A Shipping and Receiving Clerk is needed by Stratolaunch in Mojave California to help establish and maintain a Property Control System, provide management of Stratolaunch assets as well as manage the Shipping and Receiving Department. The Shipping and Receiving Clerk must be detail-oriented and accept primary responsibility for ensuring all property tracking systems comply with government contracting and ITAR requirements and are compatible with corporate accounting standards. The successful candidate will have the skills to be able to operate a forklift, move boxes and furniture, and perform light maintenance.   

Stratolaunch relies on a complex network of contractors and subcontractors, and this individual must demonstrate emotional intelligence and an appreciation for clarity, tact, and professionalism. This position will be critical to the expansion of operations in Mojave, and this individual needs to have a customer-service mentality to support Stratolauch’s off-site staff and partners. The ideal candidate will have experience in safety and handling of hazardous materials, as well as a strong background in project management, with some college or professional certificates.   

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES    

• Oversees incoming/outgoing shipments for identification and damage
• Coordinates and confirms receipt/shipping documentation for internal/external customers
• Serves as point of contact for priority incoming/outgoing shipments
• Identifies carrier for shipments and coordinates requirements
• Verifies accuracy of incoming/outgoing shipment
• Identifies and resolves shipping/receiving discrepancies
• This position is expected to be 100% onsite

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS   

• More than 1 year of experience working in a manufacturing, warehouse, shipping or customer service environment
• More than 1 year of experience in receiving, storing, picking, kitting, and shipping processes
• Ability to lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds frequently within an 8 hour shift lift capacity) or related equipment
• Education/experience typically acquired through basic education (e.g High School diploma/GED) and typically 4 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. military experience, vocational school/Associate+2 years' related work, Bachelor, etc.)
• Export Control Requirements: U.S. Government Export Control Status: This position must meet export control compliance requirements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS   

• More than 1 year of experience working with inventory control software
• More than 1 year of experience working multiple tasks with differing levels of importance
• More than 1 year of experience military and commercial packaging, handling, shipping and transportation of equipment and Dangerous Goods
• More than 1 year of experience working with various material handling equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks and cranes
• More than 1 year of experience operating forklifts (under 15,000-lb. lift capacity) or related equipment

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable    

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• Occasional travel required <5%
• $24.00-31.50 hourly
• Eligible for up to 8% annual bonus

The Executive Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative and clerical support to the CEO, acting as a key liaison between the CEO, other Executives, and Board of Managers/Advisors. This position involves coordinating schedules, arranging meetings, handling travel arrangements, and managing various administrative tasks to ensure the efficient operation of the President's office.   

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the President's schedule and make appointments as required.
• Manage and arrange meetings, including preparing agendas and transcribing meeting minutes.
• Coordinate and arrange travel schedules and reservations for the President.
• Prepare and code expense reports, compiling all supporting receipts.
• Support budgets and actual costs reconciliation activities as required.
• Generate presentation materials, web content, and other documentation for the President.
• Maintain files and databases for tracking progress on projects within the department.
• Greet scheduled visitors and escort them to the appropriate conference room.
• Compose, process, and/or edit Word/Excel documents and correspondence as requested.
• Prepare outgoing mail and correspondence, including e-mail and faxes.
• Perform general office support duties such as filing, faxing, and copying.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments.
• Handle special projects as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a demonstrated high level of confidentiality, independent judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Knowledge of general office practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently.
• Excellent grammar and punctuation skills.
• Strong organization and multi-tasking abilities.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Sr. Executive Assistant ($101,000 - $132,500): High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); and 8 plus years of relevant experience supporting Executive-level staff and Advisory Boards, OR, an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• Regular travel required to Washington D.C., and other domestic and possibly international locations

Stratolaunch is seeking an experienced Corporate Counsel to support the company’s legal, contractual, and compliance needs across a fast-moving aerospace and defense environment. This role will report to the Head of Contracts and Legal and will provide practical, business-oriented legal support with a primary focus on government contracting, aerospace/defense transactions, corporate governance, and strategic growth initiatives, including preparation for potential future capital markets activity.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in federal government contracts, experience supporting complex aerospace or defense programs, and familiarity with the legal and governance workstreams associated with IPO readiness, financing transactions, and public-company style compliance disciplines. This individual must be comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, partnering directly with executive leadership, supply chain, finance, HR, engineering, and program teams to identify risk, enable business objectives, and maintain compliance.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide day-to-day legal support across commercial, corporate, compliance, and operational matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including:
  • S. Government prime contracts and subcontracts
  • OTAs, BAAs, CRADAs, teaming agreements, NDAs, and MOUs
  • Commercial customer contracts
  • Vendor, consulting, services, and technology agreements
• Advise internal stakeholders on FAR/DFARS compliance, public contract formation, flowdowns, changes, claims, disputes, intellectual property, and data rights.
• Support legal review of solicitations, proposals, terms and conditions, and contractual risk allocation for aerospace and defense programs.
• Partner with supply chain and contracts personnel on subcontracting strategy, supplier terms, risk mitigation, and compliance issues.
• Support export control, regulatory, and compliance matters, including coordination with internal stakeholders on ITAR, EAR, CUI, NIST 800-171, and related obligations.
• Assist with corporate governance matters, including board materials, resolutions, entity management, delegated authorities, and internal policy development.
• Help build and maintain scalable legal processes, templates, playbooks, and training materials for a growing company.
• Support legal diligence, disclosure preparation, governance enhancements, and other workstreams associated with IPO readiness, financing events, and strategic transactions.
• Advise on employment-related matters in coordination with HR and outside counsel, as needed.
• Manage outside counsel efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Identify legal and compliance risks early and provide practical, solutions-oriented guidance aligned with business objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• D. from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 7+ years of relevant legal experience, with meaningful in-house and/or law firm experience supporting government contracts and corporate matters.
• Demonstrated experience with U.S. government contracting, including FAR/DFARS, prime contracts, subcontracts, and proposal/solicitation review.
• Experience supporting clients or companies in the aerospace, defense, aviation, space, or other highly regulated technology sectors.
• Working knowledge of key government contracting risk areas, including changes, claims, terminations, data rights, IP allocation, compliance, and audit exposure.
• Experience advising senior business stakeholders and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, and risk assessment skills.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to balance legal risk with operational realities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• In-house legal experience at an aerospace, defense, government technology, or public/pre-IPO company.
• Experience with IPO readiness, securities law support, disclosure controls, corporate governance, and public-company preparation.
• Familiarity with:

• OTAs and non-traditional defense contracting vehicles
• Export controls and trade compliance
• Cybersecurity and data protection compliance in government contracting environments
• Intellectual property and technical data rights in aerospace/defense programs

• Experience supporting strategic transactions, financings, or major corporate initiatives.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of independence and sound judgment in an evolving organization.

