Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Designs and owns high-reliability crew avionics hardware for human-rated space stations. Responsibilities include electrical specifications, trade studies, multilayer PCB design, schematic capture, signal and power integrity analysis, simulation, hardware testing, troubleshooting, environmental qualification, documentation, and cross-functional integration. The engineer supports flight hardware from initial design through testing, integration, operation, and decommissioning while prioritizing astronaut and employee safety.

Plans and directs spacecraft integration and environmental tests, manages test plans and schedules, improves assembly procedures, and supports vehicle-level verification. The engineer collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and technician teams to resolve production issues, document nonconformances, implement corrective actions, and provide test direction, status updates, and go/no-go recommendations. The role requires hands-on hardware integration, test execution, and occasional evening or weekend work for mission milestones.

Design and qualify electro-mechanical flight, development, and test wire harnesses for human-rated space stations. Responsibilities include electrical architecture, wiring diagrams, connector layouts, 3D NX CAD routing, power and signal analysis, thermal and vibration testing, documentation, production integration, and trade studies focused on capability, mass, and cost optimization.

Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for avionics systems and wire harnesses used in aerospace products. Responsibilities include creating assembly procedures, resolving manufacturing issues through root cause analysis, coordinating with suppliers and quality teams, performing hands-on assembly and testing, supporting design reviews, and driving continuous improvement. The role also involves environmental test fixture design, avionics manufacturing documentation, and compliance with applicable industry standards.

Designs and develops spacecraft solar arrays, including requirements, architecture trades, materials and vendor selection, photovoltaic manufacturing processes, qualification testing, and lifecycle troubleshooting. The engineer integrates with systems, power electronics, structures, thermal, and mission assurance teams; supports design reviews, drawing checks, technical documentation, and NASA deliverables. The role requires engineering design and verification experience with photovoltaics or comparable composite structures, with space industry and advanced analysis software experience preferred.

Develops and optimizes thermal control systems for human-rated space stations and spacecraft. Responsibilities include requirements development, thermal analysis, design documentation, hardware drawing reviews, cross-functional engineering coordination, customer reporting, and planning and execution of subsystem thermal vacuum testing. The role also evaluates cost and schedule impacts and supports thermal system lifecycle activities from concept through operations.

Leads reliability engineering for Haven-1 avionics, RF, and power systems. Responsibilities include FMEA and fault-tree analysis, design and test reviews, verification and validation, reliability risk reduction, engineering standards, configuration management, change control, and hardware integration. The role guides design decisions, qualification and acceptance testing, manufacturing readiness, and human-rated space station reliability throughout the development lifecycle.

Design and develop thermal control systems and components for human-rated space stations, from design trades through production, launch, and orbit insertion. Perform fluid analyses, systems engineering, testing, manufacturing process development, trade studies, and structural analysis. Lead design reviews and coordinate with suppliers, customers, technicians, software, avionics, and mission operations teams to deliver reliable, manufacturable hardware.

Design and develop thermal control systems and components for human-rated artificial-gravity space stations. Lead design trades, fluid analyses, manufacturing process iteration, testing, design reviews, systems integration, and project delivery through production, launch, and orbit insertion. Ensure designs are manufacturable, reliable, and optimized through structural analysis, failure investigation, trade studies, and collaboration with suppliers, customers, technicians, and interdisciplinary engineering teams.

Develops and executes avionics test campaigns for human-rated space station flight hardware. Responsibilities include writing and maintaining test procedures, planning and directing integration tests, evaluating safety and quality requirements, managing test schedules, assessing risks, resolving nonconformances, and exercising technical authority during testing events. The role collaborates with engineering teams, subject matter experts, and technicians to verify vehicle-level systems and transition designs into tested flight-ready hardware.