Payload Systems Engineer

Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr- or Staff-level Systems Engineer to oversee and support the Talon-A air-launched, hypersonic vehicle payloads mechanical, structural, and materials requirements and integration. An ideal candidate will have experience in vehicle integration and test, ideally with structural and/or materials focus. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, program management, and payload customers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overseeing and contributing to payload mechanical, structural, and materials requirements and integration
• Collaborates with the payload’s integration and test engineers, test team responsible engineers, payloads program leadership, and payload customers to define and implement vehicle payloads integration, test, and data collection activities
• Requirements development and tracking
• Ensures vehicle payloads are tested in a manner to meet customer requirements
• Participates in test planning, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), test execution, vehicle troubleshooting and post-test data reviews
• Architects and optimizes data review methodology, as well as data review and data analysis tools
• Sets standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met
• Coordinates internally with multi-disciplinary team and externally with customers
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, and integrity in the fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATION & SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of, and direct experience with, at least two of these disciplines (listed in order of priority): Systems Engineering, Mechanical Systems, Materials, Electrical and Avionics Systems, Propulsion Systems, GNC and Flight Controls, and Aerodynamics
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• Previous systems engineering experience
• Previous technical experience with Mechanical, Structural, and/or Materials Engineering
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Excellent written & verbal communication 
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance

Required Skills

• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
• Familiarity with CAD (Solidworks preferred)
• Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira
• Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in small, dynamic engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities
• Familiarity with structures, avionics, instrumentation, software, fluid systems, and/or liquid rockets (listed in order of priority)
• Experience maintaining aerospace industry standards for vehicle configuration and changes
• Experience with air-launched hypersonic vehicle development
• Experience with technical risk identification, management, and mitigation
• Experience defining, managing, and verifying requirements for hypersonic vehicles with hot-structure airframes
• Current DOD Secret security clearance

Preferred Skills

• Experience programming (Matlab, Python)
• Experience with CAD (Solidworks preferred)
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Jira
• Experience with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE 

• Sr-level ($120,500-158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Staff-level ($157,000-$206,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Mojave, CA.
• Travel estimated to be <10% in support of the program

 

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