Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads space electronics packaging and mechanical product design from concept through production. Performs structural, thermal, vibration, and dynamics analyses; designs and routes PCBs; conducts trade studies, testing, validation, and root-cause investigations. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams, documents compliance, supports supplier decisions, improves engineering processes, and evaluates emerging technologies for satellite and space electronics applications.

Develop and maintain DevSecOps and GitOps capabilities, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerized deployments, infrastructure as code, and secure cloud-native test environments. Automate, monitor, troubleshoot, and improve development, integration, testing, deployment, configuration, and security processes. Maintain requirements traceability and collaborate with engineering teams, leadership, and government customers. The position is fully onsite and supports proprietary national security programs.

Reviews spacecraft designs, supplier documentation, parts, materials, and processes for safety, reliability, and mission risk. Evaluates EEE components and qualification testing, supports failure and corrective action boards, interprets industry and government specifications, and recommends mitigations. The role provides independent technical assurance across space vehicle systems while mentoring teams and maintaining technical knowledge databases. It requires onsite work, U.S. person status, and the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Develop and maintain secure DevOps environments, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerized deployments, and infrastructure-as-code solutions. Automate and troubleshoot engineering, integration, testing, deployment, configuration, and security processes. Maintain requirements traceability, improve integration and test efficiency, and collaborate with technical teams, leadership, and government customers. The role is fully onsite, requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, occasional travel, and flexible on-call support.

Designs, analyzes, tests, and supports satellite electrical power and harness subsystems across the spacecraft lifecycle. Responsibilities include requirements definition, verification artifacts, battery and bus modeling, voltage regulation and stability analysis, harness calculations, power budgeting, architecture and sizing, fault-tolerance analysis, anomaly resolution, and multidisciplinary collaboration. The role requires onsite work in El Segundo and may support mission operations and sustaining engineering.

Designs and analyzes mechanical electronics packaging for space and satellite systems. Responsibilities include structural and thermal analysis, trade studies, PCB sizing and layout, requirements compliance documentation, design validation, process improvement, and root-cause corrective action. Collaborates with electrical and multidisciplinary engineering teams on products from concept through production while working under close supervision.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, debugging, and maintenance of embedded software for specialized hardware and mission systems. Translates customer requirements into software designs, improves system efficiency and stability, supports hardware integration, evaluates emerging technologies, and oversees supplier and internal software performance. The role also leads embedded software projects using Agile methodologies and requires U.S. Secret clearance eligibility.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, debugging, and maintenance of embedded real-time software for avionics systems. Oversees requirements traceability, architecture, code reviews, hardware-software integration, automated test strategies, cybersecurity, software quality, supplier performance, and embedded software project management. The role requires leadership across engineering disciplines, compliance with safety and regulatory standards, and expertise in DevSecOps and developer productivity.

Designs, integrates, configures, and optimizes IT infrastructure throughout its lifecycle. Installs and administers operating systems, servers, virtualization, storage, and Office 365 environments; supports high availability and security; documents procedures; researches automation; and leads DevSecOps adoption for ground-support computing infrastructure. Requires collaboration with engineering teams on requirements, schedules, deployments, and costing.

Leads end-to-end space system integration and test programs spanning spacecraft, ground systems, software, hardware, and external interfaces. Develops test requirements, procedures, scripts, and configurations; performs laboratory and flight hardware testing; troubleshoots technical issues; supports verification, validation, launch readiness, and mission operations. Coordinates multifunctional teams, presents status to leadership, improves processes, and leads small projects while managing technical scope, cost, and schedule.

Designs and analyzes space electronics packaging and mechanical products throughout the lifecycle. Responsibilities include structural, thermal, vibration, and PCB layout analysis; requirements development; trade studies; compliance documentation; design validation; root-cause investigations; process improvement; supplier support; and emerging technology evaluation. The role collaborates across engineering disciplines and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.

Designs and analyzes space electronics packaging and mechanical structures across the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include PCB layout and placement studies, structural, thermal, vibration, and dynamics analysis, trade studies, requirements compliance, design validation, root-cause investigations, process improvement, supplier technical support, and emerging technology evaluation. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with electrical, satellite, supplier, and multidisciplinary engineering teams and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.

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.

