HQ: Long Beach, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • Launch Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006 • NASDAQ: RKLB • Trust B • Hiring 517, 28 new
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is a publicly traded end-to-end space company, launch services provider, and satellite systems manufacturer. Headquartered in Long Beach, California - having been originally founded in New Zealand - the enterprise operates private orbital launch sites in Māhia, New Zealand, and Wallops Island, Virginia. Its core business activities span lightweight orbital launches via its flagship Electron rocket, hypersonic testing capabilities via HASTE, and the development of its reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, Neutron.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$130k – $229k per year • Equity • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
VHDL
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
UVM
VUnit
$210k – $324k per year • Equity • Lead • 12+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
Rust
C++
Rust
Rocket
DevOps
RTOS
Linux
CI/CD
$111k – $156k per year • Equity • Middle • 2+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Middle
HQ: Long Beach, United States • Avionics & Flight Control • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Hiring 2, 1 new
Modern and intuitive avionics. Our hardware and software are designed from the ground up using state-of-the-art UI/UX technology to create beautiful and safe avionics.
Brendan Quinn · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Nikita Ermoshkin · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Nathaniel Thuli · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jonathan Edwards · Director
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$105k – $135k per year • Equity 0–0.2% • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Full-Time
HQ: Long Beach, United States • Space & Aerospace • Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Satellite Manufacturing • Space Services • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 160, 7 new
Vast (Vast Space) is an American aerospace company specializing in the design and development of commercial low-Earth orbit space stations and artificial-gravity human habitation systems. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, the company focuses on building scalable orbital infrastructure to support microgravity research, commercial spaceflight, and advanced manufacturing. Founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Jed McCaleb, its flagship project, Haven-1, is engineered as a commercial human-tended space station designed to host sovereign and private astronaut missions while pioneering technologies for long-duration human space exploration.
No named decision-maker yet.
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≈ $155k – $284k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
DevOps
CI/CD
Bitbucket
Git
Linux
Management
Confluence
$112k – $230k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Associate's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
MATLAB
Python
SpaceTech
ECSS
Life Sciences
Design of Experiments
$135k – $227k per year • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
C++
JavaScript
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
GitHub
CI/CD
DHCP
Linux
AWS
+2
HQ: Long Beach, United States • Launch Services • Aerospace Manufacturing • Est. 2015 • Trust B • Hiring 383, 44 new
Relativity Space is an American launch company founded in 2015 that set out to manufacture rockets primarily through very large metal three-dimensional printing rather than conventional fabrication. After launching the small Terran 1 vehicle once in 2023, it cancelled that programme to concentrate entirely on Terran R, a larger partially reusable rocket aimed at the medium-lift commercial and government market. Headquartered in Long Beach, California with test facilities at Stennis Space Center, the company was recapitalised in 2025 under new leadership from Google's former chief executive Eric Schmidt.
Jordan Noone · Co-founder · decision-maker
Timothy Ellis · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Eric Schmidt · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Tim Ellis · Co-founder · founder
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$148k – $222k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
$148k – $222k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
$175k – $263k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Hybrid (Long Beach, United States) • Staff
HQ: Arlington, United States • Aerospace Manufacturing • Combat Aircraft • Aircraft Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1916 • Trust A • Hiring 682, 212 new
Boeing is a global aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor specializing in commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, and space systems. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States, the company operates across three main business divisions: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services. Through aircraft engineering, defense hardware production, and worldwide fleet support, the enterprise serves commercial airlines, armed forces, and government partners across more than 150 countries.
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$111k – $151k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Secret • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
AutoCAD
SpaceTech
CATIA
ARINC
IBM DOORS
HQ: Dearborn, United States • Leasing, Auto & Equipment Finance • Automotive Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1903 • NYSE: F • Trust A • Hiring 537, 122 new
Ford is an American automaker founded in Dearborn in 1903 by Henry Ford, who introduced the moving assembly line and turned the car into a mass-market product. It is now organised into three businesses reported separately: Ford Blue for internal combustion vehicles, Model e for electric vehicles and software, and Ford Pro for commercial customers, which bundles vans and trucks with telematics, servicing and charging under multi-year contracts. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange and still partly controlled by the founding family through a special class of shares, its F-Series pickup has been the best selling vehicle in the United States for decades.