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Mojave, CA but may be remote

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an Avionics Manufacturing Engineer (ME) level I, II, or Sr to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of one of our carrier or hypersonic vehicles electrical and avionics systems; as a ME you will be responsible for the following:

• Work Instructions, detailed documentation to be released to the electrical shop for manufacturing related information for production, testing or tooling.
  • Ability to fully define a manufacturing process step-by-step
  • Ability to identify alternate part numbers
  • Ability to produce engineering documentation following industry standards (Section Views, Detail Views, flag notes, etc.)
• Process improvement documentation to establish production line standardization efforts
  • Electrical manufacturing engineering processes to define current practices
  • Electrical manufacturing processes to define company practices and preferred manufacturing methods (Shop)
  • Aerospace Industry Standards implementation
  • Desktop and Shop Aid documentation to support current workflows
• Liaison engineering support in the electrical shop to provide technicians with sufficient support to complete the task on hand
  • Explain electrical manufacturing processes from Stratolaunch and Aerospace industry standards
  • Redline released engineering documentation
• Source and purchase electrical components from released engineering documentation and manufacturing related tasks for Shop support (Shop setup activities, tooling, etc.)
• Evaluation of a broad range of technical data, interaction with different disciplines involved in the design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing of our vehicle(s).
• Analyze and verify all the engineering requirements are met to estimate time of fabrication and producibility between the margins of cost and schedule

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create work instructions to fabricate, install or modify electrical and/or avionics subsystems
• Create drawings and work instructions for tooling that supports the build phase of a production effort
• Reference 3D CAD models and integrate into 2D environments.
• Support the shop by acting as the engineering liaison to troubleshoot documentation issues and provide real-time support on the shop floor
• Troubleshoot electrical and avionics ground test issues
• Develop test plans and procedures, as required
• Support hypersonic vehicle integrated testing, as required
• Support Avionics design effort, as required
• Contribute to Shop layout, set up and improvement efforts, as required
• Regular and comprehensive communication to leadership
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Travel, as needed, to support the department
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with Aerospace production documentation (drawings and work orders)
• Experience with PDM systems, Engineering control and revision control release processes
• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
• Experience with the creation of shop work instructions
• Familiarity with common aerospace hardware such as connectors, relays, and wire types
• Direct hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system installation and best practices
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Complex aerospace system development
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Security clearance

Required Skills:

• Lab equipment: Oscilloscopes, multimeters, AC/DC power supplies, signal generators
• Familiarity with 3D CAD
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• 3D CAD modeling experience – NX, CATIA, or Solidworks
• Labview
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($83,000-$120,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level II ($98,100-$128,700): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr Level ($117,000-$153,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Staff Level ($152,500-$200,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department, travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an Electrical, Avionics Drafter level I, II, or Sr to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of one of our carrier or hypersonic vehicles electrical and avionics systems; as an Electrical, Avionics Drafter you will be responsible for the following:

• Develop engineering documentation including Wiring Diagrams, and Harness drawings following industry drafting standards (ASME.Y14)
• Develop and maintain system and sub-system drawing packages
• Plans, layouts, draws, and revises detailed part, assembly, and installation engineering drawings from basic layouts referencing Stratolaunch and Aerospace Industry Standards (drawing note call outs)
• Understanding of how Electrical and Mechanical components interact in larger systems (details, sub-assemblies, main assemblies, Next Higher Assemblies)
• Incorporate redlines from the engineering design team and hanging redlines from completed manufacturing work
• Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools such as, CAD, NX, CATIA, Mentor Graphics
• Develop process improvement documentation to establish to define engineering drafting current practices
• Ability to understand a broad range of technical data, interact with different disciplines involved in the design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing of our vehicle(s).

Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create Engineering documentation to facilitate design efforts for Avionics subsystems
• Reference 3D CAD models and integrate into 2D environments.
• Support Avionics design effort, as required
• Regular and comprehensive communication to leadership
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Travel, as needed, to support the department
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience working with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with Aerospace production documentation (drawings and work orders)
• Experience with PDM systems, Engineering control and revision control release processes
• Familiarity with common aerospace hardware such as connectors, relays, and wire types
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Complex aerospace system development
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Security clearance
• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
• Direct hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system installation and best practices

Required Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• Familiar with concept and applications following Drafting Standards per ASME Y14
• Familiarity with 3D CAD
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience as a CAD parts librarian (Preferred: Mentor Graphics)

Preferred Skills:

• 3D CAD modeling experience – NX, CATIA, or Solidworks
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)
• Familiar with concept and applications following GD&T per ASME Y14.5

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($40.00 - $52.50): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 0-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level II ($48.60 - $63.75): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 5-15 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level III ($58.00 - $76.00): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 10+ years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%

Stratolaunch is seeking a level II, Sr., or Staff-level Systems Engineer to support Integration and Test (I&T) of Aircraft and Hypersonic vehicles. An ideal candidate will have experience in aerospace systems integration and test. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team and program management.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborates with the systems engineering, test team responsible engineers, and program leadership to define and implement vehicle integration and test activities
• Develops and executes hardware-in-the-loop and on-vehicle test procedures
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary engineering team to produce and maintain an up-to-date test objective database
• Ensures vehicle is tested in a manner to meet vehicle 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
• Understands connections and dependences between subsystems
• Sets standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met
• 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:

• Experience working in small, dynamic engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities
• Previous test experience (e.g. vehicle integration testing, ground testing, and/or flight testing)
• Familiarity with aerospace systems such as avionics, instrumentation, software, fluid systems, liquid rockets, and/or structures
• 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 as a Test Conductor
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• Experience maintaining aerospace industry standards for vehicle configuration and changes
• Experience with air-launched supersonic/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: 

• Level II ($101,079-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr. Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering 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 engineering 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

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr, Staff, or Principal level Avionics Engineer with emphasis in Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) and Flight Termination Systems (FTS) to lead continued technical development of air-launched hypersonic aircraft.  This position will also support the efforts to design, integrate, and test the AFSS in accordance with RCC-319 and RCC-324. Additionally, this position will include working with range safety personnel to coordinate review and approval of various AFSS documents. You must be comfortable with component/system development and integration.  Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development, implementation, and subsystem-level testing of the AFSS and FTS
• Collaborate with range safety to review and approve AFSS and FTS documentation
• Support design, procurement, and build of AFSS Hardware in the Loop
• Contribute to flight test planning for integrated (carrier aircraft + pylon + hypersonic vehicle) Stratolaunch missions
• Collaborate with range safety personnel to develop AFSS and FTS technical requirements
• Contribute to coordination of range testing
• Support design reviews throughout vehicle system development
• Evaluate and determine risks and risk mitigation plans
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Chief Engineer and FTS/AFSS PM on a weekly and monthly basis
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with FTS and/or AFSS (receivers, batteries, safe and arm devices, ordnance, initiators)
• Experience architecting avionics system design with COTS or in-house hardware
• Experience working with and tailoring RCC-319 & RCC-324 requirements
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop junior engineers
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing technical project milestones
• Experience with test planning and execution
• Experience with risk management
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Engineering programming tools (Matlab or equivalent)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems (Git, Bitbucket, JIRA, or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing and certifying safety-critical flight software (DO-178 or equivalent)
• Knowledge of RF system design including link budgets, antenna design, and antenna placement
• Knowledge of debris catalogs and how they’re used for breakup analysis
• Experience developing environmental test specifications
• Experience with max predicted environment instrumentation (accelerometers, thermocouples)
• Engineering with computing languages & tools (C, C++, AGI STK, HFSS)
• Experience with government agencies
• Experience with air-launch programs
• Experience with aircraft prototype development, including releasing Engineering definition and developing work instructions
• Security clearance

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Sr Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering 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 engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Principal Level ($181,000-$237,200): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20-25 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <10%
• #LIOnsite

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Staff or Principal-level Mechanical Engineer to lead the airframe team in the development of an air-launched, hypersonic flight vehicle development program. This position requires leading a multi-disciplined group of engineers to design, build, and test vehicles to meet customer structural requirements. An ideal candidate has significant prototype development experience, with focus in thermal-structural-mechanical design, leading to first flights.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a diverse team of mechanical and manufacturing engineers
• Lead structural development of the hypersonic vehicle, including trade studies and structural layout
• Responsible for making final technical decisions for the structures subsystem
• Lead the successful execution of structural design reviews to advance the program through manufacturing and into flight test
• Lead structural systems engineering approach, which may include: creating and dispositioning structural requirements, mass properties management, guiding the configuration management of models, reviewing and approving documents/reports/analyses, setting engineering and design best practices and standards for the structures team, waiving or approving ground testing based on structural technical risk assessments, etc.
• Work hand-in-hand with the program responsible engineers and Chief Engineer to lead the program to a successful outcome
• Regular and comprehensive communication to program Chief Engineer
• Travel, as needed, to support the program
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: mechanical design, structures, mechanical systems, structural-thermal analysis, aircraft systems, aircraft operations, launch vehicle integration
• Significant experience with the rapid development of prototype or experimental flight vehicles, including full life-cycle involvement on at least one program
• Significant experience as a design engineering lead and/or analyst on a structures team
• Experience with metallic structures design, analysis, and manufacturing
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
• Experience with risk management
• Experience working in small engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hypersonic and/or supersonic vehicle development
• Experience with air-launched vehicle development
• Experience with composite structures design, analysis, and manufacturing
• Experience with personnel management and small team leadership
• Active Secret, TS, and/or SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• 3D CAD experience (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems such as JIRA, GIT, JAMA, etc.

