Senior Advanced Vehicle Design Engineer – Missile Systems

Mach Industries; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity/Stock options

Healthcare coverage

Dental & Vision

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior Vehicle Design Engineer, Advanced Concepts to lead the development of next-generation missile and low-observable aerospace systems. You will apply deep vehicle design expertise to mature concepts into viable vehicles, collaborating with aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, and guidance teams.

Required 8+ years in aerospace vehicle design, experience with complete vehicle configurations, and strong collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in aerospace vehicle design, aircraft design, missile design, or related advanced aerospace development.
• Demonstrated experience developing or evaluating complete vehicle configurations.
• Strong understanding of aerospace vehicle performance, aerodynamics, propulsion integration, structures, and multidisciplinary design tradeoffs.
• Experience making engineering recommendations involving complex and competing system requirements.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate advanced aircraft and missile vehicle configurations from mission requirements.
• Perform multidisciplinary trade studies balancing aerodynamic performance, weight, propulsion integration, manufacturability, survivability, and mission effectiveness.
• Apply expertise in vehicle design to assess architectural decisions and guide configuration development.
• Support integration of vehicle-level requirements across aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, payloads, guidance, and manufacturing.
• Analyze design alternatives, identify technical risks, and provide recommendations to support engineering decisions.
• Collaborate with conceptual design and vehicle design engineers to mature advanced concepts into detailed vehicle designs.
• Contribute technical expertise during design reviews, prototype development, and flight-test activities.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through technical guidance and design reviews.

Skills

Aerospace vehicle design

Vehicle configuration development

Multidisciplinary trade studies

Propulsion integration

Aerodynamics knowledge

Team collaboration

Tools

NX

CATIA

Creo

Job description

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior Vehicle Design Engineer, Advanced Concepts to lead the development of next-generation missile and low-observable aerospace systems. You will apply deep vehicle design expertise to mature concepts into viable vehicles, collaborating with aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, and guidance teams.

Required 8+ years in aerospace vehicle design, experience with complete vehicle configurations, and strong collaboration skills.