Sherry House · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Jim Farley · President and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Henry Ford · Founder · founder
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$150k – $284k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Hybrid (Long Beach, United States) • Master's Degree • Staff
Python
Perl
MATLAB
C++
MATLAB
Simulink
Management
Confluence
$150k – $284k per year • Staff+ • Hybrid (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C
C
Embedded C
DevOps
RTOS
HQ: Centennial, United States • Satellite Manufacturing • Space Defense • Space Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2022 • Trust A • Hiring 176, 8 new
True Anomaly is an American space defence company founded in 2022 by former United States Space Force officers to build spacecraft and software for orbital security missions. Its Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle is designed for rendezvous, proximity operations and inspection of other satellites, and its Mosaic software provides mission planning, simulation and command and control for space operations, sold mainly to the Space Force and allied defence customers. Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, the company manufactures its own spacecraft and has raised substantial venture funding to scale production.
Even Rogers · Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Thomas Nichols · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Tom Nichols · Co-founder · founder
Daniel Brunski · Director
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$190k – $275k per year • Lead • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Denver, Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • TS/SCI • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
MATLAB
C++
Python
MATLAB
Simulink
AI/ML
Quantization
CUDA
Chips/EDA
Vitis
MedTech
Verification & Validation
Defense
Radar Signal Processing
+4
$190k – $275k per year • Lead • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Denver, Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • TS/SCI • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
MATLAB
Python
Chips/EDA
Ansys HFSS
$150k – $220k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • TS/SCI • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
Verilog
VHDL
C++
Python
DevOps
VLAN
Chips/EDA
Siemens QuestaSim
Siemens ModelSim
Altium Designer
SpaceTech
SpaceWire
MedTech
Verification & Validation
+2
HQ: Uppsala, Sweden • Digital Media • Financial Data & Market Intelligence • 1-10 employees • Est. 2026 • Trust A • Hiring 1744
SpaceNexus is a space industry intelligence platform run by SpaceNexus LLC that tracks launches, satellites, space stocks, funding rounds, contract awards and news for investors, engineers and analysts. The service, launched in 2026, offers profiles of more than 370 space companies, newsletters, an API, embeddable widgets and a space jobs section that aggregates openings from firms such as Planet and Varda Space Industries. Its job feed therefore lists third-party roles in spacecraft engineering, manufacturing, software, legal and operations rather than positions at SpaceNexus itself.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$210k – $324k per year • Equity • Lead • 12+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
Rust
C++
Rust
Rocket
DevOps
RTOS
Linux
CI/CD
$148k – $222k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
SystemC
Chisel
MATLAB
Python
MATLAB
Simulink
AI/ML
Quantization
NumPy
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
Vitis
+4
$148k – $222k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
SystemC
Chisel
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
Vitis
HQ: Denver, United States • Aerospace Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • Space Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2019 • Trust B • Hiring 138, 14 new
Voyager Technologies is a publicly traded defense, national security and space technology company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, building solid and electric propulsion and energetics, spectrum and advanced electronics, lunar systems, mission management and orbital infrastructure. Founded in 2019 by investor Dylan Taylor, it has acquired twelve companies including Nanoracks, Valley Tech Systems, Space Micro, ZIN Technologies, Estes Energetics and Astrobotic, and it is developing the commercial Starlab space station. It hires systems, mechanical, RF, software and data engineers, test managers, financial analysts, environmental health and safety staff and warehouse associates.
