Chief Engineer- Targets

Stratolaunch • Mojave, CA

5d • $163,000 - $294,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Stratolaunch is seeking a high-impact technical leader to be Chief Engineer to support its growing hypersonic targets portfolio. This position will support the Office of the Chief Engineer for targets, with a focus on development programs. In this role, you will be trusted to lead people, develop and execute technical strategies for open-ended problems, manage risk, and communicate successfully with internal and external customers. The ideal candidate is a demonstrated technical leader and team player with significant experience pertinent to air-launched missile and/or target system development.

Requirements

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated success as an engineering team leader with experience balancing cost, schedule, and technical performance considerations when making decisions
• Experience acting as a system integrator
• Experience leading a technical team through missile and/or hypersonic flight vehicle development
• Technical subject matter expertise in at least one technical domain of relevance (aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, airframe, GNC), which sufficient breadth to lead a multi-disciplinary development team.
• Ability to effectively manage relationship with key stakeholders, including government customers
• Demonstrated success applying analytical and critical thinking skills to solve multi-disciplinary, open-ended technical problems
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment to achieve business goals
• Experience supporting defense contracts
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success as a Chief Engineer on missile and/or hypersonic flight vehicle development programs
• Hypersonic/high-speed tactical missile experience highly desirable (e.g. multi-stage systems, hot structure airframes, launch platform integration)
• Experience with solid rocket motor propulsion systems
• Experience transitioning developmental systems to production
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Responsibilities

• Partner with Stratolaunch and customer leadership to drive successful program execution
• Apply Systems Engineering principles to control scope, manage risk, and drive quality technical execution
• Facilitate successful technical meetings and reviews such as Engineering Review Board and technical gate reviews. (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR)
• Lead trade studies and make final technical decisions, requiring balance across a wide breadth of disciplines to include: aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, airframe, GNC, and payloads
• Create engineering staffing plans and identify skillset gaps in the team
• Support whitepapers, proposals and other business development activities

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs)
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal