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Quality engineers and inspectors

Space jobs for quality engineers and inspectors in New York

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Newest quality engineer jobs in New York

Checked 10 Nov 2026, 07:47 UTC

Selected agencies hiring now

  • AeroteamsEngineering and technical staffing agency

    Aviation staffing firm in Greensboro, North Carolina, placing A&P mechanics, inspectors, sheet metal, paint and fuel tank technicians on contract with aircraft maintenance and modification teams nationwide.

    Places: Technicians, Quality

  • 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 York

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

What quality engineers and inspectors earn in New York

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 York

Middle half of from , median .

Measured by BLS in New York

BLS publishes no wage for this occupation in New York.

What quality and mission assurance jobs in space in New York offer

Counted from each job's own posting, the same reading as the lists across the state.

Employers hiring quality engineers and inspectors in New York

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 York: common questions

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

New York postings for quality engineers and inspectors state $70.5k–$90.7k a year in the middle half and $72.4k a year at the median (5 postings, 3 employers).

Which New York towns have the most quality engineer roles?

Plainview (3), Canandaigua (1) and Rochester (1). A role offered in several towns is counted in each of them.

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

The most openings today: Frontgrade Technologies (3), L3Harris (1) and SpaceX (1). 3 employers in all list quality engineer roles in New York.

Are quality engineers and inspectors in demand in New York?

5 quality engineer jobs are open in New York today at 3 employers on this board.

Which employers pay quality engineers and inspectors the most in New York?

Ranked by the salaries each one posts for the quality engineer jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: SpaceX (most often $100k–$130k a year, a median of $115,000 across 1 posted rate), Frontgrade Technologies (a median of $72,404.80 a year across 3 posted rates) and L3Harris (most often $49.5k–$91.5k a year, a median of $70,500 across 1 posted rate). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.

Which quality and mission assurance jobs in space in New York hire without a degree?

1 of the open quality and mission assurance jobs in space here says so in its own posting: Quality Inspector - Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) at L3Harris (High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience;).

What do you need to work as a quality engineer in New York?

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. Where a job network that works with us carries that same posting, Apply takes you through it to the employer's application; elsewhere it 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 York, 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 York, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 10 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

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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Space jobs for quality engineers and inspectors in New York. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/space-jobs-for-quality-engineers/new-york

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