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with FEMAP, Nastran

EDUCATION & 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
• Principal Level ($181,000-$237,300): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20+ years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment:

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement at ~75-80% on-site time for highly-qualified candidates (four days per week on-site)
• Travel, as needed, to support the department, travel estimated to be <5%
• #mechanical
• #hypersonicprogram

• #LI-AM1

As a Senior Test Pilot for Stratolaunch’s carrier aircraft, you will have the opportunity to accomplish new milestones in aviation. You will provide comprehensive flight test technical support for experimental and developmental aircraft and payload systems development. You should possess extensive experience in developmental flight test, and sound judgment to plan and accomplish program goals safely and effectively. You must establish and maintain effective relationships with colleagues on a small, agile design-to-flight team. Tasks include planning and flying test flights as Pilot in Command (PIC) and Second in Command (SIC); supporting ground tests as Test Conductor, Test Director, or Flight Test Engineer; preparing system test plans and flight test cards; participating in engineering design reviews, simulator evaluations, technical and safety reviews, and flight briefings; drafting flight manual and operational guidance and documenting test results. Ability to perform as control room mission director / designated safety official for part 450 FAA licensed commerical space missions. As a key member of the Flight Operations team, you will have an essential role in meeting all Flight Operations objectives. You will be challenged with bringing a unique and complex aircraft from early development to operational use and proving capabilities for high-speed vehicle launch.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES       

• Serve as PIC/SIC for the experimental transport category carrier aircraft to include the B747-400, as well as other aircraft to be used for chase and training missions.
• Write flight test plans, test cards, flight reports, and final test reports
• Lead and/or participate in system design and design reviews
• Develop test strategies, test plans and test procedures for aircraft and components
• Lead and/or participate in ground and flight test events as test crew member or Test Conductor
• Participate in control room operations as Mission Director or training officer, as required
• Author and/or update Pilot Operating Handbook and related guidance, to include development of normal and emergency procedures
• Maintain flying currency and proficiency in multiple different aircraft types, to include maintaining instrument currency.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced, high stress environments

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS      

• Pilot graduate of a full course test pilot school (SETP-recognized), or possess equivalent experience in developmental flight test programs
• Minimum 1,200 hours total PIC flight time, to include at least 500 hours in turbine aircraft
• Three years of test pilot experience on developmental flight test programs
• FAA Commercial Airplane Multi‐Engine Land pilot certificate, without a centerline thrust restriction.
• FAA Second Class medical certificate
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, or similar technical foundation to support aircraft design
• Be independent and motivated; able to self‐direct and manage time effectively
• Be able to work irregular hours and workdays, and travel periodically
• Be knowledgeable of Federal Aviation Regulations for experimental aircraft certification and operations
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• United States Citizenship - ability to acquire/maintain a US security clearance      

HIGHLY DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS      

• FAA Airline Transport Rating (ATP), or additional FAA type ratings and experience in multi-engine, non-centerline thrust aircraft
• 747-400 type rating
• Possess FAA high altitude endorsement or equivalent military training
• Recent experience in formation / chase.
• Experience as a test pilot in heavy multi-engine turbine aircraft
• Six years of relevant experience on developmental flight test programs
• Experience with external stores carriage and separation flight tests
• Master’s Degree in engineering or related technical field
• Previous experience with advanced flight controls or autonomous aircraft development
• Previous experience with experimental or modified aircraft, technical and safety review boards, and configuration control
• Familiar with government flight test organizations, ranges, and procedures

Special remarks regarding work environment:     

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• Senior Level - $175,500-$230,500 / Up to 15% Annual bonus
• Travel to CONUS or OCONUS test locations for extended test campaigns

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II or Sr-level Avionics Engineer to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of hypersonic aircraft avionics systems.  This role will have a focus in Telemetry (TM).  This position will include collaborating with other system owners to understand test requirements and operations support needs for multiple test ranges. 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to instrumentation, network, & telemetry (data) system requirements development, architecture design, testing, & operation for local and extended range missions.
• Support flight operations by ensuring data system assets are prepared for flight test.
• Support the selection of and harness design for new sensors, data acquisition units, computers, network switches, and other equipment.
• Manage and configure the aircraft instrumentation system to provide real time data for mission monitoring as well as logged data for post-flight analysis
• Support the development and maintenance of software tools as required, including configuration management, simulation, deployment, and analysis tools.
• Determine, document, and manage subsystem requirements for each new configuration
• Develop and support instrumentation, network, & telemetry tests as required.
• Support integration testing such as power checks, sensor calibration, and equipment checkout
• Collaborate with design engineers, network engineers, and technicians as required to accomplish goals.
• Prepare data system material to present at design reviews and flight readiness reviews and in post operation reviews.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments.

QUALIFICATIONS & 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:

• Experience in Telemetry, Instrumentation, or Network engineering in an operational or regulated test environment.
• Experience with Ethernet networking and familiarity with TCP, UDP, multicasting, etc.
• Experience with integrating data acquisition instrumentation (Analog, discrete, and digital protocols such as ARINC 429, etc) from distributed systems with mission control software.
• Knowledgeable with RF devices such as transmitters, receivers, encoders/decoders, or similar
• Experience with data acquisition systems and dataloggers
• Experience writing system requirements
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET or above level

Required Computer Skills:

• Expertise with at least one programming languages, including but not limited to C/C++/C#, Python
• Familiarity with continuous integration toolchains such as Jenkins or Bamboo
• Experience with source control systems, such as Git
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Visio)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with complex payload and/or guided systems
• Experience integrating a high Mach or hypersonic system onto a military platform
• Flight test program instrumentation system experience
• Experience designing & manufacturing aircraft harnesses
• Aircraft and/or launch vehicle development experience
• Experience with configuring and monitoring RF telemetry components for end-to-end testing (encode, transmit, receive, decode)
• Knowledge of IRIG 106 CH4, Ch 10, CH 7 or other telemetry standards
• Hands-on aircraft build, piloting, and flight test experience
• Experience with requirements management tools such as JAMA or Doors
• Mission Control Room console experience
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with relational, document and time-series databases
• Experience with Curtiss-Wright or Safran Data Acquisition Units
• Experience with continuous integration toolchains such as Jenkins or Bamboo

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,100-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%
  
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Stratolaunch is seeking a creative, strategic, and highly collaborative Employer Brand & Content Specialist to help define and amplify how our company is perceived by current and future talent. This role will sit at the intersection of Talent Acquisition, Marketing, Communications, and business leadership, owning employer brand initiatives while also creating compelling content that showcases our mission, people, culture, and technical achievements.

