Top Design Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Design, prototype, analyze, and document consumer electronics components from concept through mass production. Lead mechanical subsystem design, technical reviews, experiments, failure analysis, corrective actions, and cross-functional collaboration with industrial design, operations, suppliers, and contract manufacturers. Support overseas development builds, manufacturing readiness, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturing, and structural analysis for Spectacles products. Travel internationally up to 20%.

Designs and leads flight safety analyses for reusable reentry missions, including 3-DOF and 6-DOF trajectory simulations, Monte Carlo dispersion, breakup and debris modeling, risk assessments, and FAA Part 450 compliance. Defines deorbit targets, recovery zones, flight safety limits, and mission rules; authors licensing materials and interfaces with FAA-AST. Collaborates with GNC, aerothermal, structures, avionics, and operations teams while building and validating analysis software and supporting mission operations.

Designs and develops digital circuit and unit hardware for aerospace applications, including requirements, architecture, modeling, analysis, testing, verification, and production support. Leads technical reviews, supplier management recommendations, performance tracking, lifecycle engineering support, and future product research. The role requires close collaboration across satellite electronics teams and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.

Designs and sustains avionics laboratory hardware, test articles, interfaces, instrumentation, and related systems. Responsibilities include hardware architecture, component selection, mechanical and electrical design, test procedure development, systems verification, troubleshooting, calibration, data analysis, configuration control, and technical documentation. The engineer supports program milestones, hardware reviews, test reporting, and cross-functional engineering activities for aerospace programs.

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.

Supports production, testing, and delivery of complex digital payload hardware as a Responsible Engineering Authority. Reviews assembly and test data, resolves hardware nonconformances, leads root cause corrective action investigations, develops supplemental test plans, and contributes analysis and containment solutions to material and failure review boards. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo, California, supports phased-array satellite technology, and requires U.S. person status and the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Design, route, integrate, qualify, and support production of electrical wire harnesses for the Terran R avionics system. Collaborate across engineering disciplines on architecture, requirements, and vehicle integration. Create 3D models, 2D drawings, and electrical designs; validate flight hardware through prototyping and testing; and develop integration operations, checkout procedures, and test plans.

Designs, develops, integrates, verifies, and supports special test equipment for space electronics. Responsibilities include hardware or software test system development, automated test software, circuit design, prototyping, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, qualification testing, configuration management, equipment selection, and technical proposal support. The role collaborates with engineers, technicians, and program leads and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.

Designs and supports ASIC, FPGA, and mixed digital systems for aerospace and defense programs. Responsibilities include requirements development, architecture support, HDL/RTL development, simulation, debugging, synthesis, FPGA implementation, timing analysis, verification collaboration, integration, troubleshooting, and technical status communication. The role may involve owning functional blocks, supporting subsystem efforts, and contributing to cross-functional technical leadership depending on experience level.

Design, prototype, analyze, and document consumer electronics products from concept through mass production. Collaborate with industrial design, operations, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and engineering teams. Conduct failure analysis, corrective actions, technical experiments, design reviews, and development builds. The role requires strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, CAD proficiency, materials and manufacturing knowledge, and international travel up to 20%.

Leads multidisciplinary spacecraft structural and mechanical design integration from requirements through production support. Oversees design teams, system trades, payload accommodation, interface control, clearance verification, manufacturing integration, qualification testing, milestone reviews, nonconformance resolution, and emerging technology investigations. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo, California, and requires U.S. person status, eligibility for a U.S. security clearance, and a Secret clearance post-start.

Lead hardware product development from concept through design, build, integration, and test. Own CAM responsibilities, manage schedule/cost/risk, perform derating and root-cause analysis, drive corrective actions and configuration changes, mentor junior engineers, and ensure technical decisions meet mission requirements.

Design and implement ASICs for mission-critical aerospace and space applications. Responsibilities include synthesis, static timing analysis, timing constraint management, floorplanning, power and timing convergence, equivalence checking, ECOs, chip integration, signoff, tapeout, and automation. The role collaborates with RTL, verification, DFT, architecture, and external backend teams while troubleshooting cross-domain timing issues and improving physical design methodologies.

