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Space jobs for quality engineers and inspectors in New Mexico

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Newest quality engineer jobs in New Mexico

Checked 7 Nov 2026, 11:06 UTC

Selected agencies hiring now

  • Chipton-RossEngineering and technical staffing agency

    Aerospace and defense engineering staffing firm with offices in El Segundo, Long Beach and Playa Del Rey, California, Charleston, Pascagoula and Newport News, placing engineers, designers and technicians on contract and direct hire.

    Places: Mechanical, Avionics, Systems & Test, Technicians

  • Moseley Technical ServicesEngineering and technical staffing agency

    Engineering and technical staffing firm in Huntsville, Alabama, placing engineers and A&P, sheet metal, CNC and quality technicians.

    Places: Propulsion, Mechanical, Avionics, RF & Payloads

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Where the quality engineer jobs are in New Mexico

The towns with the most openings in this profession. Where a town has its own page, it gathers every space role open there.

  • Albuquerque1

What quality engineers and inspectors earn in New Mexico

Salaries in this state's postings next to the BLS wage for the profession across every industry, statewide and in its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in New Mexico

Too few open jobs here post pay for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in New Mexico

BLS publishes no wage for this occupation in New Mexico.

Employers hiring quality engineers and inspectors in New Mexico

What the job takes

An engineering degree for quality engineers; inspectors come from the trades or the military.

  • Certification

    NDT Level II or III (NAS 410)

    American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Inspection roles that run ultrasonic, X-ray or penetrant tests ask for it

  • Certification

    Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)

    ASQ

  • Depends on the role

    Security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI)

    Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Asked for on classified government programs; the employer sponsors it, and only a US citizen can hold one

Space jobs for quality engineers and inspectors in New Mexico: common questions

How much do quality engineers and inspectors make in New Mexico?

Not enough quality engineer postings in New Mexico state a salary yet for a typical range.

Which space companies hire quality engineers and inspectors in New Mexico?

The most openings today: Virgin Galactic (4) and Rocket Lab (1). 2 employers in all list quality engineer roles in New Mexico.

What do quality engineer roles in New Mexico ask for?

An engineering degree for quality engineers; inspectors come from the trades or the military. NDT Level II or III (NAS 410) (American Society for Nondestructive Testing; inspection roles that run ultrasonic, X-ray or penetrant tests ask for it), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) (ASQ) and Security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI) (Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency; asked for on classified government programs; the employer sponsors it, and only a US citizen can hold one). Each posting spells out its own degree, experience and citizenship requirements.

Are these roles still open?

They are taken from each company's own careers site and leave SpaceJobs.Now when the company removes them. Each job has its own page with the full posting and the pay it states, and Apply shows the jobs like it that take your application now and the recruiters who place that work.

Sources and method

A role is counted here when it names a location in New Mexico, once however many it names there, and its profession comes from its title. The posted range is the middle half of the distinct salaries these postings state (an hourly rate as 2,080 hours, a repeated posting once), shown when three employers stand behind at least three of them. BLS state figures appear as BLS published them.
  1. SpaceJobs.Now job board: open jobs in New Mexico, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 7 Nov 2026
  2. NDT Level II or III (NAS 410): American Society for Nondestructive Testing
  3. Certified Quality Engineer (CQE): ASQ
  4. Security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI): Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Cite this page

SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Space jobs for quality engineers and inspectors in New Mexico. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/space-jobs-for-quality-engineers/new-mexico

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