Top Aerospace Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

The Senior Structural Analyst will perform thermal, structural, and durability analyses on turbomachinery products, troubleshoot system interactions, and support testing processes.

Lead strategic planning and execution for tooling and factory automation programs supporting rocket manufacturing. Develop organizational frameworks, productivity tools, physical resources, metrics, and scalable processes. Coordinate cross-functional teams, customers, scope, timelines, and communications while contributing to technical design and innovation. The role requires program management experience, complex-part manufacturing knowledge, and the ability to solve challenging technical problems across matrixed organizations.

Designs, analyzes, tests, and delivers electromechanical avionics systems for the Terran R launch vehicle. Responsibilities include developing enclosures, electrical interfaces, thermal accommodations, and launch-vehicle interfaces; ensuring hardware survives launch and space environments; performing structural and thermal analysis; building and debugging lab hardware; and supporting qualification and flight readiness.

Leads U.S. commercial business development and commercialization for Vast satellite platforms across communications, Earth observation, sensing, and in-orbit compute. Develops market strategy, customer and prime-contractor relationships, opportunity pipelines, capture plans, proposals, forecasts, and partnerships. Owns senior customer engagement, contract negotiation, and closure of satellite platform deals ranging from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars, while coordinating cross-functional teams and representing Vast at industry events.

Design and build full-stack web applications, backend APIs, data models, pipelines, developer tooling, and platforms for mission and flight software systems. Develop interfaces with flight software and simulations, support test automation and continuous deployment, and establish scalable engineering practices for a growing software organization.

Design, analyze, build, and test mechanical mechanisms for spacecraft solar array deployment and articulation. Responsibilities include torque budgeting, drivetrain and bearing selection, life analysis, environmental testing, failure investigation, and cross-functional system integration. The role supports design reviews, FMEA/FMECA, NASA deliverables, and mission-critical testing for human-rated space stations.

Lead end-to-end product design for Revel’s hardware-control software, from user research and wireframes through high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes. Collaborate with product managers and engineers, evolve scalable design systems, advocate for user needs, and validate solutions through usability testing. The role requires strong visual and interaction design skills, responsive web and mobile experience, and comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment.

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.

Lead end-to-end FPGA architecture, development, verification, integration, and on-orbit support for spacecraft systems. Design high-speed interfaces, digital backplanes, payload data buses, FPGA-to-CPU/SoC architectures, and radiation-tolerant logic. Manage verification plans, documentation, milestones, and cross-team delivery while mentoring engineers. Collaborate with avionics, embedded software, hardware, and test teams throughout the product lifecycle from concept through launch.

Leads advanced manufacturing initiatives, process optimization, design-for-manufacturability reviews, manufacturing readiness, APQP execution, supplier capability assessments, tooling and capital planning, cost reduction, yield improvement, production transitions, and program milestone management. The role collaborates with Engineering, Sourcing, Production, and Program Management to improve quality, efficiency, manufacturability, and delivery performance.

Designs, deploys, and supports industrial control systems and automation solutions for aerospace manufacturing. Develops Ignition SCADA/HMI applications, PLC logic, dashboards, alarms, scripts, database integrations, and reusable automation standards. Performs commissioning, startup, validation, and troubleshooting across PLCs, networks, instrumentation, databases, and control systems. The role also supports manufacturing data analysis, process improvement, cross-functional initiatives, and employee development in an on-site leadership environment.

Supports 24/7 factory and launch test operations by deploying and configuring test software, certifying test servers and equipment, troubleshooting systems, and coordinating program requests. Develops security tools, architectures, and requirements; applies agile methods to product-security work; and protects facilities, equipment, networks, data, and operational resources. Requires extensive systems, networking, cybersecurity, satellite test equipment, and security-certification experience.

Supports the VP of Manufacturing as a strategic and technical partner, driving operational excellence, staffing forecasts, hiring initiatives, business planning, risk mitigation, data analysis, and organizational improvements. The role coordinates cross-functional commitments, develops business cases, supports lean manufacturing solutions, leads meetings and projects, resolves issues, and coaches junior personnel across manufacturing operations.

Join Boeing's Engineering Analytics team to implement DevSecOps/GitOps practices, build and maintain secure cloud-native test environments, automate CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code, improve integration and test processes, troubleshoot tooling and deployments, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers on mission-focused programs.

Own Outpost’s earned media and editorial function, including proactive pitching, press operations, messaging, press materials, executive communications, social content, campaigns, and event support. Translate complex aerospace and deep-tech programs into compelling narratives for media, customers, investors, and government stakeholders. Track communications performance, support major company milestones, and collaborate with leadership, engineering, operations, and marketing.

Leads development of statistical and machine learning models for time-series, geospatial, kinematic, and radar data. Responsibilities include feature engineering, forecasting, anomaly detection, data integration, ETL, visualization, algorithm evaluation, simulation, dataset creation, and stakeholder communication. The role also contributes to mission-focused software applications, APIs, data pipelines, documentation, code reviews, and agile development while requiring an active Top Secret or CBP/DHS suitability clearance.

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.

Own production operations for workplace AI platforms, including configuration, integrations, observability, secrets, access controls, model and prompt changes, benchmarking, and incident response. Translate technical findings into governance, risk, compliance, and training materials while collaborating with Security, Legal, HR, and business stakeholders. Investigate failures, implement mitigations, document root causes, and maintain reliable, secure AI services.

Build and lead a scalable application security and secure SDLC program across engineering teams. Establish policies, standards, tooling, vulnerability management, threat modeling, developer enablement, security champions, software supply-chain controls, and executive reporting. Partner with development, platform, DevOps, product, and leadership teams to integrate security into CI/CD, source control, build, release, and deployment workflows while supporting audits, advisories, incident response, and regulatory requirements.