Hypersonic Flight Systems Deputy Program Engineer

Castelion; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO 4 weeks

Holidays 10

Health benefits

Parental leave

Fitness stipend

EV charging on site

Catered meals

Fully stocked kitchen

Job summary

Castelion is seeking a Deputy Program Engineer for the Hypersonic Strike program in Torrance, CA. You will own system-level trades, manage vehicle configuration, and drive technical execution across the program with a broad cross-functional remit.

You will coordinate testing readiness, lead reviews, and ensure knowledge is captured for future configurations, while collaborating with customer stakeholders and internal teams to deliver critical capabilities on time and within constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on hardware design, testing, and support.
• Experience coordinating with 100+ stakeholder organizations and strong PM skills.
• Ability to evaluate system-level risk and develop customer-aligned test strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own 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 and design release status.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional technical issues, interface conflicts, and configuration gaps.
• Track and communicate vehicle technical maturity, schedule, risks, and readiness to leadership.
• Lead vehicle and mission readiness reviews, ensuring risks and decisions are understood and driven to closure.
• Coordinate preflight engineering verification across all disciplines, ensuring analyses, tests, inspections, and 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 incorporated into configurations.
• Operate with broad authority across the program and drive issues to closure.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

System-level risk assessment

Test strategy development

Hardware design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical/Aerospace/Electrical Engineering

Tools

CAD (Vehicle)

Job description

Castelion is seeking a Deputy Program Engineer for the Hypersonic Strike program in Torrance, CA. You will own system-level trades, manage vehicle configuration, and drive technical execution across the program with a broad cross-functional remit.

You will coordinate testing readiness, lead reviews, and ensure knowledge is captured for future configurations, while collaborating with customer stakeholders and internal teams to deliver critical capabilities on time and within constraints.