Apex Space
Spacecraft Build Engineer
$110K–$165K
Los Angeles · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in manufacturing, production, or process engineering for complex hardware systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, materials, or related engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations under ITAR/EAR.
About the job
Develops and scales manufacturing processes, tooling, and production systems for high-rate spacecraft builds, working across design and production to improve manufacturability, yield, and production rate.
What you'll do
- Develop and qualify manufacturing processes; design tooling and fixtures and automate manufacturing and inspection.
- Optimize production throughput and transition hardware from development into production.
- Partner with design engineering on manufacturability and resolve manufacturing and integration issues through root cause analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, materials, or a related engineering field.
- 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, production, or process engineering for complex hardware systems.
- Experience developing manufacturing processes and working in high-rate production environments; strong understanding of manufacturing techniques.
- Experience designing tooling and fixtures using CAD (SolidWorks, NX, or similar), with DFM/DFMA experience and hands-on assembly, integration, or testing of mechanical or aerospace systems.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a related field; high-rate or mixed-product manufacturing experience.
- Experience with weld process development, system integration, automation, robotics, controls, SQL or similar data systems, failure analysis, PFMEA, or production system optimization.
Pay
$110K – $165K (base salary)
Tools
SolidWorks, NX, SQL
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative