Startup jobs in Orange County
Orange County has quietly become a defense and hardware hiring engine, anchored by the Costa Mesa campus and the companies growing around it. Every open role in the county lands on this page.
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PLM Engineer - DBA/Infrastructure
PLM Developer
Staff Product Manager, Salesforce (Government Cloud CRM)
Subcontract Administrator, General
Senior Global Sourcing Manager, General
Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, General
Production Program Manager, Space
Senior Electro-Mechanical Engineer, R&D
Senior Systems Engineer, C2 Integration
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Propulsion & Energetics
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Sensors and Avionics
Senior FPGA Engineer, EW
Senior Robotics Integration Specialist
Buyer, Hardware Platforms Core Tech
Senior Buyer, Connected Warfare
Head of Sensors & Radar Strategic Supply Chain
2026 Junior Analyst, Threat Intelligence
Senior Multiphysics Engineer, High Speed Reacting Flow
Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Omen
Program Finance Manager, AD&S
Head of Raw Materials & Energetics Strategic Supply Chain
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Precision Mechanical, Intelligence Systems
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, PCBA, Intelligence Systems
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Casting & Welding, Intelligence Systems
Product Development Process Engineer
Senior Mission Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance
Senior Mission Software Engineer
Mission Operations Manager, C2
Actuation Engineer
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Multiple Tracks: Core Tech, Lethality, & DFM/DFA)
Mechanical Design Engineer (Multiple Tracks: Core Tech, Lethality, & DFM/DFA)
Lead Analyst, Pricing Operations
Mission Systems Lead - Thunder
Manager, Accounting
Senior Program Finance Manager, AD&S
Senior Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer, Electromagnetic Warfare
Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager
Production Test Engineering Manager
Hardware Test Engineering Manager
Reliability Engineering Manager
Corporate Facility Security Officer
C2 Mission Operations Manager, JIATF
Senior Product Designer, Space
Radio Frequency Test Engineer
Electrical Test Engineer
Head of Mechanical Strategic Supply Chain
Head of Strategic Supply Chain
Head of Electrical Strategic Supply Chain
Senior Director, Controller
Staff Test & Evaluation Engineer - Networked Battlefield Systems
Principal Test & Evaluation Engineer - Networked Battlefield Systems
Logistics Analyst
Legal Counsel, Supply Chain and Government Contracts Compliance
Counterintelligence & Security Risk Analyst
Manager, Industrial Engineer
Senior Industrial Engineer
Senior Industrial Engineer, Labor Standards
Senior Industrial Engineer, Layouts
Senior Industrial Engineer, Simulation
Mission Software Engineer
Senior Space Vehicle Electrical Integration and Test Engineer
Manufacturing Specialist, Space
Enablement Manager
Staff Product Manager, Oracle Cloud SCM
Senior Manager, Configuration Management
Senior Infrastructure Reliability Engineer
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer, Physical Infrastructure
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Space Vehicle Integration
Associate Program Director, Connected Warfare
Senior Technical Program Manager, ArsenalOS
Senior Manager, Mission Readiness Systems & Process
Deployment Lead, Counter Intrusion
Wire Harness Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike
Production Program Manager, Barracuda
Senior Controls & Automation Engineer
Senior Technical Recruiter, Manufacturing Operations (Contract)
Senior Avionics Maintenance Engineer - Advanced Effects
Senior Product Designer
Hardware Engineer (Sensor Systems)
Hardware Engineer
Metrology Technician
2027 Early Career Flight Software Engineer
Project Manager, Industrial Engineering
VP Production, Frontier Systems
VP Production, Mission Systems
VP Production, Connected Warfare
Senior Technical Recruiter
Senior Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike
Senior FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike
Manufacturing Engineer, Process and Planning
Division Operations, QRS
Metrology Engineer
Production Planning and Scheduling Engineer
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, PCB/PCBA
Senior Operations and Logistics Associate, Factory Systems
Modeling and Simulation Engineer
Operations and Logistics Associate, Factory Systems
Supplier Quality Control Inspector
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
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