Senior Mechanical/Structural Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Mechanical/Structural Engineer role is onsite in Mojave, CA, with an annual salary range of $113,000–$144,450, a 9/80 schedule, and travel estimated at less than 5%. Stratolaunch advances aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. The engineer supports structural development of an air-launched hypersonic vehicle, contributing to design performance and mission requirements. The role leads an integrated product team and helps advance the vehicle through design reviews, manufacturing, and flight test.

What you'll do

• Lead an integrated product team of mechanical, structural, analysis, dynamics, and manufacturing engineers
• support vehicle structural development and payload integration
• make technical decisions for the structures subsystem
• lead structural design reviews
• guide structural requirements, mass properties, configuration management, technical documentation, and design standards
• assess structural technical risk and ground-testing needs
• communicate with the program Chief Engineer
• contribute to complex aerospace system integration.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior mechanical engineer

structural engineering

hypersonic flight vehicle

talon-a

aerospace design

integrated product team

mojave ca

stratolaunch

$113k–$144.45k/year

full-time

9/80 schedule

travel under 5%

weekend work

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drugs
• paid maternity and parental leave
• 401(k) company match
• tuition reimbursement.

Why this role

Provides technical leadership for the Talon-A structures effort and integrated product team.

About the employer

Stratolaunch, LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.