The ideal candidate combines strong program management skills with hands-on storytelling ability. This person will help strengthen the candidate experience, build scalable employer brand programs, support recruiting priorities, and develop high-quality content across social, digital, and event channels. They should be comfortable partnering with engineers, recruiters, executives, and functional leaders to translate complex aerospace work into authentic, engaging, and compliant messaging.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and evolve Stratolaunch’s employer brand strategy in alignment with business growth, hiring priorities, and brand standards
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, Marketing, Communications, and business leaders to develop employer brand campaigns that support recruiting goals
• Assess and improve the end-to-end candidate experience across major touchpoints including job ads, career site, social channels, recruiting events, recruiter messaging, and interview experience
• Create, write, and edit compelling content including social posts, captions, employee spotlights, leadership features, recruiting campaign copy, event promotion, and candidate-facing messaging
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to capture and communicate company milestones, technical breakthroughs, program achievements, workforce stories, and cultural moments leveraging our Intranet and other communication channels
• Support executive and leader visibility efforts by helping shape external-facing content for conferences, panels, events, and thought leadership opportunities
• Partner with designers, photographers, videographers, and outside vendors as needed to produce visual assets that strengthen storytelling and audience engagement
• Support recruiting event strategy and execution, including hiring events, university outreach, military and veteran initiatives, and experiential talent campaigns
• Develop tools, templates, and enablement resources that help recruiters and hiring managers communicate a consistent and compelling employer value proposition
• Monitor brand and campaign performance metrics and provide recommendations to improve engagement, reach, candidate conversion, and overall hiring impact

• Ensure content and messaging align with internal brand standards and applicable compliance requirements, including sensitivity to ITAR, export control, proprietary information, and customer considerations
• Manage the Stratolaunch branding guidelines and content
• Manage the company store, merchandise selection, and orders to support events like tradeshows and recruiting

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong understanding of employer branding, recruiting marketing, social media strategy, and content development
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical subject matter into accessible, compelling content
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Experience building programs or processes from the ground up with a high degree of ownership and accountability
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with recruiters, engineers, executives, and communications partners
• Strong judgment and professionalism in handling sensitive or technical information
• Comfortable using performance metrics to evaluate campaigns and guide content strategy
• Ability to balance creativity with structure, process, and business objectives

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Human Resources, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• 5+ years of experience in employer branding, recruiting marketing, social media, communications, content strategy, or related work
• Experience developing content for brand, recruiting, executive, or corporate social channels required
• Experience in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, engineering, hardware, or other highly technical industries strongly preferred
• Experience partnering with Talent Acquisition teams and understanding recruiting workflows strongly preferred
• Experience with visual storytelling, photography, videography, or creative asset development is a plus
• Familiarity with LinkedIn, employer review/job platforms, content planning tools, and analytics/reporting tools preferred
• Familiarity with compliance considerations relevant to aerospace/defense environments is a plus

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in either Mojave, CA or Washington, DC
• Frequent travel required to Washington D.C., Mojave Spaceport, and other domestic locations

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking Development Project Manager. In this role, you will report to the Program Element / Development Program Manager and be responsible for execution of programs/projects that will integrate into the broader Talon-A Launch System.  You will interface with internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis to help develop requirements, manage schedules, and provide updates. You will be part of the hypersonic vehicle engineering team, collaborating with the manufacturing, engineering and operations. You will work with the Stratolaunch contracts team to ensure customer milestones are achieved.  You will work with the hypersonic vehicle program management team to ensure the customer needs are communicated and integrated with program planning tools and flight manifests. 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Lead an integrated project team through the full program life cycle   

• Develop budgets and schedules for managing assigned programs    

• Responsible for cost, schedule, and customer satisfaction   

• Make final decisions that affects cost and/or schedule constraints   

• Implement program management tools, as needed, to facilitate program execution   

• Contribute to developing statements of work, establishing program review gates, setting milestones with applicable entry and exit criteria, and evaluating subcontractor capabilities   

• Work with the procurement team to ensure subcontractors are delivering products on deadline and within budget   

• Evaluate risks and mitigation plans to determine adequacy and effectiveness   

• Lead the creation of proposals    

• Contribute to the company business plan with forecasts of schedule, budget, and personnel   

• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Sr. Programs Manager   

• Travel, as needed, to support the company and program    

• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments   

QUALIFICATIONS 

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 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 

• Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: aerospace program management, subcontracts and procurement, personnel management, aircraft systems, aircraft operations, launch vehicle integration, ground systems 

• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with subcontractors 

• Experience with prototype manufacturing or low-rate production 

• Experience with risk management 

• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns 

• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and ability to implement sound critical thinking skills 

• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals 

• Ability to obtain a security clearance at the TS level 

• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities 

• Ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment  

PREFERRED 

• Experience with government agencies (customers and regulatory) 

• Experience with air-launch programs 

• Launch vehicle and/or aircraft integration experience 

• Large transport category or military aircraft operations experience 

• Experience with classified programs and working in a classified environment 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Project Manager I ($101,500-$132,500): Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Science (BS) or higher in a Business Management/Business Administration and/or Engineering discipline from an accredited institution and 5-10 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
• Semi-frequent travel required to domestic locations

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Development Program Manager. In this role, you will report to the Program Element / Development Program Manager and be responsible for execution of programs/projects that will integrate into the broader Talon-A Launch System.  You will interface with internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis to help develop requirements, manage schedules, and provide updates. You will be part of the hypersonic vehicle engineering team, collaborating with the manufacturing, engineering and operations. You will work with the Stratolaunch contracts team to ensure customer milestones are achieved.  You will work with the hypersonic vehicle program management team to ensure the customer needs are communicated and integrated with program planning tools and flight manifests.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead an integrated product team through the full program life cycle  
• Develop budgets and schedules for managing assigned programs   
• Responsible for cost, schedule, and customer satisfaction  
• Make final decisions that affects cost and/or schedule constraints  
• Implement program management tools, as needed, to facilitate program execution  
• Contribute to developing statements of work, establishing program review gates, setting milestones with applicable entry and exit criteria, and evaluating subcontractor capabilities  
• Work with the procurement team to ensure subcontractors are delivering products on deadline and within budget  
• Evaluate risks and mitigation plans to determine adequacy and effectiveness  
• Lead the creation of proposals   
• Contribute to the company business plan with forecasts of schedule, budget, and personnel  
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Sr. Programs Manager  
• Travel, as needed, to support the company and program   
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments  

QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 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

• Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: aerospace program management, subcontracts and procurement, personnel management, aircraft systems, aircraft operations, launch vehicle integration, ground systems
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with subcontractors
• Experience with prototype manufacturing or low-rate production
• Experience with risk management
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and ability to implement sound critical thinking skills
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to obtain a security clearance at the TS level
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment 

PREFERRED

• Experience with government agencies (customers and regulatory)
• Experience with air-launch programs
• Launch vehicle and/or aircraft integration experience
• Large transport category or military aircraft operations experience
• Experience with classified programs and working in a classified environment
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Sr. Program Manager ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Science (BS) or higher in a Business Management/Business Administration and/or Engineering discipline from an accredited institution and 5-10 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience  

• Staff Program Manager ($157,000-$206,000): Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Science (BS) or higher in a Business Management/Business Administration and/or Engineering discipline from an accredited institution and 10+ 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
• Semi-frequent travel required to domestic locations

Job Title: Principal Staff Accountant – Aerospace & Defense

Position Summary

The Principal Staff Accountant is a senior technical accounting professional responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with government regulations, and strong internal controls in a highly regulated aerospace and defense environment. This role serves as a subject-matter expert for complex accounting matters, government contract accounting, and audit support, while partnering closely with program management, finance leadership, and external auditors.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Accounting & Reporting

• Lead complex accounting analyses and documentation in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), and long-term contracts.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and disclosures.
• Research, interpret, and implement new accounting standards and regulatory guidance.
• Serve as the accounting authority for unusual or non-routine transactions.
• Provide monthly reports to indirect budget owners and facilitate updates to their forecasts.

Government Contract Accounting & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with FAR, CAS, DFARS, and other applicable government regulations.
• Support incurred cost submissions, forward pricing rate proposals, and cost impact analyses.
• Partner with contracts and program teams to ensure proper cost accounting and revenue treatment.
• Maintain compliant cost structures and indirect rate allocations.

