Chief Engineer, Hypersonic Vehicle

Responsibilities

• Partner with Program Directors and support functions to achieve successful customer program execution
• Lead trade studies and make final technical decisions across aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, structures, controls, and aero-thermodynamics
• Apply Systems Engineering principles to control scope, manage risk, and drive quality technical execution
• Support test planning and execution for both ground and flight operations
• Facilitate technical reviews such as SRR, PDR, and CDR
• Create engineering staffing plans and identify skillset gaps
• Support business proposals and planning

Requirements

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated success as an engineering team leader
• Proficiency as a front-line manager of technical employees
• Experience maintaining, modifying, or testing aerospace platforms
• Experience recruiting and hiring engineers
• Ability to solve multi-disciplinary, open-ended technical problems
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a Chief Engineer of development programs
• Experience with hypersonic and supersonic vehicle development
• Experience supporting defense contracts and working on classified programs
• Experience with rocket propulsion systems
• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience with Siemens NX/Teamcenter

Benefits

• 9/80 schedule
• 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

About the Company

Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator that engineers operationally realistic testing at Mach 5+. Their air-launched, Talon testbeds are reusable, cost-effective platforms that enable routine access to the hypersonic environment.