Designs, analyzes, and builds hardware for Aeon-R rocket propulsion systems. Responsibilities include engine-level layout, mechanical design, fluid, thermal, and structural analysis, trade studies, and collaboration with propulsion, vehicle, manufacturing, integration, and test teams. The engineer will lead projects through completion and support hardware development across the product lifecycle.

Design and develop ASIC, FPGA, and mixed digital systems for aerospace and defense programs. Responsibilities include requirements and architecture support, HDL/RTL development, simulation, debugging, synthesis, FPGA implementation, timing closure, CDC analysis, verification collaboration, integration, and system troubleshooting. Lead and Senior engineers provide technical leadership, subsystem ownership, mentoring, and cross-functional coordination.

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.

Design propulsion tanks and manufacturing tooling, coordinate tooling requirements with Manufacturing Engineering, perform finite element modeling and stress analyses, conduct trade studies, support continuous improvement and training, and organize technical documentation. The internship requires a full-time Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering student available for 40 hours per week during summer 2027, with U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a government security clearance.

Designs and implements complex FPGA architectures for next-generation radar and sensor products. Responsibilities include RTL development, simulation, place-and-route, timing analysis, hardware integration, software-system integration, and customer deployment support. The engineer will work with Verilog, SystemVerilog, AXI protocols, AMD Xilinx Vivado, SoC FPGAs, networking and serial protocols, and scripting tools. This is a full-time onsite role in Hawthorne, California, requiring U.S. Person status.

Design and implement complex FPGA and RTL solutions for next-generation radar and sensor products. Integrate FPGA designs with software systems, support full FPGA development lifecycles, and assist deployed capabilities for U.S. and international customers. The role requires Verilog/SystemVerilog, Vivado, SoC FPGAs, AXI protocols, networking and serial protocols, scripting, software-driver modification, and Agile collaboration. This is a full-time onsite position in Hawthorne, California.

Leads multidisciplinary electronic and structural design for aerospace and space products, including PCB layout, electronics packaging, thermal and vibration analysis, requirements compliance, validation, root-cause investigations, process improvement, supplier support, and emerging technology evaluation. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo, California, and requires U.S. Person status, a Top Secret clearance, and no visa sponsorship.

Create parametric CAD models and drawings from naval, aerospace, legacy, and customer technical data. Develop models for each manufacturing state, manage PLM structures and release workflows, execute design changes across part families, and collaborate with manufacturing, tooling, programming, and inspection teams. The role requires production mechanical design experience, proficiency in parametric 3D CAD, GD&T knowledge, drawing standards expertise, and experience coordinating releases across multiple products.

Design and develop mechanical systems, machine assemblies, fixtures, tooling, and robotic end-of-arm tooling using 3D CAD. Produce manufacturing drawings, BOMs, and documentation applying GD&T and DFM. Support fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, prototyping, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Design and lay out high-performance, high-reliability avionics PCBs for aerospace applications. Develop schematics, libraries, documentation, and manufacturing-ready layouts using Altium and related tools. Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software teams; resolve complex layout issues; support design reviews; ensure DFM, DFA, DFT, quality, and regulatory compliance; improve development processes; and mentor junior engineers and layout resources.

Designs and develops fluid and propulsion system hardware for Blue Origin’s lunar lander, including cryogenic tubing, fittings, mounts, valves, heaters, and instrumentation. Owns CAD models and engineering artifacts throughout the product lifecycle, leads design-for-manufacturability activities, coordinates suppliers and manufacturing, performs structural and FEA analysis, interprets P&IDs, and supports fabrication, assembly, verification, testing, and operations.

Design and develop automotive exterior trim components from concept through production-intent definition using CATIA 3DX. Create A-surfaces, engineering surfaces, interfaces, attachment features, datum schemes, BOMs, and specifications. Apply GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, DFM, strength calculations, cost analysis, and material selection. Collaborate with suppliers and component teams, improve design efficiency and reduce costs, and travel to client sites as required.