Director of Manufacturing Engineering
Karman Space & Defense
Huntington Beach, CA · Posted November 7, 2026
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Where Huntington Beach, CA ranks
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November 2026
- #14Cities hosting the most business conferences in the West Coast3 conferences · of 17
- #15Best cities for junior jobs in California30% · of 54
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Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Propulsion & Launch Systems to more than 80 prime contractors supporting over 130 space and defense programs.In this role, you will lead manufacturing engineering strategy and execution across all production value streams. You will drive process capability, technical problem-...