Audit & Controls

• Act as a primary liaison for internal, external, and government audits (DCAA, DCMA).
• Prepare audit schedules, respond to audit inquiries, and resolve findings.
• Design, implement, and monitor strong internal controls over financial reporting.
• Support SOX compliance and continuous process improvements.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor and review work of senior and staff accountants.
• Partner with FP&A, programs, supply chain, and engineering teams to support business objectives.
• Drive accounting process improvements, automation, and best practices.
• Provide clear guidance and recommendations to finance and executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Master’s preferred).
• CPA or CMA strongly preferred.
• 8–12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant aerospace/defense or government contracting exposure.
• Deep working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, FAR, CAS, and DCAA requirements.
• Experience supporting government audits and complex contract accounting.
• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., Deltek Costpoint, SAP, Oracle) and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cost-type, fixed-price, and hybrid government contracts.
• Prior leadership or supervisory experience.
• Background in publicly traded or PE-backed A&D companies.
• Strong documentation and technical memo writing skills.

Key Competencies

• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills
• Strong judgment and problem-solving ability
• Ability to communicate complex accounting topics clearly
• Proactive, hands-on, and improvement-oriented mindset
• Ability to thrive in a regulated, deadline-driven environment

Compensation
$128,000-$200,000
Eligible for up to 15% annual bonus

Remote within Pacific Time Zone or Mountain Time Zone.

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level I Mechanical or Aerospace Engineer to support design, integration, testing, flight test, and maintenance of carrier aircraft mechanical and structural systems.  This position will include collaborating with other system owners to understand requirements and engineer solutions.  Areas of focus may include primary and secondary structure, subsystems, etc. You must be comfortable owning your responsibilities and supporting your design through the entire design life cycle – from concept through integration and test.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the design, build, and component level testing of mechanical and/or structural systems and hardware
• Perform calculations and basic analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
• Spec and order hardware, as required, to fabricate your designs
• Create component and assembly drawings for all hardware
• Assist mechanics in integrating all components and assemblies onto the vehicle
• Test components and/or assemblies to prepare for integrated ground testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete their tasking
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Roc Chief Engineer
• Mission Control Center console and Flight Test responsibilities are expected
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: mechanical design, structural engineering, thermal analysis, kinematics, component or assembly level mechanical testing, electrical and/or instrumentation experience
• Experience with metal component design, both billet machined components and weldments
• Experience with aerospace-grade hardware and mechanical design best practices
• Experience with ground test hardware, including releasing engineering definition and developing work instructions
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools – NX, Solidworks, or CATIA
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Visio)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Programming – Matlab or Python
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($83,000-$120,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

Stratolaunch is seeking a dynamic Sr. Marketing and Communications Manager to create, implement, and oversee MarCom programs that will effectively describe and promote the company and its offerings including, but not limited to, graphics, brochures, presentations, advertising, videos, company/product fact sheets, logos, and other promotional materials. This position interacts with a broad range of internal and external audiences. The ideal candidate is highly effective with proactive public relations, internal communications, branding and organizational initiatives, change and issues management, and understands go-to-market strategy in support of business development. This individual will be wholly responsible for the marketing and communications function of the organization and knows how to get things done in a small and growing team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and lead the overarching marketing and communication strategy for Stratolaunch.
• Partner with Engineers to develop strategic marketing and sales materials - including print, video, web and multi-media.
• Manage industry engagement, conferences, and sponsorships.
• Develop content and manage social media platforms including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Redditto generate awareness of the Stratolaunch brand.
• Generate social media templates and guidelines for employees.
• Create strong relationships with senior leaders for speaking engagements and internal communication.
• Plan, coordinate and execute unique, high-profile events.
• Analyze and continuously improve marketing, sales and business development campaigns.
• Manage and archive all content and messaging.
• Support media training and crisis communication planning.
• Exhibit a willingness to work quickly and comfortably with fluid situations and ever changing challenges.
• Manage relationships with third party vendors and determine graphic design needs.
• Manage company store strategy, including inventory management, branding and external offerings.
• Develop communications campaigns and external communication materials for use with the media, industry stakeholders and clients – inclusive of print, digital and social media.
• Be a strategic communications adviser, able to develop and execute long-term communications programs, manage news flow, and drive change and issues management projects.
• Handle media inquiries and conduct media outreach.
• Execute a thoughtful approach to targeting appropriate outlets, networking, conducting research, and meeting regularly with reporters to reinforce relationships and identify story opportunities.
• Develop press releases, presentations, media programs, and other documents created for communications.
• Identify thought leadership opportunities to put an appropriate spotlight on Stratolaunch offerings.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience creating and managing content
• Demonstrated experience developing, and successfully implementing, marketing and communications strategy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and flexibility working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytic skills.
• Excellent communication skills and public speaking ability.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and flexibility working in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments. Ability to interact effectively at the highest level of an organization and synthesize complex issues crisply, clearly and convincingly.
• Superior influencing skills and able to gain the respect of, and build a rapport with, multiple audiences, internally and externally.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments.
• Experience within aerospace and/or aviation preferred.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS in Marketing or Business
• 10+ years of experience in Marketing and Communication

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Washington D.C.
• Frequent travel required to Mojave Spaceport, and other domestic or international locations

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an Avionics Engineering Technician level I, II, or Sr to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle electrical and avionics systems.  You will create shop definition including drawings, wiring diagrams, and work instructions. You must be comfortable as a liaison to the shop to install and modify existing aircraft subsystems. This position will include evaluation of a broad range of technical data. Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the flight operations by acting as the engineering liaison to troubleshoot electrical and avionics ground test issues
• Design, manufacture, and operate electrical ground support equipment
• Create drawings, wiring diagrams, and work instructions to install or modify electrical and/or avionics subsystems
• Support the shop by acting as the engineering liaison to troubleshoot documentation issues and provide real-time support on the shop floor
• Regular and comprehensive communication to your lead
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Travel, as needed, to support the department
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
• Experience with the creation of shop work instructions, including wiring diagrams and drawings
• Direct hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system installation and best practices
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Complex aerospace system development
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Environmental testing experience
• Security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Wiring diagram tools: Siemens Capital Logic/Harness, or equivalent
• Lab equipment: Oscilloscopes, multimeters, AC/DC power supplies, signal generators
• Familiarity with 3D CAD
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• 3D CAD modeling experience – NX, CATIA, or Solidworks
• Curtiss-Wright IADS or Labview
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Engr Tech I ($32.00-$46.45): Relevant experience in engineering discipline or 0-10 years as technician in relevant discipline. CAD experience.
• Engr Tech II ($40.00-$57.90): Strong relevant experience in engineering discipline or 5-15 years as technician in relevant discipline. Proficiency with CAD.
• Sr Engr Tech ($48.60-$63.75): Strong relevant experience in engineering discipline or 10+ years as technician in relevant discipline. Strong proficiency with CAD.

