Air Vehicle Design & Configuration Engineer (OML)

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries is seeking an Air Vehicle Design Engineer to shape unmanned aircraft and missile configurations, owning the outer mold line (OML) and the parametric geometry from concept through test. You will translate requirements into feasible configurations and work with Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures, and Manufacturing to mature the design.

You will develop robust CAD models, perform first-order sizing, and create integrated layouts that balance performance, weight, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of professional experience in aircraft, missile, or unmanned vehicle design.
• Experience with conceptual or preliminary vehicle design, including first-order sizing, configuration development, layout, or multidisciplinary trade studies.
• Hands-on experience defining and maintaining vehicle OML geometry, including lofting and surfacing aerodynamic shapes.
• Proficiency in NX, CATIA, Creo, or equivalent CAD software, including parametric modeling and model architectures that support rapid configuration changes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate requirements and engineering constraints into vehicle geometry.
• Working knowledge of aerospace vehicle packaging and the interactions among aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, controls, manufacturing, and mission performance.
• Ability to communicate design rationale, assumptions, and tradeoffs clearly across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate mission and system requirements into feasible aircraft and missile configurations through first-order sizing, layout development, and architecture studies.
• Define, loft, and maintain vehicle OML geometry, including planforms, bodies, noses, control surfaces, inlets, aerodynamic fairings, and propulsion and payload integration.
• Build robust parametric CAD models for OML, internal packaging, subsystem interfaces, and major assemblies that can accommodate changing requirements and configuration trades.
• Develop integrated vehicle layouts that balance aerodynamic performance, weight, packaging, manufacturability, modularity, and subsystem needs.
• Provide configuration geometry and interface definitions to discipline teams, then incorporate analysis results, packaging constraints, and manufacturing feedback into the evolving design.
• Partner with Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures, GNC, Manufacturing, and Flight Test to resolve cross-disciplinary issues and keep configurations viable.
• Support prototype fabrication, vehicle integration, and design changes as configurations move into hardware.
• Present configuration alternatives, trade studies, and technical recommendations to engineering leadership and program stakeholders.

Skills

Parametric CAD

Multi-discipline teamwork

Requirements translation

Layout development

First-order sizing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

Creo

Job description

Mach Industries is seeking an Air Vehicle Design Engineer to shape unmanned aircraft and missile configurations, owning the outer mold line (OML) and the parametric geometry from concept through test. You will translate requirements into feasible configurations and work with Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures, and Manufacturing to mature the design.

You will develop robust CAD models, perform first-order sizing, and create integrated layouts that balance performance, weight, and