Hypersonic Vehicle Environmental Test Engineer

jobr.pro; Mojave (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Paid maternity and parental leave

401(k) matching

Job summary

Stratolaunch is seeking Sr-, Staff-, and Principal-level Engineers to focus on Talon-A environmental loads and vehicle instrumentation. You will coordinate between the environmental test team and the Talon-A vehicle team, contributing to planning, tracking, and execution of tests and data reviews.

You will review temperature, vibration, and other flight data to ensure the environmental test plan aligns with flight results, while tracking LRUs and coordinating internal test activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in engineering or equivalent with 2–20 years of relevant experience.
• Level II– Sr.–Staff bands reflect progressive experience in aerospace environments.
• Experience with environmental test planning and data review is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Expert on Talon-A environmental test load levels (vibration, shock, thermal, EMI).
• Review analyses predictions with thermal and dynamic models or analysts.
• Ensure Talon-A vehicles are instrumented to validate the environmental test plan (ETP).
• Review flight data to confirm ETP alignment with flight measurements.
• Track LRU acceptance, qualification tests, and report to the chief engineer.
• Coordinate testing for LRUs with manufacturing for timely integration.
• Maintain on-hand qualification units for delta qualification testing when needed.
• Communicate updates to the Talon-A Chief Engineer regularly.

Skills

Aerospace engineering

Structural engineering

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Flight testing

Team coordination

Documentation control

Education

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in engineering

Tools

Matlab

Python

FEMAP

NASTRAN

Jira

Job description

Stratolaunch is seeking Sr-, Staff-, and Principal-level Engineers to focus on Talon-A environmental loads and vehicle instrumentation. You will coordinate between the environmental test team and the Talon-A vehicle team, contributing to planning, tracking, and execution of tests and data reviews.

You will review temperature, vibration, and other flight data to ensure the environmental test plan aligns with flight results, while tracking LRUs and coordinating internal test activities.