Deputy Hypersonic Flight Systems Engineer

Castelion Corporation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Paid time off

Health benefits

Job summary

Castelion Corporation in Torrance, CA is seeking a Deputy Program Engineer, Hypersonic Strike to drive system-level hardware development and test execution. You will own vehicle configuration, manage test milestones, and coordinate cross-functional teams across propulsion, structures, avionics, GNC, software, and ground systems.

The role requires hands-on hardware design and testing, strong project management across 100+ organizations, and the ability to drive issues to closure with authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on hardware design, testing, and support.
• Demonstrated project management and communication skillset across 100+ organizations.
• Demonstrated capability to evaluate system-level risk and develop test strategies aligned with and approved by the customer.

Responsibilities

• Own the objectives, success criteria, schedule, and vehicle configuration for each development test.
• Own the integrated technical configuration for each development vehicle and mission, including top-level vehicle CAD, interfaces, configuration baselines, and design release status.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional technical issues, interface conflicts, and configuration gaps that could impact vehicle performance, build, test, or flight.
• Track and communicate vehicle technical maturity, schedule, critical-path risks, and readiness to the broader organization and program leadership.
• Lead vehicle and mission readiness reviews, ensuring technical risks, open work, deviations, and required decisions are clearly understood and driven to closure.
• Coordinate preflight engineering verification across all disciplines, ensuring required analyses, tests, inspections, and technical approvals are completed.
• Own or coordinate key customer technical data deliveries and mission-specific vehicle information.
• Ensure lessons learned from ground and flight testing are rapidly incorporated into subsequent vehicle configurations.
• Operate with broad authority across the program and drive issues to closure regardless of functional ownership.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Job description

Castelion Corporation in Torrance, CA is seeking a Deputy Program Engineer, Hypersonic Strike to drive system-level hardware development and test execution. You will own vehicle configuration, manage test milestones, and coordinate cross-functional teams across propulsion, structures, avionics, GNC, software, and ground systems.

The role requires hands-on hardware design and testing, strong project management across 100+ organizations, and the ability to drive issues to closure with authority.