Outpost is hiring: Soft Goods Fabrication Technician in Los Angeles

Overview

Soft Goods Fabrication Technician role at Outpost. Location: Playa Vista, California (in-person, five days per week).

Outpost is pioneering Earth return logistics for space. We’re building vehicles that can return payloads from orbit safely and precisely, enabling faster space-based manufacturing, global delivery, and new capabilities in the space economy. Our spacecraft is backed by the U.S. government with multiple missions ahead. We’re a mission-focused team, building with urgency, grit, and care for the work we do and the people we do it with.

Responsibilities

• Perform sewing of soft goods technologies—such as parafoil, parachutes, and heat shields—ensuring high-quality construction and adherence to design specifications
• Execute and document inspection processes to maintain a high-quality sewing standard
• Perform prototype sewing and collaborate with designers, providing feedback to ensure accurate translation of design dimensions into finished parts
• Support soft goods rigging tasks, create standard operating procedures on parachute packing, assembly, and testing
• Support field testing of soft goods
• Create prototypes for different seam sewing techniques and testing
• Conduct training sessions and create manuals on sewing techniques
• Create operational tasks related to sewing and record the time of each task

Qualifications

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with soft goods systems, including manufacturing and rigging fundamentals
• Familiarity with FAA regulations and guidelines applicable to soft goods systems (paragliders, parachutes, heat shields)
• Proficiency with operation, maintenance, and usage of both single- and double-needle industrial sewing machines
• Ability to demonstrate seamstress abilities during interview, including sample sewing test and demonstration of proper usage of standard measuring tools
• Certification in small explosives‑handling or willingness to complete required training
• Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring precise build dimensions and consistent quality
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot collaboratively under time‑sensitive conditions, including the ability to work independently with task ambiguity
• Clear and open communication style, both written and verbal
• Ability to interpret and follow engineering drawings and manufacturing work instructions
• Physical capability to safely lift and position heavier components and test equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation

Compensation & Benefits

• $60,000 - $80,000, salary commensurate with experience
• Incentive Equity
• Annual Performance-Based Bonus
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• PTO
• 401k with Company match
• Subsidized daily catered lunch, snacks and coffee

Requirements

You must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.