Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads the design and implementation of optical beam pointing and control algorithms for a Mars orbiter mission. Integrates optical sensors, gyroscopes, spacecraft attitude control, sensor fusion, state estimation, and fast steering mirrors. Owns requirements, modeling, simulation, verification, flight software interfaces, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and on-orbit performance support across the mission lifecycle.

The Senior Structural Analyst will perform thermal, structural, and durability analyses on turbomachinery products, troubleshoot system interactions, and support testing processes.

Designs, analyzes, tests, and delivers electromechanical avionics systems for the Terran R launch vehicle. Responsibilities include developing enclosures, electrical interfaces, thermal accommodations, and launch-vehicle interfaces; ensuring hardware survives launch and space environments; performing structural and thermal analysis; building and debugging lab hardware; and supporting qualification and flight readiness.

Leads end-to-end development of a wideband UHF radar sounder and radiometer for a Mars orbiter. Owns system design, performance and power budgets, waveform and signal-processing implementation, hardware prototyping, calibration, qualification, spacecraft integration, testing, spectrum coordination, and commissioning. Partners closely with scientists to align instrument capabilities with mission objectives while coordinating RF, digital, power, mechanical, firmware, and software teams.

Build full-stack applications supporting rocket design and manufacturing operations. Develop responsive front ends, scalable back ends, data pipelines, telemetry analysis tools, production planning systems, and real-time dashboards. Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and iterative improvement. Collaborate with design, manufacturing, supply chain, test, and factory-floor teams while following agile, continuous integration, and continuous deployment practices.

Build full-stack applications supporting rocket design and manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include developing responsive front ends, scalable back ends, data pipelines, telemetry analysis tools, production planning and supply chain applications, and real-time manufacturing dashboards. The role covers the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, continuous integration, and iterative improvement with engineers and factory operators.

Own materials and processes for reusable Terran R aerospace products. Qualify materials and flight hardware, develop engineering specifications, lead statistically driven process-improvement campaigns, and support material selection, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, fracture control, and failure analysis. Collaborate with materials, laboratory, design, manufacturing, quality, and leadership teams to improve product performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturing rate.

Designs, develops, and executes qualification and acceptance testing for Terran R avionics components and systems. Responsibilities include creating test frameworks, simulation circuits, test equipment, harnesses, fixtures, validation tools, test plans, and procedures. The engineer integrates and operates test rack hardware and software, derives test requirements with hardware and software teams, and troubleshoots avionics issues across component and system levels.

Design and bring up high-performance compute boards (≥10 TFLOPS) for onboard AI/ML and science data processing. Own schematic capture, PCB design, power delivery (500W+ multi-rail), high-speed interfaces (HBM, DDR5, PCIe Gen4/5, 10GbE), thermal interface specs, and hands-on hardware bringup and validation while collaborating with software and mechanical teams.

Leads materials and process engineering for welded aerospace hardware, including weld material and product qualification for flight and reuse. Develops technical specifications, engineering standards, qualification workflows, damage-tolerant design requirements, and process optimization. Collaborates with weld, materials, design, manufacturing, laboratory, quality, and fracture control teams on characterization, inspections, failure analysis, cost reduction, and production-rate improvements for reusable launch vehicles.