Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Own embedded firmware for cloud-seeding vehicles, including flight controllers, power systems, sensors, payloads, and onboard Linux interfaces. Responsibilities span architecture, board bring-up, drivers, communication protocols, safety mechanisms, testing, releases, field deployment, and troubleshooting. The role partners with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and flight operations teams to deliver reliable vehicle systems.

Assemble and integrate UAV platforms, wiring harnesses, electrical systems, and sensing payloads. Test, troubleshoot, inspect, maintain, and repair aircraft for flight readiness. Support field operations and flight testing, improve assembly processes, and ensure quality and workmanship standards. The role requires mechanical and electrical integration experience, technical drawing and schematic interpretation, complex system troubleshooting, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced production environment.

Lead electrical system architecture for UAS, payload, and sensing hardware. Design and prototype PCBs, power distribution, sensor interfaces, and communications modules using Altium. Bring up and validate boards, develop testing procedures, document designs, and support manufacturing. Develop embedded systems and low-level drivers, collaborate across engineering and research teams, mentor engineers, and lead technical reviews. Preferred experience includes UAV flight systems, high-power electronics, batteries, RF, and autopilot hardware.

Leads logistics strategy and operations across headquarters, manufacturing, test facilities, and field deployments. Builds scalable transportation, warehousing, inventory, reverse-logistics, and asset-tracking systems; manages carriers and third-party logistics providers; ensures equipment readiness, regulatory compliance, and cost-effective delivery. Oversees logistics budgets, metrics, contingency planning, team development, and operational problem-solving for distributed, time-sensitive missions.

Designs and supports mission-critical electrical subsystems for Rainmaker’s unmanned aircraft systems. The role contributes to UAS platforms, dispersion payloads, and in-situ and remote sensing systems within a fast-paced cloud-seeding technology environment, reporting to the Electrical Engineering Lead.

Lead hands-on mechanical engineering for Rainmaker’s cloud seeding systems, owning hardware from concept through production. Develop and support UAS, dispersion payload, and in-situ or remote sensing systems while providing technical leadership, guidance, and design reviews for other engineers.

Owns state and local regulatory permitting for domestic cloud seeding programs. Responsibilities include scoping requirements, preparing and shepherding permits and licenses, coordinating environmental and water-resource approvals, managing NOAA and state reporting, maintaining compliance calendars and authorization records, and advising program teams. The role also develops regulatory playbooks, builds agency relationships, supports new-state feasibility evaluations, and drives continuous improvement of regulatory submissions.

Leads business development for California state government customers, owning revenue targets and pipelines tied to appropriations, grants, contracts, and pilot programs. Builds relationships with legislators, agencies, water districts, and industry partners; shapes legislative and budget policies; develops public/private partnerships; supports proposals and procurement compliance; organizes demonstrations and stakeholder events; and reports market intelligence, pipeline forecasts, and strategic recommendations.

Own Rainmaker’s production infrastructure and security, including cloud systems, deployments, CI/CD, observability, identity and access, secrets, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery. Build reliable 24/7 remote systems that tolerate lost communications, establish deployment and recovery standards, and support rapid software development across engineering, science, aircraft, and field operations.

Build and maintain full-stack software across internal tools, campaign planning, field operations, weather and geospatial data, aircraft operations, and customer-facing products. Work directly with users and cross-functional teams to identify problems, prototype solutions, and own products through deployment and continued development. Improve shared software components and technical patterns across the organization.