Top Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Designs and reviews schematics, PCB layouts, stackups, flex and rigid-flex circuits. Tests and validates electrical designs, debugs power, signal integrity, interface, and coexistence issues, analyzes circuit variation, and develops prototypes. Collaborates with RF, product design, firmware, suppliers, and engineering teams through development and failure analysis. Requires up to 20% international travel to support supplier development builds.

Supports hands-on engine assembly, integration, testing, and transition from development to production. Creates assembly procedures, manufacturing plans, work instructions, and test plans; collaborates with design teams and technicians; resolves shop-floor blockers and nonconformances; procures tooling; and drives continuous improvement in aerospace engine manufacturing.

Own materials and processes engineering for launch vehicle fluid systems. Qualify materials and processes for flight and reuse, develop engineering standards, lead experimental design and process improvement, and support material selection, manufacturing, failure analysis, inspections, and risk assessments. Collaborate with materials, laboratory, fluid systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, fracture control, and leadership teams to resolve technical risks and enable reliable, cost-effective production.

Design and analyze turbomachinery components for turbofan, turboshaft, and APU applications. Perform CFD-based evaluation of performance, pressure ratio, mass flow, efficiency, and surge margin; support component and engine testing; analyze test data; document engineering results; present design reviews; and contribute to mentoring, process improvement, and technical knowledge capture.

Design, implement, and operate critical, highly scalable backend services (identity, friend graph, persistence). Collaborate across teams, build and test distributed systems, ensure availability and operational excellence, use AI tools to accelerate development, and participate in incident response and debugging.

Own mission design and trajectory analysis for a 2028 Mars Orbiter mission. Develop interplanetary and Mars orbital trajectories, navigation processes, orbit determination, maneuver analyses, and DSN tracking measurement interfaces. Build mission design tools, software requirements, architectures, and engineering practices while coordinating with GNC, spacecraft systems, communications, software, and mission operations teams. Provide technical ownership across mission design and flight navigation activities.

Design and develop RF and digital satellite communications systems, implement and verify multi-rate fixed-point signal processing algorithms, perform performance analysis and waveform development, conduct trade studies, support integration, test and HDL-level design/verification of payloads and spacecraft, and carry out detailed system design and verification activities.

Lead and perform systems engineering for MILSATCOM ground mission planning systems: define and verify requirements, design interfaces and architecture, support integration and test, ensure system security, reliability and maintainability, mentor teams, coordinate with suppliers and government stakeholders, and present technical material at program reviews.

Designs and develops digital circuit and unit hardware for aerospace and satellite applications. Responsibilities include requirements and interface definition, modeling, analysis, testing, design verification, technical support for production, schematic and circuit development, performance measurement, trade studies, and lifecycle engineering support. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional electronics teams and supports communication, control, embedded, and digital processing systems.

Designs, implements, maintains, and optimizes secure LAN, WAN, wireless, and cloud network infrastructure. Leads deployment of routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers; manages network security; develops resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans; and maintains technical documentation. Provides technical leadership and mentorship while collaborating cross-functionally to identify and manage network risks and opportunities. The onsite role requires U.S. citizenship, security-clearance eligibility, and Secret clearance after starting.

Leads development of MILSATCOM ground mission planning systems, including requirements analysis, architecture and interface design, integration, verification, testing, and customer demonstrations. Coordinates system performance requirements, risk and opportunity management, technical analyses, quality attributes, and cross-functional issue resolution. Collaborates with suppliers, contractors, government customers, and integrated product teams while mentoring engineering staff and leading technical reviews and documentation. The role is fully onsite in Seal Beach, California, requires an active Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and domestic travel as needed.

Leads spacecraft mechanical engineering efforts, establishes technical direction, and develops processes, standards, tools, and design guides. Supports engineering authorities with technical problem-solving and verification testing, provides guidance during design reviews, customer meetings, failure analyses, and trade studies, and audits programs and suppliers for improvement opportunities. Mentors mechanical engineers and advances emerging spacecraft mechanical design technologies.

