Vehicle Performance & Mass Properties Engineer

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Health, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Mach Industries seeks an Operational Performance Engineer to build and maintain vehicle mass properties and performance tracking across programs in Huntington Beach, CA. You will manage mass, CG, inertia, and subsystems budgets while aligning with aerodynamics, propulsion, and payload domains.

The role requires dedicated mass properties experience on complex aerospace programs, and collaboration with Vehicle Leads and MDAO engineers to automate analyses and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in vehicle performance, mass properties, vehicle design, flight dynamics, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
• Dedicated mass properties experience on at least one complex aerospace vehicle program.
• Experience with configuration-controlled mass property records and multi-team mass budget management.
• Experience assessing weight impact of design trades and configuration changes at the vehicle level.
• Strong understanding of vehicle performance and the interactions among mass properties, aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, power, and controls.
• Experience using Python, MATLAB, or similar for engineering analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own vehicle mass properties across configurations and mission states.
• Own vehicle mass fraction and CG envelope to meet requirements.
• Track moment of inertia against Level 1 vehicle requirements for pitch, yaw, and roll.
• Manage subsystem and team mass budgets; report weekly status by subsystem and team.
• Deliver weekly CG status and mass-versus-budget reporting.
• Deliver weekly mass trend analyses and assess weight impact on designs.
• Provide mass property data for design trades and informed decisions.
• Reconcile analytical predictions with CAD, as-built hardware, and test data.
• Automate performance tracking and reporting with shared tooling and data pipelines.

Skills

Mass properties

CG and inertia tracking

Vehicle performance analysis

Python / MATLAB / Julia

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Siemens NX

CATIA

CAD/PLM tools

Job description

Mach Industries seeks an Operational Performance Engineer to build and maintain vehicle mass properties and performance tracking across programs in Huntington Beach, CA. You will manage mass, CG, inertia, and subsystems budgets while aligning with aerodynamics, propulsion, and payload domains.

The role requires dedicated mass properties experience on complex aerospace programs, and collaboration with Vehicle Leads and MDAO engineers to automate analyses and reporting.