Quality and mission assurance in the Washington, DC area
Space Jobs for Quality Engineers in the Washington, DC Area
16 open roles for quality engineers and inspectors at 8 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Dulles, VA and Sterling, VA; typical pay runs $105k–$259k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring quality engineers and inspectors in the Washington, DC area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 7 | $106k/yr |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 2 | not stated |
| Quantum Space | 2 | too few figures |
| Johns Hopkins APL | 1 | too few figures |
| KBR | 1 | too few figures |
| Rocket Lab | 1 | too few figures |
| SES | 1 | not stated |
| Viasat | 1 | too few figures |
Where the roles are
- Dulles, VA4
- Sterling, VA4
- Chantilly, VA3
- Rockville, MD2
- Germantown, MD1
- Laurel, MD1
- Washington, DC1
Kinds of work
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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC
Space Staff System Safety Engineer (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Dulles, VA, United States· 3d agoDetails
$161,000–$241,000/yrFlight Inspector 1 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Sterling, VA, United States· 4d agoDetails
$51,400–$85,600/yrFlight Inspector 2 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Sterling, VA, United States· 4d agoDetails
$61,100–$101,800/yr
Casual Risk and Reliability Engineer /Sr. Risk and Reliability Engineer (opens the job details)
The Aerospace Corporation · Quality · Chantilly, VA, United States of America· 5d agoDetails
Space Systems Reliability Engineer (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Dulles, VA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$91,800–$137,600/yrInspector Level 3 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Dulles, VA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$72,600–$121,000/yr
System Safety Engineer (opens the job details)
Johns Hopkins APL · Quality · Laurel, Maryland, United States· 3w agoDetails
$105,000–$290,000/yr
Senior Quality Engineer I (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Quality · Chantilly, VA, United States· 3w agoDetails
$95,200–$119,000/yrSpace Principal/ Sr. Principal System Safety Engineer (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Dulles, VA, United States· 4w agoDetails
$103,600–$155,400/yrFlight Inspector 2 (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Quality · Sterling, VA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$61,100–$101,800/yr
Reliability Engineer II (opens the job details)
Quantum Space · Quality · Rockville, MD or Hawthorne, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$120,000–$180,000/yr
Mission Assurance Engineer (opens the job details)
KBR · Quality · Washington, DC, United States· 3mo agoDetails
$122,800–$162,800/yrMission Assurance Engineer (opens the job details)
The Aerospace Corporation · Quality · Chantilly, VA, United States· 3mo agoDetails
Staff Software Engineer, Reliability Engineering & SDLC Governance (opens the job details)
Viasat · Software & IT · Carlsbad, California; Germantown, Maryland· 3mo agoDetails
$165,000–$260,500/yrQuality Engineer II (opens the job details)
Quantum Space · Quality · Rockville, MD or Hawthorne, CA · 6mo agoDetails
$100,000–$150,000/yr
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What people ask about quality engineers and inspectors' work in the Washington, DC area
Which space companies hire quality engineers and inspectors in the Washington, DC area?
Today, Northrop Grumman (7 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (2 roles), Quantum Space (2 roles), Johns Hopkins APL (1 role), KBR (1 role), Rocket Lab (1 role), and 2 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.
Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for quality engineers and inspectors?
Most are in Dulles, VA (4), Sterling, VA (4), Chantilly, VA (3), Rockville, MD (2), 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 Washington, DC area pay?
The roles here that state pay post a median $127k/yr, with typical pay from $105k–$259k/yr.
Do roles for quality engineers and inspectors in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?
Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.
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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), 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.