Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Executes software testing and release tasks, writes Python automation for validation and artifact handling, supports release candidate publication and Run-for-Record campaigns, and assists with deployment validation, troubleshooting, CI/CD improvements, documentation, and data reviews under senior-engineer guidance.

Owns build reliability for flight avionics hardware across design, manufacturing, integration, and testing. The role establishes readiness criteria, improves production processes, analyzes build data, leads quality reviews and root-cause investigations, drives corrective actions, and reduces cost of quality. It requires cross-functional leadership across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and mission assurance in a high-reliability aerospace environment.

Own build reliability for flight avionics and fluid-system hardware across design, manufacturing, integration, and test. The role defines readiness criteria, improves production processes, analyzes build data, leads containment and root-cause investigations, implements corrective actions, reduces quality costs, and coordinates cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and mission assurance.

Designs, tests, and analyzes custom high-speed digital electronics for the Terran R launch vehicle. Owns hardware through the full lifecycle, including concept design, board bring-up, verification, qualification, manufacturing, integration, and vehicle operations. Collaborates with mechanical, thermal, electrical, software, propulsion, GNC, and other teams to deliver reliable avionics hardware on schedule.

Owns forming operations for rocket primary structures, including roll forming and press brake process development. The role brings a large-sheet press brake work center online, creates work instructions and specifications, standardizes manufacturing processes, resolves shop-floor issues, provides design-for-manufacturing feedback, and leads process improvement projects. It requires engineering fundamentals in forming, metallic processing, mechanics of materials, inspection, GD&T, and aerospace manufacturing collaboration.

Owns machining operations for large 3-axis mills, 5-axis mills, and a vertical turning lathe. Introduces products, improves high-volume processes, creates work instructions and specifications, establishes machining work centers, resolves shop-floor issues, and provides design-for-manufacturing feedback. Collaborates with engineering, production, reliability teams, and vendors to develop tooling, standardize processes, and support prototype and flight builds.

Develops, validates, and improves manufacturing test assets and processes for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic rocket systems. Leads test equipment and tooling design, test sequencing, mBOM and work-order creation, training, and specification development. Supports production personnel, resolves shop-floor test issues, analyzes data, and leads root-cause investigations and corrective actions. Partners with design, manufacturing, production, supply chain, and quality teams to improve testability, safety, reliability, and scalability.

Develops, validates, and improves manufacturing test assets and processes for electromechanical mechanisms and integrated assemblies. Designs or sources test equipment, authors procedures and specifications, supports production testing, analyzes test data, and leads root-cause investigations and corrective actions. Partners with design, manufacturing, production, supply chain, and quality teams while providing hands-on shop-floor support, safety guidance, tooling direction, and test-process leadership.

Owns forming operations for rocket primary structures, including roll forming and press brake process development. The role brings a press brake work center online, creates work instructions and specifications, standardizes manufacturing processes, resolves shop-floor issues, and provides design-for-manufacturing feedback. It requires expertise in manufacturing process improvement, metallic processing, mechanics of materials, inspection methods, GD&T, and 3D/2D drafting, with preferred experience in aerospace hardware introduction and aluminum forming.

Develops, validates, and improves manufacturing test assets and processes for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic rocket systems. Designs test tooling, sequences, procedures, work orders, and training; supports production floor testing; analyzes test data; leads root-cause investigations and corrective actions; and collaborates with design, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams. The role also provides technical leadership for workcenter development, safety, tooling, and capital equipment.

Support machining operations for Terran R rocket structures by introducing products, defining tooling and processes, creating work instructions, standardizing production methods, resolving shop-floor issues, and providing design-for-manufacturing feedback. The role collaborates with engineering, production, reliability teams, and vendors while improving CNC milling and turning processes, establishing machining work centers, and supporting prototype and flight builds.

Owns end-to-end definition, integration, and delivery of a Mars mission spacecraft bus and its payload interfaces. Defines and tracks spacecraft requirements, interfaces, and performance budgets across power, mass, thermal, communications, and other subsystems. Coordinates internal teams and external spacecraft providers through design, procurement, integration, testing, launch, and operations while serving as the technical and programmatic focal point for mission success.

