Senior Hypersonics Mechanical & Structural Engineer

Stratolaunch, LLC; Mojave (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, a

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

50% company match per contributed $ to

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stratolaunch, LLC is seeking a Sr. Mechanical/Structural Engineer to support the Talon-A hypersonic flight vehicle program in Mojave, CA.

You will conceptualize components, size and analyze structures, generate CAD parts, create margin reports, and support manufacturing efforts while mentoring the structures team. You will lead an IPT of engineers, make critical structural decisions, and drive design reviews through fabrication and flight testing, aligning with mission requirements and design

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical or aerostructures design engineering experience.
• Experience with structures design and manufacturing.
• Technical leadership experience.
• Experience with risk management.
• Experience working in small engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals.
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Work hand in hand with the program responsible engineers, Payload Lead, and Talon-A Chief Engineer.
• Lead an integrated product team (IPT) of mechanical engineers, structural engineers, structural analysts, dynamics analysts, and manufacturing engineers.
• Support structural development of the hypersonic vehicle system improvements and integration of payloads, including trade studies and structural layout.
• Be responsible for making technical decisions for the structures subsystem.
• Lead the successful execution of structural design reviews to advance the program vehicles through manufacturing and flight test.
• Lead a structural systems engineering approach, which may include creating and dispositioning structural requirements, managing mass properties, guiding the configuration management of models, reviewing and approving documents, reports, and analyses, setting engineering and design best practices and standards for the structures team, waiving or approving ground testing based on structural technical risk assessments, etc.
• Communicate regularly and comprehensively with the program Chief Engineer.
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments.

Skills

Mechanical design

Aerostructures design

Technical leadership

Risk management

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering

Tools

MS Office

3D CAD

NX

Teamcenter

Jira

Git

Jama

Job description

Stratolaunch, LLC is seeking a Sr. Mechanical/Structural Engineer to support the Talon-A hypersonic flight vehicle program in Mojave, CA.

You will conceptualize components, size and analyze structures, generate CAD parts, create margin reports, and support manufacturing efforts while mentoring the structures team. You will lead an IPT of engineers, make critical structural decisions, and drive design reviews through fabrication and flight testing, aligning with mission requirements and design