Top Manufacturing Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads the thermal control systems manufacturing engineering team for spacecraft hardware. Owns manufacturing development, production readiness, build execution, schedules, work instructions, inspection plans, process qualification, and nonconformance resolution. Partners with design, quality, supply chain, technicians, and integration teams to manufacture pumps, fluid loops, coldplates, heaters, and tubing. Mentors engineers, supports hiring, drives design for manufacturability, supplier readiness, root-cause corrective actions, and successful hardware integration.

Leads advanced manufacturing strategy and process optimization for aerospace products. Responsibilities include improving cost, quality, yield, and production readiness; managing APQP, MRL, UPC, PPAP, PFMEA, and production readiness artifacts; coordinating suppliers, engineering, sourcing, and production teams; managing capital needs, milestones, throughput yield, cost reduction, and production transitions; and leading cross-functional operational excellence initiatives.

Supports manufacturing development, assembly, inspection, integration, and troubleshooting of thermal control system hardware for human-rated space stations. Creates work instructions and inspection plans, works directly with shop-floor technicians, resolves manufacturing issues, supports nonconformance investigations and corrective actions, provides design-for-manufacturing feedback, and performs or supports specialized fluid-system processes including welding, brazing, tube bending, cleaning, leak testing, and pressure testing.

Leads advanced machining and manufacturing process optimization at Honeywell Aerospace. Responsibilities include improving production workflows, implementing lean and continuous improvement initiatives, analyzing manufacturing data, supporting compliance and quality standards, adopting advanced manufacturing technologies, and mentoring team members. The role collaborates cross-functionally to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance product quality while supporting aerospace component machining, inspection, and first article requirements.

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.

Productionize rocket valves by collaborating with design and test teams, creating work instructions and tooling, evaluating value streams, reducing cost and nonconformances, and establishing manufacturing equipment. Own valve products throughout their lifecycle and incorporate lessons learned into product improvements. The role requires engineering fundamentals, experience with seals and installation procedures, cryogenic and ambient testing, and collaboration with technicians.

Develops process plans, work instructions, and work orders for aerospace hardware integration and testing. Collaborates with design and test engineers on testability, supports technicians with troubleshooting and corrective actions, coordinates component inspection and calibrated equipment, leads Test Readiness Reviews, analyzes test performance, drives continuous improvement, and maintains capacity and demand plans. The role supports propulsion, structural, fluid-system, and instrumentation hardware in hands-on test environments.

Develop and implement manufacturing processes for Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE), author work instructions, troubleshoot test-system non-conformances, perform DFM reviews for harnessing and ground support equipment, and collaborate with Quality to ensure process compliance for satellite production and test systems.

Manufactures and integrates environmental control and life support fluid hardware for human-rated space stations. Responsibilities include defining assembly processes, authoring work instructions, supporting testing, resolving manufacturing and tolerance issues, designing tooling, managing nonconformances, improving production metrics, training technicians, and supporting supplier readiness. The role works hands-on with water, air, thermal, and pressurized gas systems in a shop-floor environment.

Develops and optimizes manufacturing processes, equipment, procedures, and work instructions for spacecraft thermal and environmental control systems. Responsibilities include designing and testing pressurized ground equipment, troubleshooting pneumatic, hydraulic, oxygen, refrigerant, and control systems, supporting supplier processes, performing hands-on assembly and integration, resolving manufacturing issues, and improving quality, efficiency, and manufacturability.

Supports the manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing of avionics hardware and wire harnesses for human-rated space systems. Responsibilities include developing manufacturing processes, creating work instructions, designing tooling, resolving production issues through root cause analysis, reviewing supplier processes, supporting quality controls, and providing design-for-manufacturing feedback. The role also contributes to new product introduction, continuous improvement, design reviews, and team mentoring.

Develop and optimize manufacturing and assembly processes for avionics and wire harnesses. Create manufacturing plans and work instructions, perform hands-on assembly/integration/testing, resolve manufacturing issues via root-cause analysis, work with suppliers and QA, participate in design reviews, and drive continuous improvement.

Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for avionics systems and wiring harnesses. Create manufacturing plans, assembly procedures, and work instructions; resolve production issues through root cause analysis; collaborate with design, quality, and suppliers; perform hands-on assembly, integration, and testing; and drive continuous improvement in quality, efficiency, and cost.

Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for spacecraft solar arrays and avionics hardware. Responsibilities include design-for-manufacturing feedback, tooling and GSE development, assembly and testing, work instruction creation, supplier process review, root cause analysis, corrective actions, quality control, and continuous improvement. The role supports solar array environmental, deployment, and acceptance testing while collaborating with engineering, quality, suppliers, and technicians. It also includes mentoring colleagues and supporting new product introduction from prototype through production.

