Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Coordinates mission assurance across satellite programs from concept through operations, managing risk, discrepancies, design reviews, testing, anomaly resolution, and mission operations. Provides electrical power, circuit design, and satellite electronics expertise; evaluates qualification and acceptance testing; develops analytical or simulation tools; and coordinates technical findings with engineering teams and leadership. The role is fully onsite and supports national security space missions.

Lead electronics packaging and mechanical product design for space systems including PCB layout, structural/thermal/vibration analysis, trade studies, testing, and supplier support. Document compliance, drive process improvements, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver satellite electronics from concept through production.

Leads software verification and testing for satellite and ground systems. Responsibilities include developing test cases and procedures, leading formal verification and acceptance testing, automating regression tests, tracking defects through closure, managing verification documentation, supporting audits and change control, and coordinating with software, systems, and customer teams. The role requires software lifecycle experience, programming skills, Agile and DevOps knowledge, and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

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.

Develop and maintain requirements, architectures, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for satellite command-and-control software. Lead software development in scaled Agile and DevSecOps environments, integrate software components, support customer demonstrations, and perform Product Owner, Technical Lead, Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, or Integration and Test responsibilities. Manage development schedules, integration activities, and cost baselines while supporting high-performance ground systems.

Supports astrodynamics, orbit, trajectory, and spacecraft maneuver analyses across mission lifecycles. Responsibilities include assessing requirements, optimizing trajectories, evaluating sensors and constellation designs, supporting system analysis, and developing mission operations tools. The role requires modeling and simulation experience, orbital analysis software proficiency, scientific computing skills, and eligibility for a U.S. security clearance. It is 100% onsite and supports national security space missions.

Lead satellite assembly, integration, and test activities through launch, develop and approve procedures, troubleshoot hardware/software integration, run environmental tests (EMI/C, Dynamics, TVAC), improve manufacturing throughput, monitor performance with statistical tools, and coordinate across programs, manufacturing, facilities, and quality to meet delivery targets.

Leads the Spacecraft Integration and Test organization, managing 20–25 employees and overseeing performance, staffing, development, recruiting, training, and process improvement. Drives spacecraft assembly, integration, testing, manufacturing throughput, workflow optimization, and cross-functional coordination with manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams. Establishes performance metrics, onboarding programs, procedures, and knowledge management practices for aerospace production operations.

Perform systems engineering for space segments: manage external interfaces and ICDs, maintain requirements trace and VCRM, develop CONOPS and SDDs, use MBSE to build system architecture, run trade studies, plan and execute verification, and support test and evaluation.

Design, analyze, and test spacecraft thermal systems at component through system level. Build thermal models, support verification testing, develop tools, brief stakeholders, and assist with materials/processes and MLI support. Contribute to proposals and program efforts.