Startups · Los Angeles · updated daily
Startups hiring in Los Angeles (2026)
The venture-backed startups with the most open roles in Los Angeles right now are Relativity Space, K2 Space and Impulse Space. 52% of their open roles are in hardware & robotics. Most are in Los Angeles, Long Beach, El Segundo. 8% of these roles are remote. Every role comes from the company’s own careers page and is re-checked daily.
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Ranked by roles open now
Hiring the most in Los Angeles
Relativity Space
Long Beach, US · YC W16
Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D-printed rockets.
231 open roles6% remote
K2 Space
Torrance, US · Series C
K2 Space is developing the Giga Class satellite bus, an ultra-high-power spacecraft capable of delivering over 115kW of power and 15,000kg of payload mass to enable previously unattainable capabilities spanning ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconna K2 Space is developing the Giga Class satellite bus, an ultra high-power spacecraft capable of delivering up to 115kW of power and 15,000kg of payload mass to enable previously unattainable capabilities spanning ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and K2 Space is developing a multipurpose, dual-use, wideband, software-defined phased array payload that leverages the capabilities of the K2 Space Mega Class satellite bus to perform various functions for the commercial and national defense markets.
183 open roles62% remote
Impulse Space
Redondo Beach, US · Series C
Impulse Space develops in-space transportation technology and services, including orbital transfer vehicles and rocket engines. Its vehicles move payloads across and between orbits for commercial, civil, and government missions.
153 open roles0% remote
True Anomaly
Centennial, US · Series D
True Anomaly designs and builds spacecraft, software, and payloads for space superiority.
148 open roles1% remote
Vast
Long Beach, US · Series A
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach. Haven Demo's 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft.
120 open roles1% remote
Mach Industries
Huntington Beach, US · Series C
Mach Industries develops advanced unmanned systems and the manufacturing infrastructure to scale their production. Its product portfolio includes strike aircraft, long-range munitions, high-altitude platforms, counter-drone systems, and propulsion technologies designed for military applications.
118 open roles0% remote
Apex Technology, Inc.
Los Angeles, US · Series C
Apex manufactures commercial-off-the-shelf satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and hardware designed for manufacturing. Its productized bus platforms increase reliability, reduce costs, and accelerate mission timelines.
105 open roles0% remote
Chaos
Los Angeles, US · Series D
CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. Its flagship platform, HYDRA, harnesses the CDN framework to deliver software-defined multi-domain capabilities across land, sea, and air environments while integrating with existing infrastructure under constrained conditions.
112 open roles2% remote
Neros Technologies
El Segundo, US · Series B
Neros is a defense technology company that builds asymmetric systems to ensure the West's strategic edge. It makes tactical, attritable, one way drones that ensure an asymmetric advantage for Western military forces.
85 open roles33% remote
Divergent Technologies
Torrance, US · Series E
Divergent has created the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS), an end-to-end software-hardware production system for industrial digital manufacturing. DAPS uses in-house developed AI-driven generative design software to computationally engineer structures, additive manufacturing to materialize them, and automated fixtureless assembly to create large multi-part assemblies. The company supplies the automotive, aerospace, and defense industries as a certified Tier 1 supplier.
71 open roles1% remote
Hadrian
Los Angeles, US · Series C
Hadrian’s factories are powered by Opus, an AI-powered platform for factory autonomy that interprets designs and automates manufacturing and inspection.
91 open roles0% remote
Varda Space Industries
El Segundo, US · Series C
Varda processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth.
71 open roles0% remote
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Open roles at startups in Los Angeles
Impulse Space
Redondo Beach
RF Test Engineer
Redondo Beach
$105k–$130k
today
Impulse Space
Redondo Beach
Senior Propulsion Component Engineer (Electromechanical)
Redondo Beach
$140k–$195k
today
Impulse Space
Redondo Beach
Senior RF Test Engineer
Redondo Beach
$135k–$180k
today
Antares
Los Angeles
Senior-Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Assembly & Integration
Los Angeles
$140k–$225k
1d ago
Chaos
El Segundo, California, United States
FP&A Analyst
El Segundo, California, United States
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1d ago
Apex Technology, Inc.
Los Angeles
Director of Cybersecurity
Los Angeles
$195k–$270k
1d ago
Vast
Long Beach, California, United States
Senior Network Automation Engineer
Long Beach, California, United States
$131k–$186k
1d ago
Varda Space Industries
El Segundo, California, United States
Propulsion Engineer I - Hardware and Bus Systems
El Segundo, California, United States
$109k–$139k
1d ago
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Frequently asked
Which startups are hiring in Los Angeles?
Relativity Space, K2 Space, Impulse Space, True Anomaly, Vast have the most open roles in Los Angeles this week. The list above ranks every venture-backed startup we track there by roles open now.
Which kinds of startups hire most in Los Angeles?
By open roles: Space startups, Aerospace startups. Each has its own page above with the companies and roles.
Do startups in Los Angeles hire freshers?
Yes. Some of the roles open now are entry level or internships; they are listed under "Open to freshers". Startups often close these within days, so apply early.
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