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a II, Sr-, or Staff-Mechanical Engineer to support the in the development of an air-launched, hypersonic flight vehicle development program. This position requires working within a multi-disciplined group of engineers to design, build, integrate, and test vehicles to meet customer structural requirements. An ideal candidate has experience with hot metallic structure development.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to a diverse team of mechanical and manufacturing engineers
• Contribute to structural development of the hypersonic vehicle, including trade studies and structural layout
• Responsible for contributing to final technical decisions for the structures subsystem
• Support the successful execution of structural design reviews to advance the program through manufacturing and into flight test
• Contribute to structural systems engineering approach, which may include: creating and dispositioning structural requirements, mass properties management, guiding the configuration management of models, reviewing and approving documents/reports/analyses, setting engineering and design best practices and standards for the structures team, waiving or approving ground testing based on structural technical risk assessments, etc.
• Work hand-in-hand with the program responsible engineers and Chief Engineer to lead the program to a successful outcome
• Regular and comprehensive communication to program Airframe Lead
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: mechanical design, structures, mechanical systems, structural-thermal analysis, aircraft systems, aircraft operations, launch vehicle integration
• Experience with metallic structures design, analysis, and manufacturing
• Experience with technical aerospace work, including working with vendors
• Experience with risk management and critical path workflow
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to create and review engineering drawings per AMSE Y14.5
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience with the rapid development of prototype or experimental flight vehicles, including full life-cycle involvement on at least one program
• Experience with thermally stresses airframes
• Experience with hands-on fabrication in an aerospace environment
• Experience transitioning prototype programs into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP)
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability & Assembly (DFMA) improvement effort
• Experience with hypersonic and/or supersonic vehicle development
• Experience with air-launched vehicle development
• Experience with composite structures design, analysis, and manufacturing
• Active S, TS, and/or SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• 3D CAD experience (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems such as JIRA, GIT, JAMA, etc.

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with FEMAP, Nastran

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• II-level ($101,079-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and 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

• Position based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement at no less than 75-80% on-site time.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

integration, testing, and maintenance of the Talon-A hypersonic aircraft structure.  This position will include conceptualizing components, sizing and analyzing components, generating CAD model parts and assemblies, creating margin reports, detailed design, and supporting the manufacturing effort. In addition, this position will support the Talon-A structures lead with team guidance and mentorship.  You are responsible for contributing to the vehicle’s structural technical performance, including meeting design and mission requirements, resolving technical challenges, and implementing technology upgrades that improve the competitive basis of the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle architecture.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in aerospace structural design efforts
• Perform detailed design of various structural components, leading to release of engineering work orders
• Size and analyze components to meet program structural requirements, including writing margin reports
• Design various secondary/support structure for mounting components
• Select material systems and construction techniques that meet project objectives
• 3D CAD model parts and assemblies
• Work with engineering technicians and the shop to fabricate and assemble your designs
• Resolve technical challenges as they arise for Talon-A and its integration with the carrier aircraft
• Support Talon-A Structures Lead with team guidance and mentorship
• Regular and comprehensive communication to project leads
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Travel, as needed, to support the company
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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:

• Ability to analyze your designs using hand calculations and FEM
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling of parts and assemblies
• Experience with composite part fabrication and manufacturing methods
• Experience with composite tooling methods
• Experience with aerospace fasteners and specs
• Experience with drafting and GD&T
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to take direction, work relatively independently, and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with aerospace-grade hardware and mechanical design best practices
• Experience with ground test hardware, including releasing engineering definition and developing work instructions
• Experience with bonded and wet tied composite structures
• Experience with FEMAP, Nastran
• Experience with generating loads
• Experience with metallic design and manufacturing
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Experience with static structural testing
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools – NX, CATIA or Solidworks
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Configuration management systems -- Jira

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Lvl I ($83,000-$109,000) - Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Lvl II ($101,079-$146,500) - Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Lvl Sr. ($120,500-$158,000) - Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

 Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Staff-level Propulsion Engineer to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of a hypersonic vehicle rocket propulsion system.  An ideal candidate will have rocket motor component design experience. This position will include evaluation of a broad range of technical data.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to the development, build, and test of propulsion flight and ground hardware
• Perform structural, fluid, and thermal analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
• Create component and assembly drawings for flight and ground test hardware
• Create and maintain work instructions to install flight hardware onto vehicles
• Assist mechanics in integrating all components and assemblies onto the aircraft and/or ground systems
• Order materials and components, as required
• Test propulsion components and/or assemblies to prepare for integrated subsystem testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete tasking
• Maintain inventory tracking of critical propulsion components
• Manage engineering release schedule in conjunction with shop planning
• Review and release drawings, work instructions, analysis reports, etc.
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Propulsion Lead
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: solid or liquid rocket motor design, mechanical design, structural engineering, component or assembly level mechanical or fluid testing, rocket testing, electrical and/or instrumentation experience
• Experience with stress analysis
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling of parts and assemblies
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating engineering drawings and work instructions
• Experience with fluid system design and test
• Knowledge of oxygen systems and oxygen cleanliness
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools – Solidworks
• Programming – Matlab or Python
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

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

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Staff-level Propulsion Engineer to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of a hypersonic vehicle rocket propulsion system.  An ideal candidate will have solid rocket motor component design experience. This position will include evaluation of a broad range of technical data.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to the development, build, and test of propulsion flight and ground hardware
• Perform structural, fluid, and thermal analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
• Create component and assembly drawings for flight and ground test hardware
• Create and maintain work instructions to install flight hardware onto vehicles
• Assist mechanics in integrating all components and assemblies onto the aircraft and/or ground systems
• Order materials and components, as required
• Test propulsion components and/or assemblies to prepare for integrated subsystem testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete tasking
• Maintain inventory tracking of critical propulsion components
• Manage engineering release schedule in conjunction with shop planning
• Review and release drawings, work instructions, analysis reports, etc.
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Propulsion Lead
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: solid rocket motor design, mechanical design, structural engineering, component or assembly level mechanical or fluid testing, rocket testing, electrical and/or instrumentation experience
• Experience with stress analysis
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling of parts and assemblies
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating engineering drawings and work instructions
• Experience with fluid system design and test
• Knowledge of oxygen systems and oxygen cleanliness
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools – Solidworks
• Programming – Matlab or Python
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

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

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II or Sr-level Aerodynamics Engineer to support the conceptual design and aerodynamic analyses of hypersonic vehicles. Candidates must have a strong foundation in aerodynamics and flight mechanics, including stability and control, aerodynamic model development, flight simulation, computation fluid dynamics (CFD), and/or relevant wind tunnel testing. Experience with aircraft design and aerodynamic/performance analyses across the speed range from subsonic to hypersonic, is highly desired.

As an Aerodynamics Engineer, you will contribute to a small hypersonic advanced design team, designing current and future Stratolaunch hypersonic vehicles. Your tasking may include conceptual design trade studies, detailed design and analysis tasks, development of analytical tools to support the team, and flight test support of currently operating vehicles.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to development of aerodynamic databases using analytical, numerical, ground and flight test data
• Perform analytical and numerical analyses to evaluate the aerodynamics, performance, and stability & control of hypersonic vehicles
• Develop aerodynamic models for a variety of hypersonic vehicle configurations
• Contribute to flight performance simulations through modeling and/or aerodynamic analyses
• Analyze wind tunnel and flight test data, as required
• Develop advanced design tools, as required
• Support the preparation of business proposals to the US Government and industry
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with aerodynamics, performance, stability & control, and atmospheric aerospace vehicle design
• Experience with subsonic, transonic, or supersonic theory and analyses
• Ability to self-start, work with urgency, and on their own initiative, and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain a security clearance at the TS/SCI level

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hypersonic aerodynamic theory and analysis
• Experience with hypersonic vehicle development and/or test
• Experience with supersonic vehicle development and/or test
• Experience building aerodynamics models for complex aerospace vehicles
• Experience with trajectory shaping and optimization
• Proficient in lofting compound surfaces for aerospace vehicles
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Scripting languages (Python, Matlab, or similar)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with CFD analysis tools – preferred: US3D, Fun3D, Pointwise, Link3D, StarCCM, Kestrel
• Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) software tools
• Experience with trajectory optimization analysis tools
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)
• Familiarity with revision control of software – Git (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,079-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr-Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for remote or partial remote/on-site (hybrid) work for a well-qualified candidate.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II or Sr-level Flight Sciences Engineer to support the conceptual design and aerodynamic analyses of hypersonic vehicles. Candidates must have a strong foundation in aerodynamics and flight mechanics, including stability and control, aerodynamic model development, flight simulation, computation fluid dynamics (CFD), and/or relevant wind tunnel testing. Experience with aircraft design and aerodynamic/performance analyses across the speed range from subsonic to hypersonic, is highly desired.

