Avionics Mechanical Engineer Verified today

About the role

Stratolaunch is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to develop avionics systems for air-launched, hypersonic flight vehicles. You will work within a multi-disciplined team of mechanical, avionics, and manufacturing engineers to generate requirements, design, analyze, manufacture, test, and integrate avionics systems.

Key responsibilities

• Design electronic enclosures for avionics components and create 3D CAD models
• Perform structural, heat transfer and thermal hand calculations and basic simulation analyses
• Contribute to requirements development and maturation for avionics systems and units
• Create production drawings and work with machine shops to ensure designs are manufacturable
• Support manufacturing to ensure units are installed appropriately
• Support test planning, failure analysis, and hardware and software qualification and flight testing
• Develop and optimize packaging processes to improve yield and reliability
• Prepare content for and present at design and test readiness reviews
• Communicate regularly with program Avionics, Structures and Manufacturing leadership

Required qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in one or more of: electronics packaging, mechanical design, mechanical manufacturing, avionics manufacturing, or aircraft systems
• Significant experience with electronics and avionics packaging
• Experience performing structural, heat transfer and thermal hand calculations and basic analyses
• Experience with metallic structures design, analysis and manufacturing
• Experience with technical aerospace work and vendor management
• Experience with risk management and critical path workflow
• Experience working in small engineering teams with multiple responsibilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance
• 3D CAD experience (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred, or Solidworks)
• 3D simulation experience (NX Design Simulation or Solidworks Simulation)
• MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems experience (JIRA, GIT, JAMA, or similar)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting environmental testing (vibration, thermal, shock) and resolving discrepancies
• Hands-on fabrication experience in aerospace environment
• Experience transitioning prototype programs into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)
• Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) improvement experience
• Experience with hypersonic and/or supersonic vehicle development
• Experience with air-launched vehicle development
• Composite structures design, analysis and manufacturing experience
• Active S, TS, or SCI security clearance
• FEMAP or Nastran experience

Experience and education

Level II: Bachelor's degree and 2-5 years relevant experience, or equivalent combination. Salary: $97,500-$120,000.

Sr-level: Bachelor's degree and 5-10 years relevant experience, or equivalent combination. Salary: $120,000-$147,600.

Staff-level: Bachelor's degree and 10-20 years relevant experience, or equivalent combination. Salary: $147,800-$190,000.

Work environment

• Location: Mojave, California
• Schedule: 9/80 compressed schedule
• May require alternative shift work and weekend work
• Travel as needed to support department, estimated under 5%
• May involve operation of company vehicles

Benefits

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