Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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Base pay range

$100,000.00 / yr - $250,000.00 / yr

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Defense Recruitment @ Searchability NS&D

Location : El Segundo, Hawthorne, Oxnard, and others

Manufacturing Engineers — Los Angeles | Defense‑Tech Startups

We’re partnering with a group of cutting-edge venture-backed defense startups across California looking for Manufacturing Engineers to help bring bold hardware programs to life. These roles sit at the intersection of engineering, production, and rapid iteration—ideal for those who like solving real-world problems with real-world impact. You could be supporting :

• Drone & UAV manufacturing
• Counter‑UAS and sensing systems
• …and other covert‑cool hardware programs we can’t list publicly just yet.
• BS / MS in Mech E, EE, Aero, Manufacturing, or related
• 3+ yrs hands‑on manufacturing ‑OR‑ standout project experience (internships, labs, competitions)
• U.S. citizenship (ITAR projects) and ability to obtain security clearance
• Bias for rapid prototyping, field testing, and fixing what you break

How It Works

Apply via LinkedIn Easy Apply or email your resume & a short project brag sheet to braden.shanks@searchability.com

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering, Manufacturing, and Production

Industries

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Space Research and Technology

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