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Quality and mission assurance in California

Space Jobs for Quality Engineers in California

207 open roles for quality engineers and inspectors at 31 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Hawthorne and Long Beach; typical pay runs $108k–$230k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring quality engineers and inspectors in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX65$135k/yr
Relativity Space23$130k/yr
Vast19$154k/yr
Astranis10$100k/yr
Impulse Space9$165k/yr
Apex8$148k/yr
K2 Space8$158k/yr
Northrop Grumman7too few figures
Rocket Lab7$121k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory6$132k/yr
Astrolab4$175k/yr
Boeing4$150k/yr
Muon Space4$178k/yr
Northwood Space4$138k/yr
Varda Space Industries4too few figures
Viasat4$167k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation3not stated
Blue Origin2too few figures
Cowboy Space2too few figures
Quantum Space2too few figures
True Anomaly2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
Astra1not stated
CesiumAstro1too few figures
E-Space1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC

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Which space companies hire quality engineers and inspectors in California?

Today, SpaceX (65 roles), Relativity Space (23 roles), Vast (19 roles), Astranis (10 roles), Impulse Space (9 roles), Apex (8 roles), and 25 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for quality engineers and inspectors?

Most are in Hawthorne (65), Long Beach (52), Los Angeles (18), El Segundo (12), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for quality engineers and inspectors in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $143k/yr, with typical pay from $108k–$230k/yr; 88.2% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

Do roles for quality engineers and inspectors in California require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for quality engineers and inspectors; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.