Top Aerospace Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Design structural, payload, and MGSE components for space hardware using 3-D CAD (e.g., Creo). Develop, verify, and document designs, manage suppliers, support fabrication/integration/testing, ensure compliance with GD&T, safety, and producibility, and create tooling and assembly solutions for satellite platforms.

Design and analyze satellite solar arrays and battery mechanical/electro-mechanical systems. Lead design, testing, qualification, failure investigations, and cross-functional coordination. Produce mechanical/electrical layouts using Creo/AutoCAD, apply GD&T and DFMAT, and serve as a technical lead or Responsible Engineering Authority on spacecraft solar and battery hardware.

Support program software quality across development and supplier products: define/maintain processes, perform audits, plan and verify testing, support configuration management, drive corrective actions, participate in reviews, and report quality metrics to reduce risk and ensure compliance with standards.

Lead US value reconciliation and import compliance initiatives, ensure transactions and filings meet international trade regulations, establish ACE and recordkeeping processes, support SAP/GTS deployments, conduct audits and training, advise internal stakeholders, and manage customs broker relationships to reduce risk and ensure regulatory adherence.

The Mission Security Engineer secures national security space systems, implementing cybersecurity measures and compliance controls for various platforms and infrastructures.

As a Fluids and Propulsion Technician, you'll assemble, integrate, and test propulsion systems, collaborating with engineering and quality teams for flight readiness.

As a Structures Technician, you will assemble, integrate, and fabricate spacecraft systems. Responsibilities include precision assembly, collaboration with engineering teams, and ensuring quality in manufacturing processes.

Responsible for improving manufacturing processes, creating process plans, and advising on design for manufacturability while collaborating with engineering teams in a CNC machining environment.

As a Staff Optical Communications Engineer, you will design and deliver optical communications systems for deep space missions, leading prototyping and implementation efforts.

As a Senior Flight Software Engineer, you'll design and implement flight software for deep-space missions, ensuring integration with spacecraft hardware and supporting verification processes for mission success.

Own full-cycle recruiting for technical hardware and software roles: sourcing, screening, structured interviews, offers, and pre-onboarding. Partner with engineering and operations to forecast headcount, build pipelines, maintain ATS processes, ensure export-control compliance, calibrate compensation, and track hiring metrics. Support non-technical hires and campus/event outreach as needed.

Lead supplier quality activities for printed wiring boards (PWB/PCB): audit suppliers, perform source and first-article inspections, analyze defect trends, drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions, implement continuous improvement and supplier scorecards, and ensure compliance with IPC/MIL/AS standards to deliver high-reliability electronics for aerospace and defense.

Owner of supplier quality for printed wiring boards: audit suppliers, lead failure analysis and corrective actions, perform source and first-article inspections (AS9102/FAI), use IPC and MIL standards, drive continuous improvement and supplier performance, and travel to suppliers to implement process controls and validations.

Design, develop, and productionize multimodal AI systems (VLMs, reasoning models, LLMs) for geospatial data. Build end-to-end ML pipelines, experimentation frameworks, synthetic datasets, and scalable inference on cloud infrastructure while collaborating with research, engineering, and product teams.

Provide mid-level regulatory and transactional legal support: prepare and manage legal/regulatory documents, file licensing applications, organize records, assist closings, coordinate with business teams, and use AI and project management tools to streamline workflows.

Lead electrical architecture, design, test, integration, and manufacturing for next-generation AR airborne systems. Derive subsystem requirements, perform trade studies, prototype and verify designs, produce documentation, mentor the electrical team, and ensure compliance with military environmental and EMI/EMC standards.

Lead and manage software proposals and purchase agreements for domestic and international customers. Own proposal lifecycle, develop compliant win strategies, author technical content (RFIs, abstracts, quad charts), maintain documentation configuration, create compliance matrices, manage cross-functional reviews, support cost proposals, and assist Account Executives to close deals by coordinating BD, engineering, program, product, and marketing teams.