Top Aerospace Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Design and analyze satellite solar arrays and battery systems, including substrates, panels, yoke structures, harnesses, and electro-mechanical architectures. Lead or support design, qualification testing, deployment and power analysis, RCCA investigations, and Failure Review Board activities. Collaborate with systems, stress, materials, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and program leadership while supporting government and commercial satellite programs.

Supports satellite and constellation autonomy across the mission lifecycle. Defines and validates fault detection, isolation, and response architectures; maintains spacecraft states, modes, and transitions; analyzes thresholds and fault responses; contributes to CONOPS and technology trades; performs end-to-end autonomy testing; and supports on-console mission operations for on-orbit spacecraft.

Designs, integrates, verifies, and tests satellite ground systems. Develops requirements, interface documents, architecture, test plans, and reports. Performs system analyses for reliability, safety, maintainability, security, and affordability. Works in agile teams, mentors staff, and supports requirements management, system integration, verification, and customer delivery to ensure mission success.

Own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for enterprise configuration management systems supporting the Terran R program. Lead engineering change control, BOM and product structure management, revision control, configuration baselines, traceability, data governance, and integrations across PLM, ERP, and MES platforms. Partner cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, reliability, and software teams to deliver scalable automation and digital transformation solutions. Establish standards and workflows that improve data integrity, efficiency, compliance, and lifecycle visibility.

Productionize electro-mechanical valve mechanisms for aerospace applications. Responsibilities include creating work instructions, building tooling, evaluating value streams, reducing manufacturing time and defects, commissioning equipment, conducting cryogenic, ambient, and electrical testing, and owning products throughout their lifecycle while collaborating with design, test, and technician teams.

Own the Revel platform product strategy and execution across access administration, APIs, SDKs, deployments, upgrades, and fleet management. Partner with engineering on architecture, multitenancy, scale, and reliability; conduct discovery with administrators, IT, security, and field teams; and improve installation and upgrade experiences for connected and air-gapped environments. Define success metrics, prioritize the roadmap, and lead products serving enterprise and safety-critical customers.

Own the end-to-end developer experience for RevelCode, including the IDE, editing, testing, deployment, monitoring, diagnostics, and dashboard workflows. Conduct customer research, define product and IDE strategy, evaluate compiler and language-tooling usability, and coordinate engineers to deliver the product vision. The role serves technical users operating control programs against physical hardware, including customers in air-gapped and potentially safety-critical environments.

Leads the development and operation of a comprehensive insider threat program supporting classified national security missions. Establishes compliant policies, metrics, monitoring, detection, investigations, training, and response processes; manages analysts and coordinates with Security, Cybersecurity, HR, Legal, government agencies, counterintelligence, and law enforcement. Oversees technology integration, behavioral indicators, threat hunting, risk assessments, reporting, and awareness exercises while protecting employee privacy and civil liberties.

Designs and audits application security controls for mission-critical space systems. Responsibilities include vulnerability management, secure code reviews, security automation using SAST, SCA, and DAST tools, incident response playbooks, compliance documentation, security training, cloud security, and collaboration with engineering teams to implement secure architectures meeting DoD standards.

Designs and audits application security controls for mission-critical space systems supporting government authorization and DoD compliance. Responsibilities include security architecture documentation, vulnerability management, secure code reviews, SAST/SCA/DAST tooling, incident response playbooks, security training, cloud security, and collaboration with engineering teams to implement secure coding practices and Zero Trust controls.

Designs and develops avionics boards, wiring harnesses, instrumentation, power electronics, and complex multilayer PCBs for flight hardware. Responsibilities include schematic capture, component selection, layout, electrical specifications, trade studies, and avionics test planning. The engineer supports safe, controlled testing and transitions engine systems from development to production while communicating progress and technical issues across the team.

Manage Vast’s electronics CAD library using Altium tools, including component symbols, footprints, 3D models, templates, reuse blocks, lifecycle states, and revision controls. Ensure compliance with IPC, NASA, and internal standards while supporting engineers with component selection. Review library accuracy and manufacturability, incorporate prototype and manufacturing feedback, and promote consistent PCB design practices across multidisciplinary teams.

Develop spacecraft mechanisms from concept through flight, including motorized assemblies, linkages, spring and damper systems, rotating hardware, and crew-operated assemblies. Design, analyze, build, test, and iterate hardware while owning critical spacecraft systems. Collaborate with production teams, technicians, engineers, vendors, and managers to translate designs into flight hardware and support rapid prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and continuous improvement.

Lead end-to-end sourcing and procurement of complex industrial equipment, materials, processes, and facility upgrades. Translate engineering requirements into RFXs, evaluate technical and commercial proposals, identify risks, negotiate terms, execute purchase orders, and manage suppliers through delivery, testing, commissioning, and acceptance. Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain while building scalable procurement processes and supplier relationships in a fast-paced onsite manufacturing environment.

Architect and secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, software supply chains, and mission environments for flight and ground systems. The role owns build integrity, artifact signing, security gates, Terraform infrastructure in AWS GovCloud, environment isolation, vulnerability triage, logging, detection, and compliance evidence. It also supports secure spacecraft and ground-segment design, classified accreditation, and mission-critical reliability.

Participates in a structured rotational IT program supporting digital transformation, enterprise technology, data, process improvement, and project delivery initiatives. Responsibilities include project planning, tracking, reporting, process analysis, documentation, dashboard development, testing, change management, stakeholder communication, data review, automation, prototyping, and translating business needs into technology solutions.

Designs and manages complex multilayer avionics PCBs, including component libraries, placement, routing, fabrication and assembly drawings. Develops design standards and review checklists, manages software licenses, and coordinates PCB procurement with vendors. Collaborates with avionics, mechanical, and operations teams while owning PCB design outcomes for aerospace vehicles and ground support equipment.

Develop and maintain model-based systems engineering architectures for a U.S. Space Force system-of-systems enterprise. Use Cameo and related digital engineering tools to manage requirements, traceability, system models, technical specifications, and architecture. Support integration, testing, deployment, sustainment, risk mitigation, and lifecycle planning. Maintain technical documentation and repositories, collaborate with government and contractor stakeholders, and produce engineering reports and decision-support materials.