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Space Jobs for Manufacturing Engineers in California

205 open roles for manufacturing engineers at 19 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Long Beach and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $109k–$203k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring manufacturing engineers in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Relativity Space52$109k/yr
SpaceX43$130k/yr
K2 Space24$140k/yr
Varda Space Industries23$172k/yr
Inversion Space8$147k/yr
Rocket Lab8$108k/yr
Vast8$116k/yr
Apex7$158k/yr
Astranis7$100k/yr
True Anomaly6not stated
Boeing4not stated
Muon Space3$139k/yr
Northrop Grumman3not stated
Northwood Space3$159k/yr
Terran Orbital2too few figures
Blue Origin1not stated
Planet1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures
Xona Space Systems1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 04:01 UTC

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Which space companies hire manufacturing engineers in California?

Today, Relativity Space (52 roles), SpaceX (43 roles), K2 Space (24 roles), Varda Space Industries (23 roles), Inversion Space (8 roles), Rocket Lab (8 roles), and 13 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for manufacturing engineers?

Most are in Long Beach (72), Hawthorne (44), Los Angeles (32), El Segundo (26), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for manufacturing engineers in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $129k/yr, with typical pay from $109k–$203k/yr; 88.2% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

Do roles for manufacturing engineers in California require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for manufacturing engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.