As a Flight Science Engineer, you will contribute to a small hypersonic advanced design team, designing current and future Stratolaunch hypersonic vehicles. Your tasking may include conceptual design trade studies, detailed design and analysis tasks, development of analytical tools to support the team, and flight test support of currently operating vehicles.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform vehicle trajectory analysis and optimization on current and future vehicles
• Contribute to development of aerodynamic databases using analytical, numerical, ground and flight test data
• Perform analytical and numerical analyses to evaluate the aerodynamics, performance, and stability & control of hypersonic vehicles
• Develop aerodynamic models for a variety of hypersonic vehicle configurations
• Contribute to flight performance simulations through modeling and/or aerodynamic analyses
• Analyze wind tunnel and flight test data, as required
• Develop advanced design tools, as required
• Support the preparation of business proposals to the US Government and industry
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with aerodynamics, performance, stability & control, and atmospheric aerospace vehicle design
• Experience with subsonic, transonic, or supersonic theory and analyses
• Ability to self-start, work with urgency, and on their own initiative, and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain a security clearance at the TS/SCI level

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hypersonic aerodynamic theory and analysis
• Experience with hypersonic vehicle development and/or test
• Experience with supersonic vehicle development and/or test
• Experience building aerodynamics models for complex aerospace vehicles
• Experience with trajectory shaping and optimization
• Proficient in lofting compound surfaces for aerospace vehicles
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Scripting languages (Python, Matlab, or similar)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with CFD analysis tools – preferred: US3D, Fun3D, Pointwise, Link3D, StarCCM, Kestrel
• Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) software tools
• Experience with trajectory optimization analysis tools
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)
• Familiarity with revision control of software – Git (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,079-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr-Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for remote or partial remote/on-site (hybrid) work for a well-qualified candidate.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

• Review and develop company EH&S policies and procedures.
• Understand and abide by all company policies and procedures.
• Research and interpret applicable EH&S regulatory requirements, as necessary. This would include those from Cal/OSHA, DOT, EPA, and DTSC, among other federal, state, and local agencies.
• Support manufacturing and operations teams as an information resource.
• Conduct industrial hygiene sampling and exposure analyses.
• Conduct injury, incident, and near miss investigations.
• Conduct injury/incident trend analyses.
• Implement and enforce company EH&S programs, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct job hazard analyses and area hazard analyses.
• Support test hazard analyses.
• Conduct building and area inspections.
• Provide training and safety meetings to manufacturing and operations teams.

• Associate degree or higher in EH&S related field and 4+ years of work experience or 6+ years of work experience in the EH&S field.
• Computer proficiency, especially with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, and Adobe Acrobat
• Experience researching and interpreting regulations (e.g. Cal/OSHA, EPA, DOT, etc.).
• Experience developing written programs and company policy
• Strong basic mathematical skills
• Ability to stand or walk 50% of the day or more
• Any safety or environmental certifications are a plus
• Ability to obtain a high security clearance 

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• $40.00-$52.50 hourly
• Eligible for up to 10% annual bonus

Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr. Account Manager – Pentagon to serve as a front-end Business Development leader responsible for building relationships across the Department of War and driving strategic award opportunities within Pentagon programs. This individual will help shape and capture opportunities by translating customer needs into funded programs, with a particular focus on how Stratolaunch’s hypersonics portfolio can support the Department of War’s need for hypersonic systems and flight demonstrations. This is intended to be a hands-on role for someone who can lead capture strategy, develop win themes, build relationships, and contribute to proposal development in partnership with the broader Business Development team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and execute the full business development lifecycle across the Office of the Secretary of War related pursuits, primarily Research and Engineering but working with Acquisition and Sustainment as well.
• Lead capture activities by developing win strategies, capture plans, and opportunity shaping plans that position Stratolaunch for award.
• Translate customer needs, operational gaps, and exercise requirements into program requirements and actionable win strategies.
• Develop and execute customer engagement plans to build understanding of customer priorities, mission challenges, and funding pathways.
• Identify where Stratolaunch capabilities, including the evolving hypersonics  vehicles portfolio, align to Department of War needs.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the Pentagon and partners.
• Lead solution strategy in partnership with internal business development and technical teams to mature offerings and shape pursuits.
• Support proposal development by contributing to strategy, messaging, and written content as part of a larger BD/proposal team.
• Brief pipeline status, pursuit strategy, and closure plans to senior and executive leadership on a regular basis.
• Execute capture gate reviews and help drive disciplined pursuit management across assigned opportunities.
• Represent Stratolaunch as a trusted, credible, and proactive business development partner.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Recent experience working with the Department of War and familiarity with Pentagon hypersonic priorities and challenges.
• Hypersonic Technology Expertise: In-depth knowledge and understanding of the value of hypersonic flight systems, Familiarity with industry-specific challenges, best practices, and emerging trends.
• Demonstrated ability to connect customer need, operational demand, and funding strategy to help close opportunities.
• Experience with acquisition processes, strategic planning, and opportunity shaping.
• Ability to build relationships while also doing hands-on capture and proposal work without relying on a large support staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to help write proposal content and executive-level briefing material.
• Strong business development and/or capture management background preferred.
• Ability to understand warfighter needs, Pentagon priorities, exercise gaps, and where Stratolaunch solutions can provide value.
• Candidates should be able to understand mission need, capability fit, and solution tailoring at a level sufficient to shape opportunities effectively.
• Established professional network within the aerospace industry, including connections with research institutions, government agencies, and industry partners.
• Experience as part of a business leadership team at a significant divisional or overall business level.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, National Security Studies, Public Policy, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of relevant experience supporting the Department of War or closely relevant defense experience.
• Prior experience in business development, capture, account management, strategic planning, military exercises, acquisition, or operational planning strongly preferred.
• Backgrounds may include senior civilian professionals supporting the Pentagon, or military officers exiting service at approximately the O-6 level or comparable experience, particularly those who are comfortable working as individual contributors in a hands-on role.

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Must be on-site at Washington, DC company facility.
• Travel to Mojave, CA, Huntsville, AL Dayton, OH, and other mission/operational sites will be required; travel estimated at 25 – 50 percent of the month

Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr. Account Manager – INDOPACOM to serve as a front-end Business Development leader responsible for building relationships across the regional command and driving strategic award opportunities within Indo-Pacific programs. This individual will help shape and capture opportunities by translating customer needs into funded programs, with a particular focus on how Stratolaunch’s developing Targets portfolio can support military exercises across the INDOPACOM region. This is intended to be a hands-on role for someone who can lead capture strategy, develop win themes, build relationships, and contribute to proposal development in partnership with the broader BD team.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and execute the full business development lifecycle across INDOPACOM-related pursuits.
• Lead capture activities by developing win strategies, capture plans, and opportunity shaping plans that position Stratolaunch for award.
• Translate customer needs, operational gaps, and exercise requirements into program requirements and actionable win strategies.
• Develop and execute customer engagement plans to build understanding of customer priorities, mission challenges, and funding pathways.
• Identify where Stratolaunch capabilities, including the evolving Targets portfolio, align to Indo-Pacific military exercises and customer needs.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across INDOPACOM and relevant service components, commands, and partners.
• Lead solution strategy in partnership with internal business development, solution architects, and technical teams to mature offerings and shape pursuits.
• Support proposal development by contributing to strategy, messaging, and written content as part of a larger BD/proposal team.
• Brief pipeline status, pursuit strategy, and closure plans to senior and executive leadership on a regular basis.
• Execute capture gate reviews and help drive disciplined pursuit management across assigned opportunities.
• Assess customer exercise needs and help define where tailored capability solutions may be required to support mission success.
• Represent Stratolaunch in the region as a trusted, credible, and proactive business development partner.

