Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Lead the Stage Materials & Processes team to develop, qualify, and support primary structures, mechanisms, and fluid systems. Define team goals, drive technical strategy, coordinate across design, manufacturing, NDE, quality, and supply chain, resolve manufacturing issues, and support budgeting and hiring while fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture.

The role involves manufacturing engineering for rocket fluids systems, including tooling design, process optimization, and assembly work planning.

Lead end-to-end architecture, design, development, and delivery of a deep-space optical communications terminal. Translate mission needs into system requirements, develop architectures, and drive implementation through in-house design or external partners. Lead hands-on prototyping, testing, and integration to derisk interfaces and validate flight-ready performance across teams.

Lead design, development, and delivery of spacecraft avionics from concept through flight. Own architecture, PCB design, harnessing, embedded interfaces, integration, testing, and environmental qualification. Coordinate suppliers, manage component selection and schedules, produce design documentation and test plans, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure reliable deep-space avionics performance.

Lead machining operations for large-format mills and a VTL, introduce and optimize products for high-volume machining, create work instructions and tooling definitions, support shop-floor issue resolution, and provide DFM feedback through prototype and flight builds while standardizing manufacturing processes.

Lead end-to-end architecture, design, development, and delivery of a deep-space optical communications terminal. Translate mission needs into requirements, develop architectures, prototype and test hardware, derisk interfaces, and drive integration to flight-ready systems while coordinating internal and external teams.

Design, develop, and deliver spacecraft avionics from concept through flight-qualified hardware. Lead PCB and harness development, component selection, integration, environmental qualification, and system-level testing while collaborating across propulsion, GNC, thermal, and software teams.

Lead avionics systems engineering and verification teams across component, system, and vehicle levels; develop and run verification test plans and test platforms (HITL, GSE); manage requirements, interfaces, and configuration; drive cross-functional integration with vehicle teams; support onsite integration, test, and launch operations.

Lead ground-up development of Terran R avionics hardware, managing multidisciplinary teams through requirements, design, test, manufacturing, and integrated operations to deliver flight-ready electronics and mechanical systems.

The Senior Thermal Engineer will design thermal systems, conduct analyses, and support vehicle testing, ensuring performance and integration across teams.