Designs and integrates complex mechanical systems, supports architecture trade studies, and develops, validates, and verifies system requirements. The role creates verification and qualification plans, coordinates component and analysis teams, presents technical findings, oversees testing, and maintains traceable technical documentation. It requires aerospace systems engineering expertise, knowledge of mechanical and thermal disciplines, requirements management tools, Model-Based Systems Engineering, and environmental testing experience. The position is hybrid in Torrance, California, with no relocation offered.

Designs, develops, integrates, and validates environmental control system models for commercial, business, regional, and military aircraft. Responsibilities include thermodynamic, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics analysis; ECS performance modeling and simulation; system and equipment requirements definition; model optimization and validation; stakeholder coordination; and integration test support, including test planning, execution, data review, and model calibration.

Administer and improve enterprise SaaS platforms supporting productivity, collaboration, identity, and employee access. Manage Okta integrations, SSO, provisioning, roles, licensing, lifecycle workflows, access reviews, and least-privilege controls. Automate integrations using scripts, APIs, and webhooks; provide Tier 2/3 escalation support; monitor platform health and incidents; maintain documentation; and coordinate with security, IAM, application owners, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Defines architectures for spacecraft RF systems and establishes organization-wide design, testing, and performance standards. Develops RF analysis tools and methodologies, leads complex trade studies, resolves cross-system EMI/EMC issues, and coordinates multi-team technical programs. Provides mentorship, drives cross-organizational alignment, supports suppliers and subcontracts, and delivers program-level communication outcomes. Requires extensive aerospace RF experience, including spacecraft architectures, link budgets, antenna systems, communication protocols, and advanced RF simulation.

Leads enterprise RF architecture and strategy for spacecraft communication systems across multiple missions and frequency bands. Oversees link performance, EMI/EMC strategy, verification, payload qualification, regulatory coordination, and technical standards. Influences executives, represents the company externally, drives innovative RF capabilities, and develops senior engineering talent across the organization.

Develops, validates, and improves manufacturing test assets and processes for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic aerospace assemblies. Leads test system and tooling design, work instructions, training, safety compliance, shop-floor troubleshooting, test data analysis, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, production, supply chain, and quality teams to deliver scalable, reliable testing for rocket hardware.

Own ASIC, FPGA, and SoC verification activities across aerospace programs. Develop SystemVerilog and UVM environments, reusable verification infrastructure, and UVCs; support planning, simulation, debugging, integration, requirements traceability, coverage, metrics-driven closure, and delivery. Lead verification efforts, troubleshoot across RTL and system boundaries, mentor engineers, assess completeness, and coordinate technical workstreams. The role is fully onsite and requires eligibility for a U.S. Secret clearance.

Supports satellite and constellation autonomy across the mission lifecycle. Defines and validates fault detection, isolation, and response architectures; maintains spacecraft states, modes, and transitions; analyzes thresholds and fault responses; contributes to CONOPS and technology trades; performs end-to-end autonomy testing; and supports on-console mission operations for on-orbit spacecraft.

The role involves designing and developing satellite communication systems, conducting performance analysis, and supporting ASIC and FPGA system design.

Develop fault protection and autonomy architectures for first-of-kind spacecraft and missions. Responsibilities include systems integration, redundancy and fault-tolerance design, failure-mode analysis, onboard software requirements, spacecraft safing and recovery procedures, customer coordination, technical review presentations, and occasional anomaly on-call support. The role spans spacecraft and ground systems and requires collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Drive spacecraft product reliability by partnering with design and manufacturing to create quality plans, implement Lean test/inspection processes, investigate and contain production and flight failures, perform root cause analysis, and lead continuous improvement to improve manufacturability and reduce recurring non-conformances.

Lead wire harness design, documentation, and installation for space and launch vehicles. Coordinate with cross-functional teams, perform system integration and troubleshooting, support manufacturing and testing, mentor junior engineers, and maintain configuration, security, and compliance throughout product lifecycle.

Designs, integrates, verifies, and tests satellite ground systems. Develops requirements, interface documents, architecture, test plans, and reports. Performs system analyses for reliability, safety, maintainability, security, and affordability. Works in agile teams, mentors staff, and supports requirements management, system integration, verification, and customer delivery to ensure mission success.