DefTech market

$2,500 DefTech median

$2,000 DefTech-role median

3,942 DefTech jobs · Q3

11.3 responses per DefTech job · Q3

Hiring Screen for tested hardware, field failures, interfaces, and manufacturing or deployment constraints.

Candidate Show what worked outside the lab and how you diagnosed failure.

Data The role median combines UAV, mechanical-design, radio, and other DefTech-specific jobs. DefTech-wide DOU signal; demand varies by role.

Independent salary benchmark

June 2026 · 49 respondents

Exact match

Lower quartile$1300

Median$2000

Upper quartile$3000

Lower quartile Median Upper quartile

Historical DOU salary range by survey month and year
Survey	Lower quartile	Median	Upper quartile	Respondents
December 2025	$1225	$2000	$3125	28
June 2026	$1300	$2000	$3000	49

Respondents who selected the DefTech survey category · monthly net base salary in USD; bonuses excluded; all locations in the published CSV.

Derived from the shortened public salary-survey data published by DOU. Jobnote and DOU vacancy salaries are separate datasets.

Counts of active jobs now and salaries.

Python 9 $3074–$4700 C/C++ 7 $2644–$4856 Linux 7 $2021–$3809

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