Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Supports primary structure assembly on the shop floor, removes production barriers, improves manufacturing processes, and standardizes work instructions and best practices. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, reliability, production, and vendor teams to provide manufacturability feedback. Applies engineering fundamentals, GD&T, drilling, trimming, fastening, machining, and inspection knowledge to support prototype and flight builds while making risk-based decisions in a high-pressure aerospace manufacturing environment.

Leads electrical engineering projects for electric aircraft and eVTOL systems, including system and circuit design, feasibility analysis, compliance, troubleshooting, simulation, and test investigations. Manages project budgets, timelines, and resources while providing technical leadership to cross-functional teams. Develops BOMs for printed board assemblies and supports electrical engineering tasks from conception through completion.

Leads the design, development, integration, and verification of advanced aerospace systems. Defines system requirements, architectures, and verification plans while ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards. Collaborates with cross-functional engineering teams, applies advanced engineering principles, and addresses complex aerospace challenges involving avionics and emerging technologies. The role also includes people leadership responsibilities such as talent development, retention, engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture.

Designs and analyzes spacecraft electrical wiring interconnect systems, harnesses, and printed circuit boards for satellite missions. Responsibilities include electrical diagrams, component selection, voltage and capacitance analysis, PCB layout, manufacturing documentation, harness testing, spacecraft integration, design reviews, supplier management, and support for proposals and production. The role is fully onsite and supports programs ranging from experimental LEO satellites to GEO vehicles.

Supports the design, analysis, development, verification, and operation of space-based communications systems. Performs RF link analysis, communications capacity calculations, waveform analysis, mathematical modeling, and system requirements evaluation. Helps optimize system architectures and integrate technical, operational, safety, reliability, security, and certification factors. Develops or uses analytical tools and simulations to demonstrate compliance with system requirements. This is a fully onsite first-shift role with occasional travel.

Develops RF printed wiring boards, microwave modules, and phased-array electronics for satellite payloads. Designs system architectures, validates gain-loss budgets, performs modeling and simulations, conducts testing, manages supplier performance, and supports products throughout their lifecycle. The role requires RF/microwave expertise, electrical engineering knowledge, and the ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Design and develop advanced digital electronics hardware for aerospace applications, ensuring compliance to specifications and collaborating across teams.

Lead development and integration of fault and autonomy architectures for first-of-kind space vehicles. Perform failure analyses (FMECA, fault tree), write onboard fault protection software requirements, design autonomy and ground recovery procedures, coordinate stakeholders and customers, present reviews, and provide occasional on-call anomaly support. Ensure redundancy and fault tolerance across spacecraft and ground systems.

Derive radiation environments for satellite missions, evaluate TID and SEE requirements, support electronic parts selection, develop test plans, design test harnesses, coordinate hardware procurement, and analyze test results. The role supports program, product, and systems engineering teams and requires full-time onsite work, U.S. person status, and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.

Performs survivability analyses for satellite systems across contamination, micrometeoroid, radiation, EMI/EMC, and other space-environment disciplines. Executes material and subsystem tests in simulated space environments, documents results, supports compliance documentation and test planning, and participates in multidisciplinary design reviews involving cost, weight, and risk trade-offs. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo, California, supporting national security space missions.

Design, implement, test, and maintain real-time/near-real-time software simulation models and system-level simulators for satellite mission rehearsal and operator training. Translate customer requirements, integrate and debug simulation scenarios, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and create automation tools for configuration and deployments in an agile CI/CD environment.

Develop RF and electrophysics architectures, requirements, simulations, trade studies, gain-loss budgets, test procedures, and validation plans for aerospace and defense systems. The engineer supports RF product development throughout the lifecycle, including qualification, production, and environmental performance analysis. This fully onsite role requires U.S. citizenship, eligibility for a Top Secret clearance, a bachelor’s degree, and at least five years of related experience. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and performance analysis of SIGINT systems for airborne and space missions. Collaborates with cross-functional teams on sensor and data processing integration, validates system data, creates technical and operational documentation, assesses risks, supports project planning, recommends system improvements, and mentors junior engineers.

Designs, develops, tests, integrates, debugs, and maintains non-embedded software for classified defense programs. Translates customer requirements into software architectures, interfaces, algorithms, and designs; supports system integration and lifecycle processes. The role also handles technical issues, improves development processes and metrics, conducts software research, and ensures compliance with quality, safety, regulatory, and customer standards. Work involves Java, ReactJS, DevOps tools, Agile methodologies, and classified-program environments.

Designs and integrates operational concepts for space missions and first-of-kind space vehicles. Coordinates stakeholders, customers, and subject matter experts; supports technology integration; develops leadership review packages; leads system trade studies, architecture development, functional analysis, and cross-segment issue resolution. Applies MBSE tools to capture system architecture and operational concepts while working with multidisciplinary engineering teams. The role is fully onsite and requires occasional after-hours support.

Design, implement, integrate, test, and debug spacecraft dynamic models and interface software for real-time simulators and emulators. Support hardware/software integration, produce design and test documentation, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, support STE testbeds, and provide simulation operation and maintenance support in an agile CI/CD environment.

Lead design and technical strategy for spacecraft Command & Data Handling architectures. Perform trade studies, requirements and ICD definition, signal integrity/EMI analysis, vendor selection, integration/test oversight, FDIR collaboration, and mentor engineering staff to ensure mission-ready avionics and electrical hardware.

Design and verify RF, digital, and optical satellite communication systems, develop and validate fixed-point multi-rate DSP architectures, perform link budgets and performance analysis, support ASIC/FPGA system design and prototype demonstrations, and lead integration, verification, and trade studies.

Owns materials and processes engineering for Terran-R adhesives and sealants. Responsibilities include defining qualification envelopes, creating test plans, executing characterization campaigns, analyzing data, developing technical standards, improving processes, and supporting material selection, manufacturing, reliability, supply chain, failure analysis, flight qualification, and vehicle reuse.

Own materials and processes engineering for thermal protection systems and non-metallic soft goods supporting Terran R flight and reuse. Define qualification envelopes, test plans, characterization campaigns, specifications, and engineering standards. Lead statistically driven experiments, process improvements, failure analyses, and material qualification. Collaborate with materials, laboratory, design, manufacturing, supply chain, reliability, fracture control, and leadership teams to resolve technical risks and improve performance, cost, quality, manufacturing rate, and reusability.

Own materials and processes engineering for Terran R avionics hardware. Qualify materials and processes for flight and reuse, develop technical specifications, lead statistically driven experiments, and support material selection, design, failure analysis, manufacturing, quality, and supply-chain activities. The role coordinates laboratory characterization, process development, subcontractor compliance, fracture-control efforts, technical roadmaps, and risk reduction across interdisciplinary teams.

Build scalable backend infrastructure and innovative advertising formats for Snap’s performance advertising platform. Lead end-to-end experimentation, optimization, and delivery of ads products, while ensuring availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost efficiency. Collaborate across teams to evaluate trade-offs, solve ambiguous problems, provide company-wide technical direction, and mentor engineers. The role requires extensive software development experience, technical leadership, and expertise operating highly available systems at scale.

Design and integrate vehicle electrical wire harnesses from concept through production launch. Develop 3D CAD designs, optimize routing and packaging, resolve EMI, thermal, durability, and sealing issues, and execute validation plans. Support manufacturing lines, suppliers, vehicle bring-up, documentation, and prototype troubleshooting while collaborating cross-functionally on electrical architecture, components, manufacturability, and advanced wiring technologies.

Owns vehicle electrical wire harness design from concept through production launch. Responsibilities include 3D routing and physical integration, electrical and mechanical issue resolution, DVP&R validation, component and complexity strategy, manufacturing support, supplier documentation, and prototype vehicle troubleshooting. The role collaborates across engineering and manufacturing teams while optimizing harness mass, cost, durability, manufacturability, environmental sealing, and electrical performance.

Leads validation of electric vehicle battery packs through performance, durability, and abuse testing. Develops test plans and scripts, configures data acquisition systems, analyzes results, creates reports, and identifies design improvements. Collaborates with systems, cell, manufacturing, quality, service, prototyping, and logistics teams. Supports fixture fabrication, component-level testing, safety compliance, sample coordination, and external vendor testing.