Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Supports astrodynamics, orbit, trajectory, and spacecraft maneuver analyses across mission lifecycles. Responsibilities include assessing requirements, optimizing trajectories, evaluating sensors and constellation designs, supporting system analysis, and developing mission operations tools. The role requires modeling and simulation experience, orbital analysis software proficiency, scientific computing skills, and eligibility for a U.S. security clearance. It is 100% onsite and supports national security space missions.

Design and develop RF and digital satellite communication systems, including fixed-point signal-processing algorithms, waveform characterization, performance analysis, trade studies, and HDL design verification. Support payload and spacecraft integration, testing, and in-orbit operations while collaborating with customers, suppliers, program management, and systems engineering teams. The role requires an active U.S. Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and onsite work in El Segundo, California.

Designs, analyzes, configures, procures, and tests satellite propulsion systems and components. Responsibilities include mass properties analysis, materials and process selection, supplier and subcontractor management, qualification testing, technical drawings, technical presentations, schedule tracking, and design-process documentation. The role is fully onsite, supports spacecraft development through operations, and requires U.S. person status and eligibility for a security clearance.

Design and develop RF and digital satellite communications systems. Create and verify multi-rate, fixed-point DSP algorithms, perform waveform development, system-level trade studies, HDL-level design support, and integration/test from unit to in-orbit operations.

Leads RF and microwave engineering for antenna feeds, passive microwave devices, and RF test verification. Develops requirements and architectures, performs modeling, simulations, trade studies, and electromagnetic analyses, and conducts high-power RF and passive intermodulation testing across UHF through K-band frequencies. Supports supplier performance, manufacturing, customer-use issues, project planning, proposals, and lifecycle product development for government and commercial satellite systems.

Develops system architectures using MBSE and SysML, decomposes requirements, maintains traceability, analyzes mission threads and use cases, and supports engineering milestone reviews. The role translates customer reference architectures, ensures model compliance, improves MBSE processes and tools, mentors systems engineers, and supports customer relationships. The position is fully onsite in El Segundo, California, and requires U.S. citizenship, export-control eligibility, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Designs and manages spacecraft command and data handling architectures, avionics, and electrical interfaces. Responsibilities include requirements flowdown, verification, netlist management, data-budget and signal-integrity analysis, fault-management validation, clock and interface analysis, vendor trade studies, and technical support through integration, testing, and customer reviews. The engineer collaborates with flight software, harness, and ground-support teams while managing technical, cost, schedule, and risk communications.

Performs structural analysis for spacecraft and mechanical systems, including modal, static, dynamic, thermal, fatigue, loads, stress, and finite element modeling. Supports spacecraft design, configuration, mass properties, qualification testing, drawing reviews, and analysis documentation. Works with structural models, environmental testing, materials, manufacturing processes, and subsystem deliverables. The role is fully onsite and requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.

Build full-stack applications supporting rocket design and manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include developing front-end interfaces, back-end services, data pipelines, telemetry analysis tools, production-planning applications, and operational dashboards. Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, continuous integration, and iteration with engineers and factory operators.

Leads materials and process engineering for welded aerospace hardware, including weld material and product qualification for flight and reuse. Develops technical specifications, engineering standards, qualification workflows, damage-tolerant design requirements, and process optimization. Collaborates with weld, materials, design, manufacturing, laboratory, quality, and fracture control teams on characterization, inspections, failure analysis, cost reduction, and production-rate improvements for reusable launch vehicles.

Productionize rocket valves by collaborating with design and test teams, creating work instructions and tooling, evaluating value streams, reducing cost and nonconformances, and establishing manufacturing equipment. Own valve products throughout their lifecycle and incorporate lessons learned into product improvements. The role requires engineering fundamentals, experience with seals and installation procedures, cryogenic and ambient testing, and collaboration with technicians.

Lead the creation, improvement, and rollout of systems engineering processes, tools, and automation across the company. Identify process pain points, collaborate with Software, IT, and DevOps teams, and enable stronger design and test collaboration. The role requires driving full lifecycle process or tool development and may involve complex systems integration, testing, operations, scripting, and Model-Based Systems Engineering.

