Payload Mechanical Engineer Lead

The role

This person will lead the Talon mechanical interface design and build for integrating experimental customer payloads on Talon-A hypersonic vehicles. They will work with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, program management, and customers.

What you will do

• Work across many teams and subsystems to define interface and integration requirements
• Perform the design and analysis of mechanical and avionics packaging of customer payloads
• Perform structural and thermal analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
• Create, organize, and manage 3D CAD sub models and master models for Talon-A payloads
• Spec and order hardware to fabricate designs
• Deconflict hardware interface issues between teams
• Support fabricators and mechanics in building and integrating components onto the vehicle
• Report to and support Talon-A Payload Integration Lead
• Mentor junior Mechanical Payload Engineers
• Support technical customer reviews and ensure contract deliverables are met

Required qualifications

• Proficient with 3D CAD modeling, assembly management, and PDM
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance
• Experience with Solidworks or NX
• Experience with structural analysis methods (hand calcs, FEMAP, Ansys, etc.)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
• Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira
• Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc.
• Design team leadership and project management

Nice to have

• Experience working in small, dynamic engineering teams
• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience with NX and Team Center
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Jira
• Experience with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs)
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500
• Tuition reimbursement

Before you apply

• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance

About the company

Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Their autonomous, air-launched Talon-A vehicles provide access to operationally realistic flight environments.