Sr. Mechanical/Structural Engineer

Stratolaunch•Mojave, CA

5h•$113,000 - $144,450•Onsite

About The Position

Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr. Mechanical/Structural Engineer to support development of an air-launched hypersonic flight vehicle. The role includes conceptualizing, sizing, and analyzing components; generating CAD parts and assemblies; creating margin reports; completing detailed design; and supporting manufacturing. The engineer will also support the Talon-A structures lead with team guidance and mentorship, contribute to the vehicle’s structural technical performance, meet design and mission requirements, resolve technical challenges, and implement technology upgrades to improve the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle architecture. The position leads an integrated product team and makes technical decisions for the structures subsystem. It supports structural development and payload integration, leads structural design reviews through manufacturing and flight test, and applies a structural systems engineering approach. The role is based onsite in Mojave, California, follows a 9/80 schedule, and may require travel estimated at less than 5% to support the department. The position may involve operating company vehicles as part of assigned duties.

Requirements

At least 5 years of mechanical or aerostructures design engineering experience.
Experience with structures design and manufacturing.
Technical leadership experience.
Experience with risk management.
Experience working in small engineering teams where members often have multiple responsibilities.
Ability to work on one's own initiative and prioritize tasks to fit business goals.
Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
3D CAD experience.
Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution and 5–10 years of engineering experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to perform the essential responsibilities satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git, or Jama.
Experience with rapid development of prototype or experimental flight vehicles.
Experience with hypersonic and/or supersonic vehicle development, including a full program life cycle.
Experience with static structural testing.
Active U.S. security clearance.
Experience with NX.
Experience with a PLM tool such as Teamcenter.

Responsibilities

Work with program responsible engineers, the Payload Lead, and the Talon-A Chief Engineer.
Lead an integrated product team of mechanical engineers, structural engineers, structural analysts, dynamics analysts, and manufacturing engineers.
Support structural development of hypersonic vehicle system improvements and payload integration, including trade studies and structural layout.
Make technical decisions for the structures subsystem.
Lead structural design reviews to advance program vehicles through manufacturing and flight test.
Lead a structural systems engineering approach, including creating and dispositioning structural requirements, managing mass properties, guiding configuration management of models, reviewing and approving documents, reports, and analyses, setting engineering and design best practices and standards for the structures team, and making ground-testing decisions based on structural technical risk assessments.
Communicate regularly and comprehensively with the program Chief Engineer.
Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems.
Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments.
Conceptualize, size, and analyze components; generate CAD parts and assemblies; create margin reports; perform detailed design; and support manufacturing.
Provide team guidance and mentorship in support of the Talon-A structures lead.
Support department needs through travel as needed.