Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Develop, qualify, and implement manufacturing processes for satellite structures and propulsion. Review designs for manufacturability, create work instructions and SOPs, lead process transition from low-rate to higher-rate production, and perform root-cause analysis with engineering corrective actions.

Design structural, payload, and MGSE components for space hardware using 3-D CAD (e.g., Creo). Develop, verify, and document designs, manage suppliers, support fabrication/integration/testing, ensure compliance with GD&T, safety, and producibility, and create tooling and assembly solutions for satellite platforms.

Designs, deploys, integrates, secures, and maintains enterprise and air-gapped IT systems across operating systems, networks, hardware, software, and cloud platforms. Responsibilities include infrastructure configuration, high-availability administration, troubleshooting escalated issues, Tier III support, security documentation, automation, vendor coordination, and technical mentorship. The role requires secure systems engineering expertise, cloud experience, cybersecurity certification eligibility, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

The Survivability Systems Engineer/Scientist leads analyses and testing for spacecraft survivability against environmental challenges, overseeing designs and compliance verification.

Design, implement, and maintain APIs, backend services, and front-end interfaces for mission planning and satellite/ground systems. Lead feature development across the full lifecycle in an Agile DevSecOps environment, emphasizing automation, testing, security, performance, and code quality. Support integration, CI/CD pipelines, and geospatial visualization for defense communications systems.

Leads mission systems engineering for first-of-kind space vehicles and missions. Develops physics-based simulations, mission flight plans, operational planning tools, and concept-of-operations solutions. Supports technology integration, system trade studies, performance verification, and customer presentations. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and subject matter experts across space and ground domains while providing technical leadership in an accelerated development environment.

Designs, integrates, tests, debugs, and leads development of embedded flight software for satellite and payload systems. Responsibilities include software-hardware integration, requirements analysis, cyber vulnerability analysis, cyber monitoring algorithms, configuration automation, documentation, quality assurance, and delivery coordination. The role interfaces with multidisciplinary engineering teams and supports safety, security, and performance objectives for commercial and government space programs.

Design and validate ASIC and mixed-signal subsystem architectures for space-based digital communication systems. Responsibilities include requirements derivation, verification planning, ADC/DAC performance analysis, technical trade studies, supplier coordination, hardware and software integration, qualification, unit sell-off, and risk mitigation. The role supports the full subsystem lifecycle and requires collaboration across engineering, program management, suppliers, and customers.

Design, develop, integrate, test, debug, and document embedded flight software for satellite and payload systems. Translate requirements, integrate software with specialized hardware, improve system stability, conduct cyber vulnerability analyses, implement monitoring algorithms, and create automation tools. Senior responsibilities include leading software integration, reviews, testing, supplier performance, project execution, and cross-functional collaboration. The role is fully onsite and requires U.S. Secret clearance eligibility, with final clearance required before starting.

Leads the Launch Systems Integration organization, managing engineering teams, managers, technical work products, budgets, schedules, staffing, suppliers, standards, and process improvements. Oversees launch systems design, build, delivery, validation, CONOPS, and interface documentation. Provides technical direction, customer and stakeholder engagement, employee development, performance management, and cross-team collaboration. Requires extensive aerospace defense experience and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.