Development Test Engineer Impulse Space Propulsion Inc.Development Test EngineerRedondo Beach, CA$100,000–$120,000 / yearTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. This role is highly cross-functional, interfacing with design, analysis, manufacturing, and operations teams to ensure products meet performance, safety, and reliability requirements.
Senior Mechanical Engineer: Optical Payloads, Space ANDURIL INDUSTRIESSenior Mechanical Engineer: Optical Payloads, SpaceCosta Mesa, CA$166,000–$220,000 / yearWe're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain. To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind: No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process.
Principal Propulsion Engineer, Air Vehicles (Solid Rocket Motor Integration) ANDURIL INDUSTRIESPrincipal Propulsion Engineer, Air Vehicles (Solid Rocket Motor Integration)Costa Mesa, CA$253,000–$336,000 / yearAir Dominance & Strike Propulsion Engineers own the full development lifecycle, from concept generation, to integration and flight test, ensuring high-performance, resilient, and scalable mechanical systems that meet the demands of complex, contested environments. Serve as a lead or key contributor in the selection, architecting, and integration of Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs), ignition systems, Thrust Vector Control (TVC) systems, and associated ordnance on missile platforms and air vehicles.
Environmental Test Engineer ANDURIL INDUSTRIESEnvironmental Test EngineerCosta Mesa, CA$112,000–$149,000 / yearThe team provides specialized testing that is capital-intensive, technically complex, safety-critical, or broadly reusable across multiple programs, spanning environmental testing (thermal, vibration, shock, HALT, TVAC), battery testing (cell/module/pack characterization, abuse testing, BMS validation), propulsion testing (engine test cells, thrust/torque measurement, fuel/feed systems), aerodynamic testing (wind tunnel operations, flow visualization, force/moment measurement), and structural testing. You will partner directly with program test engineers to interpret requirements, tailor test methods to program needs, develop test procedures, execute or direct testing, and deliver trusted engineering data packages.
Senior Development Test Engineer - Drones ANDURIL INDUSTRIESSenior Development Test Engineer - DronesCosta Mesa, CA$146,000–$194,000 / yearTo ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind: No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources.
Thermal Engineer AstroForgeThermal EngineerSeal Beach, CaliforniaITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Government. Responsibilities Architect the end-to-end thermal control system for deep space mining spacecraft, encompassing subsystems like radiators, multi-layer insulation (MLI), heaters, sensors, and thermal coatings.
Mechanical Engineer, Thunder ANDURIL INDUSTRIESMechanical Engineer, ThunderCosta Mesa, CA$132,000–$198,000 / yearTo ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind: No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources.
Manufacturing Engineer - Radar Systems Samson RoseManufacturing Engineer - Radar SystemsEl Segundo, CaliforniaThis is a highly hands-on role focused on the production floor , where you will work directly with technicians, quality, test, design engineering, and supply chain to keep builds moving, resolve technical issues, improve manufacturing processes, and increase production yield. You will have the opportunity to diagnose problems in real time, influence engineering decisions, improve production processes, and help scale sophisticated systems toward higher production rates.
Mechanical Engineer, Spacecraft Design AstroForgeMechanical Engineer, Spacecraft DesignSeal Beach, California$100,250–$122,500 / yearSalary Level II: $100,250 - $122,500 Level III: $120,250 - $151,500 Level IV: $150,250 - $195,500 ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Government. Job Description As a Mechanical Engineer, Spacecraft Design at AstroForge, you will own and drive the mechanical design of spacecraft structures, mechanisms, and assemblies from early concept through flight.
Dynamics Engineer Falcon & Dragon Space Exploration Technologies CorpDynamics Engineer Falcon & DragonHawthorne, CA$100,000–$130,000 / yearITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. The group has a wide range of responsibilities that include structural dynamics, flight data review and processing, model and analysis correlation, fairing and launch pad acoustics, engine dynamics, and software programming for tool development.
Mechanical Engineer (Spacecraft) Impulse Space Propulsion Inc.Mechanical Engineer (Spacecraft)Redondo Beach, CA$100,000–$130,000 / yearThis position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Proactively guide all aspects of your hardware's maturity, project managing your hardware's end users, stakeholders, and adjacent contributors to ensure all aspects of the system continue to mature together and that your assumptions are well understood outside yourself and remain valid.
