Top Aerospace Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Design and develop RF and digital satellite communication systems, including fixed-point signal-processing algorithms, waveform characterization, performance analysis, trade studies, and HDL design verification. Support payload and spacecraft integration, testing, and in-orbit operations while collaborating with customers, suppliers, program management, and systems engineering teams. The role requires an active U.S. Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and onsite work in El Segundo, California.

Design and develop RF and digital satellite communication systems. Implement and verify multirate, fixed-point DSP algorithms, perform performance analysis, waveform development, trade studies, and support integration, test, and HDL-level design. Lead engineering teams and IR&D activities across system lifecycle from concept through in-orbit operations.

Leads manufacturing harness subsystem execution across engineering, production, procurement, and program management. Manages scope, schedules, budgets, cost performance, risks, earned value inputs, technical performance metrics, design changes, discrepancy reports, and hardware delivery. Develops product roadmaps, coordinates production capacity, supports manufacturing rates, and reports status to customers and stakeholders. Requires extensive technical experience, engineering or related education, harness lifecycle knowledge, leadership experience, and eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Lead and scale a team of People Business Partners to act as trusted advisors to executives. Build operating models, run talent calibrations, develop managers, translate people data into recommendations, handle complex employee relations, and partner with Talent, Total Rewards, and People Ops to align people programs with business needs.

Supports program finance and controls for space programs by managing cost and schedule reporting, quarterly estimates at completion, revenue recognition analysis, financial forecasts, executive reporting, customer communications, and program risk and opportunity tracking. The role partners with PMO, supply chain, and operations while helping build finance processes, systems, and team capabilities.

As a Technical Recruiter, you will manage the full-cycle recruiting process, source technical talent, and enhance the candidate experience while partnering with teams across the organization.

Owns end-to-end material planning for avionics hardware from development through production. Responsibilities include forecasting demand, analyzing BOMs and engineering changes, identifying long-lead risks, managing supplier material flow and shortages, allocating constrained components, supporting build readiness, and improving MRP and ERP planning accuracy. The role collaborates across engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, integration, testing, and launch teams.

Leads company-wide precision cleaning, contamination control, passivation, and special-process reliability for rocket hardware. Establishes process standards, qualification and validation frameworks, cleanliness criteria, inspection methods, technician certification, and governance. Scales clean-line capabilities from development through production, resolves complex contamination issues, leads root-cause investigations and corrective actions, and influences cross-functional engineering and manufacturing decisions while mentoring technical teams.

Develops, validates, and improves manufacturing test assets and processes for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic rocket systems. Responsibilities include test equipment and tooling design, test sequencing, work orders, training, safety compliance, shop-floor support, test data analysis, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions. The engineer collaborates with design, manufacturing, production, supply chain, and quality teams to deliver scalable and reliable production testing.

Architect and maintain vendor-agnostic automation for multi-vendor EVPN-VXLAN data center and campus networks. Build Network-as-Code data models, SSoT integrations, CI/CD validation workflows, and resilient Python or Go tooling across Arista and Juniper platforms. Integrate AI-assisted engineering workflows, govern automation standards, establish safeguards for generated code, and mentor junior developers. The role also supports telemetry, containerization, and critical mission milestones.

Leads supplier reliability and quality activities for aerospace and human-rated space station components. Responsibilities include supplier onboarding, audits, manufacturing-process reviews, quality and delivery analysis, design-for-manufacturability assessments, corrective actions, root-cause investigations, supplier improvement plans, and technical requirement definition. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and suppliers to resolve nonconformances, improve reliability, and reduce cost. Requires substantial production-environment engineering experience and up to 50% travel.

Own and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule for satellite programs across engineering subsystems and development phases. Develop proposal schedules, facilitate weekly status reviews, analyze critical paths and schedule risks, track margins and variances, manage baseline change control, and coordinate supplier schedules. Support program reviews with schedule reporting and establish repeatable scheduling processes and templates. The role is on-site in Long Beach with occasional supplier travel and may require extended hours.

Develops and integrates digital models, system architectures, technical specifications, interface control documents, and requirements for space sensing missions. Performs systems engineering analysis, design tradeoff evaluation, requirements verification, design review support, and technical risk resolution using MBSE methods and digital engineering tools. Collaborates with government customers, FFRDCs, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams supporting Missile Warning, TISR, and Environmental Monitoring capabilities.

Develops and integrates model-based systems engineering products for a Medium Earth Orbit space and ground system. Responsibilities include defining architectures, technical specifications, and interfaces; supporting design reviews and requirements verification; resolving integration issues; assessing technical risks; preparing recommendations; collaborating with government stakeholders; and mentoring systems engineering teammates.

Develop and execute integration plans for space and ground systems supporting Environmental Monitoring capabilities for the U.S. Space Force. Lead integration across system-of-systems, system, segment, and element levels; research requirements, technologies, and threats; and integrate remote sensing systems. Responsibilities include requirements verification, interface control documentation, technical performance monitoring, test reporting, contractor coordination, and resolving schedule, cost, and risk issues across satellite programs.

Leads the design, architecture, integration, testing, troubleshooting, and support of complex aerospace systems involving hardware, software, and network components. Provides strategic systems engineering direction, technical leadership, project engineering, team mentoring, and coordination across multidisciplinary teams, project organizations, and customers. Ensures system designs meet quality standards and technical requirements while driving innovation and resolving field issues.

Designs, integrates, and leads complex aerospace systems involving hardware, software, and network components. Provides systems engineering direction, develops architectures, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, oversees control-system integration and test equipment, troubleshoots field issues, and supports project engineering. The role requires technical leadership, customer communication, systems integration expertise, and the ability to manage complex projects with minimal supervision.

Leads strategy, governance, operations, adoption, and optimization for Microsoft 365 collaboration and productivity services across commercial and government tenants. Oversees Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft 365 Apps, Power Platform governance, and Copilot adoption. Manages engineering, administration, support teams, vendors, licensing, budgets, service health, user experience, and executive reporting while partnering with identity, security, compliance, and endpoint teams.

The Payload Engineer defines and manages payload accommodations for reusable Earth-return vehicles, including structural, electrical, thermal, environmental, and interface requirements. Responsibilities include designing payload bays and hardware, authoring user guides and ICDs, verifying payload environments, supporting customer proposals and design reviews, and leading payload integration, testing, and recovery. The role establishes scalable payload integration processes and serves as the primary technical liaison for payload customers and external partners.

Own product and feature launches, positioning, messaging, go-to-market plans, sales enablement, and technical content. Develop collateral, case studies, thought leadership, vertical-specific messaging, and customer proof points for technical and executive audiences. Collaborate with product, engineering, sales, and design teams while tracking launch adoption, share of voice, and pipeline impact.

Leads complex international military aviation electronics and sustainment programs, managing cross-functional teams, budgets, forecasts, earned value, schedules, technical objectives, customer relationships, contracts, and new business initiatives. The role requires financial and operational accountability, proposal development, international customer engagement, regulatory compliance, and occasional domestic and international travel.

Lead end-to-end flight software development for autonomous spacecraft, including mission operations tools, ground services, embedded vehicle software, telemetry, commanding, testing, simulation, and flight readiness. Collaborate with avionics, propulsion, GNC, and systems teams to define interfaces and data models. Support CI/CD, software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing, environmental testing, and flight campaigns in a fast-moving, on-site aerospace startup environment.