Thomas Ayres · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Matt Kuta · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Gabe Finke · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Matthew Kuta · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Intern • In office (Houston, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Long Beach, United States) • Internship • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Intern
$94k – $202k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Folsom, San Diego, Huntsville, Long Beach, El Segundo, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Middle
$135k – $185k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
HQ: Boulogne-Billancourt, France • Biomedical Engineering • Embedded Software & RTOS • Engineering Services • 1001-5000 employees • Staffing · EOR • Trust B • Hiring 169, 23 new
ALTEN Technology is the United States engineering services arm of the French consultancy ALTEN, supplying product development engineers to manufacturers across medical devices, aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment and consumer electronics. Its engineers work inside client development programmes on mechanical design, embedded software, electrical engineering, verification and regulatory documentation, usually staffed for the duration of a product programme rather than for short advisory engagements. The business operates from offices across the United States and recruits continuously for engineering roles tied to specific client sites.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$140k – $160k per year • Senior • 4+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, Irvine, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Long Beach • London • Satellite Communications • Trust B • Hiring 8
Top of page Pioneering the next generation of satellite broadband. Our Commitment to Space Innovation SpinLaunch’s low-cost, dynamic satcom solution offers enterprise customers reliable, high-speed broadband service, wherever it's needed.
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≈ $153k – $291k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
≈ $123k – $226k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
≈ $83k – $161k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Junior
Long Beach • El Segundo • Huntsville • Air Defense • Missiles • Military • 201-500 employees • Trust C • Hiring 25
Accelerate Missile Defense Mission The world today faces grave threats. Enemies of freedom seek to violently disrupt the world order.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$135k – $225k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
TCL Scripting
Python
DevOps
Git
CI/CD
Linux
Chips/EDA
Xilinx Vivado
Vitis
Siemens ModelSim
PetaLinux
+4
$145k – $185k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
$175k – $220k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
SpaceTech
DO-160
Defense
MIL-STD-461
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • General Aviation • Aircraft Manufacturing • 51-200 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 14
Odys designs hybrid VTOL aircraft and high-speed generators for the advanced air mobility (AAM) market. From defense to commercial operations, our hybrid propulsion technology sets a new standard for performance, reliability, and mission versatility in next-generation aerospace.
No named decision-maker yet.
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≈ $91k – $177k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
C++
Python
C
C
FFmpeg
AI/ML
OpenCV
DevOps
Linux
CI/CD
RTOS
Git
Docker
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Robotics
MAVLink
ROS
ROS2
GStreamer
Management
UML
SpaceTech
DO-178C
ARINC
MIL-STD-1553
SysML
Cameo Systems Modeler
MedTech
Verification & Validation
Defense
STANAG
+15
$150k – $190k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Long Beach, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Hazardous materials • Senior
LTspice
SpaceTech
DO-254
DO-160
FMEA
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Middle |
16 |
$144K |
$156K |
$165K |
| Senior |
45 |
$206K |
$220K |
$230K |
| Staff |
10 |
$250K |
$263K |
$270K |
| Lead |
9 |
$257K |
$275K |
$285K |
| All levels |
94 |
$160K |
$208K |
$250K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 107 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Long Beach from 13 companies. 18 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 11 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. 7 of the 107 carry the marks of a stale or abandoned posting - open far beyond the usual time to fill, reposted, or on a board that mostly never closes a role - and are marked as likely inactive; the list can hide them. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
94 of these Hardware Engineer jobs in Long Beach state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $160K and $250K a year, with a median of $208K. By level, the median runs middle at $156K, senior at $220K, staff at $263K, and lead at $275K. The step from middle to lead is worth about 1.8x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
9% offer a hybrid arrangement, while the rest expect you on site.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Hardware Engineer jobs in Long Beach right now are Rocket Lab (30), True Anomaly (25), Relativity Space (14), Vast Space (12), SpaceNexus (9), and Building on seven years of R&D at AB (4). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (47), C++ (34), CI/CD (25), MATLAB (24), Linux (22), RTOS (16), Altium Designer (14), and VHDL (9). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Hardware Engineer jobs in Long Beach, 2 state visa sponsorship, 4 offer a relocation package, and 35 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