Develop and deploy data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AIP for client engagements. Lead technical teams, coach team members, analyze system interactions, build applications with large datasets, and apply data engineering and analytics to deliver client outcomes. The role also includes managing client relationships, planning and executing projects, encouraging technology adoption, resolving stakeholder conflicts, and driving continuous improvement.

Designs and integrates complex aerospace mechanical systems, supporting architecture trade studies, requirements-based engineering, validation and verification, system testing, technical presentations, and documentation. The role focuses on thermodynamics and thermal management within cross-functional teams, including planning performance, environmental, and vibration tests. Candidates will work in Torrance, California, on a hybrid schedule and must meet U.S. export-control requirements.

Design and prototype new products and mobile experiences, primarily through functional iOS prototypes. Build creative tools and internal systems, occasionally prototype for web, AR, and AI, and collaborate with designers, researchers, product managers, and engineers to ship polished products. The role also involves product strategy, user testing, presenting ideas to leadership, and leading cross-functional product development.

Own manufacturing engineering for rocket mechanisms from design release through testing and vehicle integration. Lead build and test flow, sourcing, assembly sequencing, mBOM development, work orders, specifications, tooling, and workcenter development. Support shop-floor production, resolve manufacturing issues, lead root-cause and corrective actions, improve processes, and mentor other manufacturing engineers. The role requires hands-on experience with interdisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic assemblies in aerospace or manufacturing environments.

Design, analyze, manufacture, and test primary and secondary aerospace structures for Terran R’s base heat shield. Responsibilities include sizing flight hardware, reviewing loads and material properties, creating and releasing drawings, supporting hardware test campaigns, developing manufacturing processes, and designing tools or fixtures. The role collaborates with thermal protection, design, test, and loads teams while owning projects from concept through launch-ready hardware.

Develops and maintains product cost estimates across development and commercialization. Reviews materials, labor, tooling, packaging, manufacturing processes, bills of materials, and supplier quotations to validate cost assumptions. Performs cost comparisons, margin analyses, budgeting, and value-engineering evaluations; identifies cost-reduction opportunities and risks. Partners with Product Development, Design, Marketing, Finance, and Sourcing, presents recommendations to management, manages project cost targets, improves costing tools and processes, and mentors junior team members.

Build and ship end-to-end consumer product features across frontend, backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and production infrastructure. Use AI coding agents, own Kubernetes services, monitoring, on-call responsibilities, performance, privacy, testing, architecture, and technical debt reduction. Instrument features and analyze results in Sigma and Snowflake. Collaborate with product teams, distributed colleagues, partners, and agencies while delivering weekly releases to millions of users.

Own RF products from development testing through mission service for human-rated space stations. Define designs, test plans, qualification and acceptance procedures, vehicle-level checkout tests, and integration activities. Coordinate with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, project management, and vendor teams; document trade studies and design reviews; and support mission operations as an RF subject matter expert.

Develop and optimize manufacturing and assembly processes for avionics and wire harnesses. Create manufacturing plans and work instructions, perform hands-on assembly/integration/testing, resolve manufacturing issues via root-cause analysis, work with suppliers and QA, participate in design reviews, and drive continuous improvement.

Design, develop, and test low-level firmware and device drivers to initialize and manage SoC hardware. Implement BSP components for Linux/RTOS, collaborate with hardware engineers on register maps and timing, and produce boot flow, integration, and test documentation. Drive software delivery, create tools for automation, and support SoC validation and integration activities.

Supports aerospace mission analysis through satellite and constellation modeling, simulation, mission scenario assessment, and technical performance analysis. Develops and validates CONOPS, design reference missions, image-processing and inertial-tracking algorithms, state estimation, and optimal-control solutions. Collaborates with technical and program leadership to deliver validated mission tools and software integration. The role is fully onsite, part-time, first shift, and requires U.S. Person status and eligibility for a TS/SCI clearance.

Leads ground systems engineering, integration, verification, and testing for advanced space and national security programs. Defines system requirements, interfaces, test plans, procedures, schedules, and technical documentation; performs real-time testing, anomaly resolution, data analysis, and verification activities. Leads system architecture, quality-factor, risk, requirements, and technology-readiness analyses while coordinating with cross-functional teams, leadership, and government customers. The role is fully onsite and requires occasional customer-support travel.