Leads mechanical design projects for launch vehicle and ground systems from concept through implementation. Coordinates technical requirements, develops 3D CAD models and mechanical, fluid, and electrical schematics, and performs structural, dynamic, and system performance analyses using hand calculations and FEM. Presents designs and project updates to engineering and cross-functional teams, ensuring functionality, feasibility, safety, and timely delivery.

Designs and maintains Python-based automated test systems for flight-critical avionics hardware. Responsibilities include integrating instrumentation and data acquisition equipment, managing test software through qualification and acceptance, troubleshooting anomalies, performing root cause analysis, documenting systems, enhancing automation frameworks, conducting code reviews, and collaborating with hardware, avionics, and test engineering teams. The role supports human-rated space station systems and may require evening or weekend work during mission milestones.

Develops ground segment operational products and supports space mission systems through system-level integration, testing, verification, ConOps development, architecture analysis, and cross-functional technical issue resolution. The role requires collaboration across multidisciplinary engineering teams on rapid-prototyping and high-intensity space technology projects.

Designs, analyzes, tests, integrates, and supports antenna and passive microwave hardware for space-based communication and payload systems. Responsibilities include electromagnetic modeling, simulation, trade studies, requirements verification, test planning, hardware validation, supplier coordination, manufacturing integration, and root-cause analysis across the product lifecycle. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo and requires U.S. citizenship, export-control compliance, and eligibility to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Performs structural and stress analyses for aircraft production and post-production modifications, determining structural integrity and margins of safety using classical methods, Boeing tools, and FEA. Develops design guidance, trade studies, integrated structural models, internal loads, and compliance documentation. Supports failure investigations, customer inquiries, regulatory coordination, technical issue resolution, and domestic or international travel. May lead and mentor analysts and support multiple programs.

Design and validate thermal products (MLI and protection) and mechanical/fluid subsystems for government and commercial satellites. Perform 3D product definition, thermal/mechanical/fluids analyses and testing, manage suppliers, and develop design/analysis tools and future concepts to meet program requirements.

Design, analyze, and verify RF, digital, and optical satellite communications payloads across lifecycle. Support requirements, trade studies, algorithms, simulations (link, capacity, performance), integration, testing, and supplier oversight. Develop analysis tools and participate in proposals and design reviews.

Develop and validate satellite constellation simulations, mission concepts, payload models, EO/IR image-processing and tracking algorithms, and end-to-end mission performance tools. Collaborate with software and firmware teams on simulation platforms and support system trades, requirements validation, and mission operations analysis. The role is fully onsite, requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance, and supports national security space missions.

Design, analyze, model, and test spacecraft thermal systems at component through system levels. Develop thermal models, predict loads and margins, support verification testing, brief stakeholders, identify materials/processes, and assist proposal efforts.

Designs, analyzes, documents, and tests mechanical, fluid, and thermal systems for satellite programs. Responsibilities include developing system requirements and designs, performing detail installation design and spatial integration, modifying mechanisms and related systems, preparing technical documentation, analyzing technical data, supporting laboratory testing, and assisting proposals and business development. The role works onsite in a collaborative lab environment and requires U.S. citizenship, export-control eligibility, and the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Designs and sustains avionics laboratory hardware, test systems, interfaces, and test environments. Executes verification procedures, develops instrumentation and configuration definitions, troubleshoots equipment, analyzes test data, prepares reports, and presents results. Requires engineering-related bachelor’s degree, electronic hardware and software testing experience, laboratory experience, wiring design knowledge, U.S. Person status, and ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Designs, analyzes, tests, qualifies, and delivers antenna and passive microwave hardware for space-based RF systems. Performs modeling, simulation, trade studies, requirements verification, test planning, environmental testing, supplier coordination, manufacturing integration, and root-cause analysis throughout the product lifecycle. Works cross-functionally with systems, hardware, software, test, program, customer, and supplier teams. The role is 100% onsite in El Segundo, California, and requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Designs, develops, integrates, verifies, and supports special test equipment for space electronics. Responsibilities include hardware or software test system development, automated test software, circuit design, prototyping, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, qualification testing, configuration management, equipment selection, and technical proposal support. The role collaborates with engineers, technicians, and program leads and is fully onsite in El Segundo, California.