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Quality and mission assurance in the San Jose area

Space Jobs for Quality Engineers in the San Jose Area

17 open roles for quality engineers and inspectors at 6 space companies name a site in the San Jose area, most of them in Sunnyvale and Palo Alto; typical pay runs $148k–$283k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Space companies hiring quality engineers and inspectors in the San Jose area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin6$152k/yr
Muon Space4$178k/yr
SpaceX3$215k/yr
Teledyne2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
E-Space1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Sunnyvale6
  • Palo Alto4
  • Mountain View3
  • San Jose3
  • Saratoga1

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What people ask about quality engineers and inspectors' work in the San Jose area

Which space companies hire quality engineers and inspectors in the San Jose area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (6 roles), Muon Space (4 roles), SpaceX (3 roles), Teledyne (2 roles), Amazon Leo (1 role), E-Space (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Jose area.

Where in the San Jose area are the roles for quality engineers and inspectors?

Most are in Sunnyvale (6), Palo Alto (4), Mountain View (3), San Jose (3), 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 the San Jose area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $160k/yr, with typical pay from $148k–$283k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do roles for quality engineers and inspectors in the San Jose area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,856 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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 the San Jose area (the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: San Benito and Santa Clara counties), 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.