Is Teradyne a good company to work for?

Teradyne has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 731 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 83% of employees would recommend working at Teradyne to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Teradyne have been left by employees working as Hardware Engineer , Applications Engineer and Software Engineer .

Does Teradyne pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Teradyne employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Teradyne. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Teradyne?

83% of Teradyne employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Teradyne 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Teradyne?

Software Engineer (57) , Hardware Engineer (25) , Applications Engineer (23) , Engineer (17) , Test Engineer (16) , Field Applications Engineer (15) , Test Technician (13) , Intern (9) , Mechanical Engineer (8) , Project Manager (8) , Senior Software Engineer (8) , Engineering Manager (7) , Mechanical Engineering Co-Op (7) , Program Manager (7) , Business Analyst (6)

What are the pros of working at Teradyne according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits overall for this company" ((in 67 reviews)); "Awesome people and great company." ((in 64 reviews)); "yes good work life balance" ((in 39 reviews)); "Nice colleagues in my teradyne career" ((in 24 reviews)); "Good pay and very good profit sharing bonuses" ((in 18 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Teradyne according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and no stock option" ((in 28 reviews)); "Singapore managers don’t mind working on weekends" ((in 15 reviews)); "Lack of new products, Problems with sales and profits, consistant layoffs." ((in 10 reviews)); "Low growth opportunity." ((in 6 reviews)); "op limbo, meaning they are continuing to supply me with a job (which is great!) but upper management is reluctant to open new positions" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Teradyne layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Teradyne layoffs and their outlook for job security at Teradyne in 2026.

What Teradyne locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Los Angeles , Boston , North Reading , San Jose , Agoura Hills

Teradyne reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(603 total reviews)

Gregory Smith

79% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

4.0

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

Teradyne has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 603 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Teradyne employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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603 reviews

4.0

Jan 11, 2014

Great place to work fun but mgmt was a bit stiff

Product support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Working culture for me during period of 1997 -2002 was great First time in ATE field and had fun , traveled around usa and canada and asia If u are a charger no problem nice benefits profit sharing in that time was a gold mine people made money with it . It was joy to work there as co workers were great from shipping department to manufacture application design and field eng all over d world Loved d great cafeteria on site no need to go outside the place for food I can walk in d office of top boss of agoura plant and talk openly open door policy Culture was great,didn't mind d hectic delivery schedule kept you on your toes.great opportunity for further education like MBA from Peperdine

Cons

MIcro management in product support department at least by our manager Lee Blake who had napoleon syndrome Co worker quit and they gave his assignment on top of my job and at d end of year no recognition for doing two jobs and gave me 2% raise . Wanted to transfer to another group but hard to switch. When I was laid off the mgm would not allow me to say good buy to my coworkers around me just told me to leave.

3.0

Dec 16, 2013

Great day to day, poor growth opportunities.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Very friendly coworkers and approachable immediate managers. Managers are understanding of real world situations. MSDN subscriptions for engineers. Great place for someone that just needs a stable job. Most employees have been their for a long time or their whole career. Very easy to be good at your job. Despite the negatives below its a lot of fun to work there. You sacrifice technical growth for a great work environment. You will overall enjoy working here.

Cons

Decade behind current software practices at best, never knew how to write good software at worst. Better like Waterfall. Every single con that exists with Waterfall exists here. Compensates for its bad software practices by throwing more and more employees at the problem and consistently missing deadlines. Also leans heavily on outsourced lost cost labor that ultimately ends up costing the American engineers more time than it saves. Political climate within management is that Agile is the devil and would lead to catastrophic results. Management has a serious misunderstanding of what Agile is. Anytime the process fails they add additional process. Employees are very knowledgeable but generally only about Teradyne related software. Despite having access to MSDN except tech stack to be 3-5 years out of date for new projects. Worse for existing project. Continuous integration doesn't exist. Engineers don't eat their own dog food, separate QA department that is isolated from the engineers building the project. No pair programming. Source control is a mess. For anyone with exceptional talent this company is at best a stepping stone. Do not stick around long. Only a handful of 3+ year seniority employees pursue software as a passion. Work environment will not keep your skills current. It is common to see senior engineer (10+ years of experience) that can barely do .NET at a mid tier developer level despite the company being a fully Windows shop. If you are great at software this place will hold you back or develop bad habits. Compensation is mediocre to below average. Besides a few critical engineers management has no interest retaining talent.

1.0

Nov 6, 2013

great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

employee input encouraged to improve quality and market share

Cons

founder died, current management has very different ideals

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Great place to work fun but mgmt was a bit stiff

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