Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Develop and maintain distributed spacecraft ground control software in Elixir, including satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems. Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews while collaborating across engineering disciplines. The role involves solving greenfield problems involving resilient, fault-tolerant, concurrent, and real-time distributed systems.

Lead the architecture and technical execution of a next-generation missile-defense ground software program. Own the end-to-end ground segment and real-time command-and-control baseline, including telemetry, alerts, engagement management, decision logic, data pipelines, visualization, and cybersecurity. Guide software teams, oversee simulation and hardware-in-the-loop validation, ensure interoperability and vendor-agnostic integration, collaborate with systems and mission operations teams, and engage government and industry stakeholders.

The Senior DevOps Engineer will build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, Azure cloud infrastructure, Terraform modules, Docker images, monitoring and logging systems. The role includes strengthening infrastructure security and compliance, supporting software teams with troubleshooting and performance optimization, deploying applications in challenging customer environments, and evaluating development tools. The position focuses on spacecraft modeling and simulation software and requires hands-on design, debugging, and production infrastructure management.

Develop and qualify aerospace suppliers delivering flight-quality hardware. Lead supplier audits, capability and risk assessments, first article inspections, quality programs, lean initiatives, corrective actions, and dual-source strategies. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program teams to align supplier readiness with milestones. The role requires technical drawing and GD&T expertise, aerospace quality and export compliance knowledge, data-driven performance management, and 30–50% travel to supplier sites near Denver or Colorado Springs.

Develop and evolve distributed spacecraft ground-control systems using Elixir and OTP. Own features from design through production, establish fault-tolerant architecture, improve reliability and performance, maintain rigorous testing and code quality, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, frontend, backend, operations, and astrodynamics teams. The role focuses on resilient, scalable services supporting satellite command and control, mission planning, data processing, and analysis.

Lead the technical direction of Elixir/OTP distributed systems for a spacecraft ground-control platform. Responsibilities include defining architecture and roadmaps, leading cross-functional initiatives, improving reliability and scalability, establishing testing and engineering standards, managing incidents, influencing product strategy, documenting systems, and mentoring engineers and emerging technical leaders.

Own end-to-end full-stack feature development across React/TypeScript interfaces and Elixir backend services for spacecraft modeling, simulation, and ground-control software. Drive architecture, technical debt reduction, performance, reliability, testing, API design, and production deployment. Mentor engineers, establish coding standards, collaborate with product, design, QA, operators, and astrodynamics teams, and deliver complex data-dense, real-time applications.

Contribute to full-stack features for spacecraft mission control and distributed ground control systems. Build React/TypeScript frontends and Elixir backend services, write maintainable and testable code, collaborate with operators, designers, and engineering specialists, and participate in design and code reviews. The role involves smaller, well-defined tasks under senior guidance during a three-month temporary engagement with potential conversion.

Develop and test flight software for spacecraft computers, integrate GNC algorithms, maintain command telemetry databases, support command scripting, build subsystem simulators, and create device drivers and communications libraries. The role involves embedded RTOS development, hardware integration, mission testing, and collaboration with ground-control software teams. This is a three-month onsite temporary engagement in Denver or Long Beach, with potential conversion to regular employment.

Develop and maintain modern C++ spacecraft simulation software and multi-physics libraries. Model spacecraft dynamics, thermal systems, attitude control, propulsion, power, sensors, and actuators; implement numerical solvers and time-stepping algorithms; maintain Python and C++ APIs; and collaborate on mission planning, algorithm development, testing, code reviews, and sprint planning.