Senior Aerospace & Mechanical Engineer - Hypersonics Test

Bowhead; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowhead seeks a Senior Aerospace/Mechanical Engineer in their support to the Navy's Weapons Systems Munitions Integration and Hypersonics division. The position requires coordinating facility readiness and transitioning LBTS into a full testing environment.

You will work across engineering, facilities, and support teams to ensure operational readiness and successful project execution. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree and 6 years of technical experience (4 years specialized).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, IT, or related discipline.
• 6 years of professional technical experience with 4 years of specialized experience.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and execute technical activities.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to track milestones, dependencies, and action items.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering, technical, facilities, and other support personnel.
• Ability to document progress and communicate project status.
• Experience supporting technical projects, laboratory operations, engineering activities, or facility setup.
• Ability to coordinate multiple activities and support project execution in a structured environment.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing project priorities.
• Ability to support the transition of technical requirements into actionable implementation plans.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, establishment, deployment, and operational readiness of a new CPS test facility.
• Transition the LBTS from an unconfigured space into a fully operational hardware and software testing environment.
• Support planning and coordination activities, identify facility and infrastructure needs, assist with test environment preparation, and coordinate technical activities required to achieve operational readiness.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Ability to collaborate with teams

Problem-solving skills

Documentation and communication

Coordinate multiple activities

Track milestones and action items

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or engineering

Tools

Sierra tool suite

Hardware deployment & integration

Finite element modeling

Job description

Bowhead seeks a Senior Aerospace/Mechanical Engineer in their support to the Navy's Weapons Systems Munitions Integration and Hypersonics division. The position requires coordinating facility readiness and transitioning LBTS into a full testing environment.

You will work across engineering, facilities, and support teams to ensure operational readiness and successful project execution. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree and 6 years of technical experience (4 years specialized).