Design, prototype, analyze, and document consumer electronics components from concept through mass production. Lead mechanical subsystem design, technical reviews, experiments, failure analysis, corrective actions, and cross-functional collaboration with industrial design, operations, suppliers, and contract manufacturers. Support overseas development builds, manufacturing readiness, tolerance analysis, design for manufacturing, and structural analysis for Spectacles products. Travel internationally up to 20%.

The Payload Engineer defines and manages payload accommodations for reusable Earth-return vehicles, including structural, electrical, thermal, environmental, and interface requirements. Responsibilities include designing payload bays and hardware, authoring user guides and ICDs, verifying payload environments, supporting customer proposals and design reviews, and leading payload integration, testing, and recovery. The role establishes scalable payload integration processes and serves as the primary technical liaison for payload customers and external partners.

Designs and leads flight safety analyses for reusable reentry missions, including 3-DOF and 6-DOF trajectory simulations, Monte Carlo dispersion, breakup and debris modeling, risk assessments, and FAA Part 450 compliance. Defines deorbit targets, recovery zones, flight safety limits, and mission rules; authors licensing materials and interfaces with FAA-AST. Collaborates with GNC, aerothermal, structures, avionics, and operations teams while building and validating analysis software and supporting mission operations.

Designs and develops digital circuit and unit hardware for aerospace applications, including requirements, architecture, modeling, analysis, testing, verification, and production support. Leads technical reviews, supplier management recommendations, performance tracking, lifecycle engineering support, and future product research. The role requires close collaboration across satellite electronics teams and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.

Designs and analyzes space-based radar payloads across the full satellite program lifecycle. Responsibilities include defining requirements and interfaces, supporting hardware reviews, developing MATLAB/Excel-based analysis tools, conducting CONOPS and performance analyses, decomposing requirements, and contributing to architecture trade studies and technology roadmaps. The role requires expertise in RF radar systems, digital signal processing, MTI algorithms, and adaptive phased-array antenna analysis.

Lead engineering authority for classified space mission systems programs, overseeing systems engineering, requirements, interfaces, design integration, test, verification, supplier work, and lifecycle engineering processes. Establishes engineering practices, metrics, SOWs, team structure, and risk/issue management while ensuring export control and security clearance compliance.

Design and analyze satellite solar arrays and battery mechanical/electro-mechanical systems. Lead design, testing, qualification, failure investigations, and cross-functional coordination. Produce mechanical/electrical layouts using Creo/AutoCAD, apply GD&T and DFMAT, and serve as a technical lead or Responsible Engineering Authority on spacecraft solar and battery hardware.

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.

Develop and integrate space payload emulators using Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms, embedded Linux, firmware, drivers, and hardware/software interfaces. Build Java or JavaScript GUIs for telemetry, command, and control. Perform board bring-up, lab debugging, system integration, and testing with multidisciplinary engineering teams. Use Xilinx toolchains, version control, and modern software practices while providing technical leadership during integration campaigns.

Designs and sustains avionics laboratory hardware, test articles, interfaces, instrumentation, and related systems. Responsibilities include hardware architecture, component selection, mechanical and electrical design, test procedure development, systems verification, troubleshooting, calibration, data analysis, configuration control, and technical documentation. The engineer supports program milestones, hardware reviews, test reporting, and cross-functional engineering activities for aerospace programs.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, maintenance, and lifecycle management of ground software systems. Translates customer requirements into software architectures and designs, resolves defects, improves processes and performance metrics, supports user troubleshooting, evaluates emerging technologies, and oversees software projects, suppliers, compliance, and team performance. Serves as the ground software subject matter expert and leads related proposal efforts.

Develops and verifies vehicle management flight software for aerospace and autonomy platforms. Responsibilities include translating requirements into software designs, integrating functions, building simulation and hardware-in-the-loop environments, creating automated test frameworks, executing manual and automated V&V activities, supporting CI/CD, investigating defects, maintaining technical documentation, and coordinating verification across multifunctional teams. The role is fully onsite and requires an active U.S. Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and up to 10% travel.

Executes test procedures on spacecraft flight hardware, verifies subsystems, troubleshoots anomalies, and analyzes test data. Supports satellite payload architecture, integration, electrical subsystem performance, RF systems engineering, interface assessments, system-level troubleshooting, test readiness, and requirements compliance. The role requires laboratory testing, electronic equipment troubleshooting, verification activities, and flexibility to support non-standard schedules.