Senior Vehicle Performance & Evidence Engineer

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Health benefits

Professional development

Paid time off

Job summary

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Operational Performance Engineer to track vehicle performance from concept through production and to lead the evidence strategy that closes the gaps. You will maintain the vehicle-level picture of predicted and measured performance and drive uncertainties toward closure, collaborating across MDAO, GNC, Propulsion, and Flight Test teams.

The role requires broad vehicle knowledge, strong experimental judgment, and the ability to influence

Qualifications

• 5+ years of aerospace vehicle performance assessment or related field.
• Ownership of performance tracking or model correlation for complex vehicles.
• Experience tracking predicted versus measured deltas and confidence as design matures.
• Understanding interactions among mass properties, aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, power, controls.

Responsibilities

• Own vehicle-level performance tracking from conceptual design through production, maintaining a continuous picture of predicted performance, measured performance, and deltas.
• Own vehicle-level uncertainty tracking, quantifying confidence and driving high-consequence unknowns toward closure.
• Lead performance assessment and evidence planning across the development lifecycle, scaling rigor from early demonstrators to production commitments.
• Translate objectives, requirements, and risks into analysis plans, measurement requirements, data quality needs, and success criteria.
• Define what must be measured, under what conditions, and to what confidence to produce required evidence; recommend tests to relevant teams.
• Communicate vehicle performance state, open uncertainties, evidence status, and risk-informed recommendations to leads and stakeholders.

Skills

Python

Julia

MATLAB

model correlation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

MDAO

Job description

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Operational Performance Engineer to track vehicle performance from concept through production and to lead the evidence strategy that closes the gaps. You will maintain the vehicle-level picture of predicted and measured performance and drive uncertainties toward closure, collaborating across MDAO, GNC, Propulsion, and Flight Test teams.

The role requires broad vehicle knowledge, strong experimental judgment, and the ability to influence