Manufacturing Engineer, Automation & Tooling, Space ANDURIL INDUSTRIESManufacturing Engineer, Automation & Tooling, SpaceCosta Mesa, CA$146,000–$194,000 / yearDrive Design for Manufacturability and Assembly into vehicle and subassembly designs before CDR from the tooling point of view - tool clearance, access, lift and handling provisions, and hard points designed in rather than worked around. To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind: No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process.
Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer CHAOS IndustriesSenior Staff Mechanical EngineerEl Segundo, California$198,000–$248,000 / yearThe ideal candidate brings strong hands-on mechanical design and CAD expertise, experience with complex assemblies and integrated systems, demonstrated prototyping and analysis skills, and the ability to work effectively within cross-disciplinary teams spanning mechanical, electrical, RF, power, manufacturing, and systems engineering. CHAOS is seeking a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead the design, development, packaging, integration, and qualification of ruggedized electronic hardware, sensor systems, avionics, and related mission-critical hardware for dual-use aerospace and defense applications.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, High-Speed Missiles ANDURIL INDUSTRIESSenior Manufacturing Engineer, High-Speed MissilesCosta Mesa, CA$146,000–$194,000 / yearBridge Design and Manufacturing: Collaborate intimately with design engineers during the early development phases to drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA), ensuring the vehicle is optimized for high-rate production. Hypersonics Experience: Direct experience working on hypersonic vehicles, scramjets, rocket propulsion, thermal protection systems (TPS), or high-temperature structures/materials is highly valued.
Opto Mechanical Engineer Matter IntelligenceOpto Mechanical EngineerEl Segundo, CaliforniaTranslate optical sensitivities and requirements into mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing requirements; decompose system requirements into optical and mechanical requirements, generate error trees, budgets, and allocations across wavefront, spectral, and mechanical parameters, and derive component specifications, drawings, and statements of work. Welcome to Matter, where we are building the future of vision AI: pairing a world-first sensor that sees molecular chemistry, temperature, and 3D shape with a Large World Model that will be the most powerful intelligence engine for the physical world.
Electro Mechanical Engineer, Anduril Expeditionary Systems ANDURIL INDUSTRIESElectro Mechanical Engineer, Anduril Expeditionary SystemsCosta Mesa, CA$130,000–$171,000 / yearRobust Hardware Design: Design and develop critical mechanical hardware components, including durable enclosures, innovative electronics packaging solutions, efficient bus bars, and complex cable assemblies built to survive extreme conditions. Within Connected Warfare, the Anduril Expeditionary Systems (AES) team builds large form factor products that ensure our soldiers on the front lines have access to these computing and communications capabilities that they need to succeed and survive in any environment.
Test Engineer, Maritime Production ANDURIL INDUSTRIESTest Engineer, Maritime ProductionSanta Ana, CA$129,000–$171,000 / yearWe are seeking a versatile Test & Evaluation Engineer to join our Maritime team in Santa Ana, CA.In this role, you will connect requirements and design engineering with physical execution, owning the hardware test lifecycle from initial front-end requirements ingestion through hands-on floor test execution and operational evaluations. Test Infrastructure & Lab Operations: Partner with internal facilities and external ISO/IEC 17025 accredited mechanical and calibration testing laboratories to scope, schedule, instrument, and conduct complex environmental and structural test plans.
NewLead, Mechanical Engineer L3Harris Technologies IncLead, Mechanical EngineerCanoga Park, CA$122,000–$227,000 / yearThis position will allow the successful candidate to drive innovative solutions into the development and integration of high-pressure and extreme-temperature propulsion systems comprising of hardware such as injectors, thrust chambers, storage tanks, manifolds, and piping. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
NewIntegration & Test Engineer Falcon & Dragon Space Exploration Technologies CorpIntegration & Test Engineer Falcon & DragonHawthorne, CA$100,000–$130,000 / yearITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. You will work on launch vehicles and spacecraft that deliver satellites into Earth''s orbit, ferry humans to and from the International Space Station, and ultimately extend humanity's reach beyond the Earth and moon.
NewPropulsion Design Engineer Raptor Engine Systems Space Exploration Technologies CorpPropulsion Design Engineer Raptor Engine SystemsHawthorne, CA$100,000–$130,000 / yearAs a Propulsion Engineer on the Raptor Engine Systems Design team, your scope may include the top-level engine assembly, engine to vehicle interfaces, design change management, and the analysis and testing that is required to validate new designs. This includes maintaining high-quality CAD models, engineering drawings, bills of materials, and assemblies, while helping ensure that engineering work across the department is released completely, accurately, and on schedule.