Supports primary structure assembly on the shop floor, removes production barriers, improves manufacturing processes, creates work instructions and specifications, standardizes operations, and provides design-for-manufacturing feedback. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, reliability, production, and vendor teams during prototype and flight builds. Requires hands-on aerospace assembly experience, strong engineering fundamentals, and knowledge of drilling, trimming, fastening, machining, inspection, and GD&T.

Leads advanced manufacturing and New Product Introduction activities for mechanical aerospace components. Responsibilities include optimizing production processes, managing Manufacturing Readiness Level requirements, driving DFM and continuous improvement, analyzing manufacturing data, coordinating suppliers and capital needs, ensuring safety and standards compliance, and mentoring team members. The role collaborates across Engineering, Sourcing, Program Management, and manufacturing teams while supporting IPDS and APQP objectives.

Own vehicle subsystem hardware through design release, assembly, testing, and delivery. Develop build flows, work instructions, test procedures, tooling strategies, and manufacturing systems for scalable production. Support first-article builds, provide hands-on floor troubleshooting, resolve non-conformances, conduct root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement. Coordinate design, supply chain, production, test, technicians, and vendors to ensure part readiness, quality, tooling availability, and schedule alignment.

Own manufacturing readiness and productionization of advanced capital equipment, including laser powder bed fusion machines and automated assembly systems. Lead commissioning, validation, qualification, production handoff, documentation, troubleshooting, RCCA, corrective actions, DFM, DFA, tooling, fixtures, and cycle-time improvements. Partner with design, automation, software, operations, quality, supply chain, and R&D teams. Manage configuration changes and mentor engineers and technicians while improving reliability, quality, uptime, and manufacturing repeatability.

Leads new product introduction and manufacturing engineering for high-speed Ethernet test instruments. Develops manufacturing, assembly, test, tooling, and qualification processes; establishes DFM/DFT/DFA practices; supports SMT PCBA, box-build, and functional testing; analyzes process metrics, yield, cost, and failures; creates work instructions and readiness documentation; manages engineering changes, capital planning, and contract manufacturer relationships; and provides technical leadership across global operations.

Leads manufacturing readiness, manufacturability reviews, process documentation, tooling and equipment selection, continuous improvement, and corrective actions in a PCBA contract manufacturing environment. Provides technical support to manufacturing, test engineering, and production teams while improving quality, efficiency, and throughput. Requires 7–10 years of relevant experience, IPC standards knowledge, CAD and MES proficiency, and eligibility as a U.S. Person under ITAR.

Develop and scale manufacturing processes for space-qualified optical payloads and large-aperture telescopes. Responsibilities include design-for-excellence guidance, optical assembly and alignment methods, tooling and fixtures, metrology and inspection, MES documentation, production flow, root-cause analysis, environmental test support, cleanroom operations, and integration of electro-optical hardware. The role partners with optical designers, technicians, and manufacturing engineers to transition prototypes into high-rate flight-hardware production.

Manufacturing Engineer II supports aerospace production by developing manufacturing processes, tooling plans, work instructions, quality plans, and production documentation. The role validates manufacturability, supports new product introduction, resolves manufacturing and supplier issues, drives cost reduction, performs root-cause and preventive actions, and coordinates engineering changes. Responsibilities include reviewing drawings, supporting customer and project engineering, developing process improvements, and working with materials and processes such as sheet metal, machining, forming, welding, heat treating, and chemical processing.

Develops and improves production processes, equipment, automation, and workflows for aerospace manufacturing. The engineer supports design-for-manufacturability, low-rate-to-volume production transitions, throughput optimization, equipment uptime, process validation, and quality. Responsibilities include analyzing technical data, implementing automation, qualifying industrial equipment, and collaborating with production, engineering, operations, and technicians to improve factory execution and manufacturing reliability.

Develop and implement manufacturing methods, tooling, build flows, and production processes for large satellite structures, avionics, harnesses, mechanisms, and electromechanical assemblies. Partner with design engineers on manufacturability, prototype advanced techniques, establish first-article production floors, improve designs, and transition flight hardware processes into production. The role also involves MES implementation, nonconformance documentation, and collaboration with technicians and advanced manufacturing engineers.

Lead manufacturing engineering for satellite subsystems from concept through production ramp. Responsibilities include DFM, prototype and first-article builds, scalable production flows, tooling and automation, production readiness, capacity modeling, process improvement, flight hardware integration, and mentoring engineers and technicians.