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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Senior Systems Engineer, Maritime
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Legal Recruiter (Contract)
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Senior Software Engineer, Video
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RF Communications Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance
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RF Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance
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Staff Digital Hardware Engineer
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Product Designer, ArsenalOS
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Lead Industrial Design Program Manager
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Senior Structural Analyst, Space
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Senior Data Engineer
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Staff FPGA Engineer, EW
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Robotics Software Engineer
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2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer
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Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Avionics
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Senior Mission Software Engineer, EW
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Mission Software Engineer, EW
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Lead Mission Software Engineer, EW
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Embedded Software Engineer, EW
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Senior Product Quality Engineer, Electromechanical Systems
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Senior Electrical Engineer, Thunder Payload Integration
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Lead Materials Associate
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Material Flow Specialist
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Senior Technical Program Manager, Sentry Platform Technologies
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Staff Technical Program Manager, Sentry Platform Technologies
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Staff Technical Program Manager, Sentry Fixed Site Systems
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Staff Technical Program Manager, Sentry Maneuver Systems
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Lead Experiential Design Producer
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Senior Systems Engineer, Payload Module Lead
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Welder
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Program Manager, Strategic Supply Chain
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Product Sourcing Engineer, Electromagnetic Warfare
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Product Sourcing Engineer, Connected Warfare
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Senior Product Sourcing Engineer, Connected Warfare
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Senior Supply Chain Manufacutring Engineer, Propulsion Engines
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Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Advanced Effects
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Product Sourcing Engineer, Autonomous Airpower
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Frontend Software Engineer
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Staff Software Engineer
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Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Optics
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Senior Software Engineer, ArsenalOS
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Product Data Engineer
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Lead Product Sourcing Engineer
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Director, Localization Programs
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Staff Discovery Engineer
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Principal Radar Engineer, Space
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Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Electrical
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Tooling Engineer, Sentry
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Senior Radar Engineer, Space
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Mission Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike
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Mission Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Early Career
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