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Space Jobs for Manufacturing Engineers in the Los Angeles Area

243 open roles for manufacturing engineers at 21 space companies name a site in the Los Angeles area, most of them in Long Beach and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $129k–$215k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring manufacturing engineers in the Los Angeles area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Relativity Space55$136k/yr
SpaceX43$130k/yr
K2 Space24$158k/yr
Varda Space Industries23$172k/yr
Impulse Space21$153k/yr
Vast14$141k/yr
L3Harris11$120k/yr
Rocket Lab10$137k/yr
Inversion Space8$165k/yr
Apex7$158k/yr
True Anomaly7$128k/yr
Astrolab3$185k/yr
Millennium Space Systems3$132k/yr
Northrop Grumman3$130k/yr
Northwood Space3$159k/yr
Anduril2too few figures
Blue Origin2too few figures
Amazon Leo1too few figures
Amentum1not stated
Reflect Orbital1too few figures
Terran Orbital1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Which space companies hire manufacturing engineers in the Los Angeles area?

Today, Relativity Space (55 roles), SpaceX (43 roles), K2 Space (24 roles), Varda Space Industries (23 roles), Impulse Space (21 roles), Vast (14 roles), and 15 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Los Angeles area.

Where in the Los Angeles area are the roles for manufacturing engineers?

Most are in Long Beach (84), Hawthorne (48), 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 the Los Angeles area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $145k/yr, with typical pay from $129k–$215k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do roles for manufacturing engineers in the Los Angeles area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,856 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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 the Los Angeles area (the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Los Angeles and Orange counties), 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.