 QUALIFICATIONS

• Recent experience working with INDOPACOM J7 and/or J8.
• Deep familiarity with the INDOPACOM mission environment and the military exercise ecosystem across the region.
• Strong understanding of Joint Staff/COCOM technology and employment requirements spanning the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, and key allied/coalition partners.
• Demonstrated ability to connect customer need, operational demand, and funding strategy to help close opportunities.
• Experience with acquisition processes, strategic planning, and opportunity shaping.
• Ability to build relationships while also doing hands-on capture and proposal work without relying on a large support staff.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to help write proposal content and executive-level briefing material.
• Strong business development and/or capture management background preferred.
• Ability to understand warfighter needs, command priorities, exercise gaps, and where Stratolaunch solutions can provide value.
• Candidates should be able to understand mission need, capability fit, and solution tailoring at a level sufficient to shape opportunities effectively.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, National Security Studies, Public Policy, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of relevant experience supporting INDOPACOM, a combatant command environment, or closely related defense organizations.
• Prior experience in business development, capture, account management, strategic planning, military exercises, acquisition, or operational planning strongly preferred.
• Backgrounds may include senior civilian professionals supporting INDOPACOM, or military officers exiting service at approximately the O-6 level or comparable experience, particularly those who are comfortable working as individual contributors in a hands-on role.

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in the Honolulu, Hawaii area.
• Frequent travel is required to Washington, D.C., Mojave Air & Spaceport, and other domestic locations.
• This role will serve as Stratolaunch’s on-location business development presence in Hawaii and may help support longer-term growth of company operations in the region.
• This position may involve the operation of company vehicles as part of assigned duties

Stratolaunch is seeking a high-impact, team-oriented leader to manage the Systems Engineering, Integration & Test Section. In this role, you will report directly to the Engineering Department Manager at Stratolaunch, working as a trusted team member along with all other Section Managers, as we grow the Engineering team and its capabilities to support the business. You will manage and develop the engineering talent responsible for systems engineering, system integration (e.g. payloads, vehicle test) and systems test. An ideal candidate will have demonstrated leadership capability, relevant technical expertise, experience managing technical teams and a passion for people.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support direct reports and programs through technical guidance and peer review in area(s) of expertise
• Collaborate with senior technical leaders to establish and enforce technical best practices and standards
• Support Department Manager with employee development and retention initiatives
• Partner with Department Manager, Human Resources, and Talent Acquisition across the hiring workflow to identify qualified candidates, establish strong interview teams, and hire engineering talent in alignment with strategic program goals
• Lead performance management and development efforts for direct reports in partnership with the Department Manager and Human Resources
• Support direct reports in complying with applicable policies and procedures (e.g. timekeeping, employee handbook, etc.)
• Partner with programs and Department Manager to meet tactical staffing needs and resolve resource conflicts
• Support Department Manager in developing and executing strategic staffing initiatives
• Support proposal efforts as required
• NOTE: The Section Manager role is not fully indirect. Employees in this role must be able to balance overhead management effort with tasking that is chargeable to programs or other support functions. (e.g. Bid & Proposal, or IR&D)

QUALIFICATIONS & 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:

• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated success as an individual technical contributor and/or technical team leader
• Experience recruiting and hiring technical employees
• Demonstrated success applying analytical and critical thinking skills to solve multi-disciplinary, open-ended problems
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment to achieve business goals
• Technical expertise in at least one engineering domain of relevance to the Section
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in matrixed organizations and staffing technical personnel across multiple programs
• Experience leading and managing small-to-medium sized technical teams (10+) in resource constrained environments (e.g. aerospace development programs)
• Active DOD security clearance

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Manager ($157K-$206K): Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in related discipline from an accredited institution and 10+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr. Manager ($181K-$237K): Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in related discipline from an accredited institution and 15+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Work location is dependent on multiple factors, including the business needs of the specific role and the geographic distribution of the employees to be manage
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <10%

Stratolaunch is seeking a high-impact, team-oriented leader to manage the Mechanical Design Section. In this role, you will report directly to the Engineering Department Manager at Stratolaunch, working as a trusted team member along with all other Section Managers, as we grow the Engineering team and its capabilities to support the business. You will manage and develop the engineering talent responsible for form, fit and function of ground and flight mechanical systems at Stratolaunch. An ideal candidate will have demonstrated leadership capability, relevant technical expertise, experience managing technical teams and a passion for people.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support direct reports and programs through technical guidance and peer review in area(s) of expertise
• Collaborate with senior technical leaders to establish and enforce technical best practices and standards
• Support Department Manager with employee development and retention initiatives
• Partner with Department Manager, Human Resources, and Talent Acquisition across the hiring workflow to identify qualified candidates, establish strong interview teams, and hire engineering talent in alignment with strategic program goals
• Lead performance management and development efforts for direct reports in partnership with the Department Manager and Human Resources
• Support direct reports in complying with applicable policies and procedures (e.g. timekeeping, employee handbook, etc.)
• Partner with programs and Department Manager to meet tactical staffing needs and resolve resource conflicts
• Support Department Manager in developing and executing strategic staffing initiatives
• Support proposal efforts as required
• NOTE: The Section Manager role is not fully indirect. Employees in this role must be able to balance overhead management effort with tasking that is chargeable to programs or other support functions. (e.g. Bid & Proposal, or IR&D)

QUALIFICATIONS & 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:

• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated success as an individual technical contributor and/or technical team leader
• Experience recruiting and hiring technical employees
• Demonstrated success applying analytical and critical thinking skills to solve multi-disciplinary, open-ended problems
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment to achieve business goals
• Technical expertise in at least one engineering domain of relevance to the Section
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in matrixed organizations and staffing technical personnel across multiple programs
• Experience leading and managing small-to-medium sized technical teams (10+) in resource constrained environments (e.g. aerospace development programs)
• Active DOD security clearance

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Manager ($157K-$206K): Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in related discipline from an accredited institution and 10+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr. Manager ($181K-$237K): Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in related discipline from an accredited institution and 15+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Work location is dependent on multiple factors, including the business needs of the specific role and the geographic distribution of the employees to be manage
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <10%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Staff or Principal-level Mechanical Engineer to lead the airframe team in the development of an air-launched, hypersonic flight vehicle development program. This position requires leading a multi-disciplined group of engineers to design, build, and test vehicles to meet customer structural requirements. An ideal candidate has significant prototype development experience, with focus in thermal-structural-mechanical design, leading to first flights.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a diverse team of mechanical and manufacturing engineers
• Lead structural development of the hypersonic vehicle, including trade studies and structural layout
• Responsible for making final technical decisions for the structures subsystem
• Lead the successful execution of structural design reviews to advance the program through manufacturing and into flight test
• Lead structural systems engineering approach, which may include: creating and dispositioning structural requirements, mass properties management, guiding the configuration management of models, reviewing and approving documents/reports/analyses, setting engineering and design best practices and standards for the structures team, waiving or approving ground testing based on structural technical risk assessments, etc.
• Work hand-in-hand with the program responsible engineers and Chief Engineer to lead the program to a successful outcome
• Regular and comprehensive communication to program Chief Engineer
• Travel, as needed, to support the program
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: mechanical design, structures, mechanical systems, structural-thermal analysis, aircraft systems, aircraft operations, launch vehicle integration
• Significant experience with the rapid development of prototype or experimental flight vehicles, including full life-cycle involvement on at least one program
• Significant experience as a design engineering lead and/or analyst on a structures team
• Experience with metallic structures design, analysis, and manufacturing
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
• Experience with risk management
• Experience working in small engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities
• Excellent written & verbal communication
• Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hypersonic and/or supersonic vehicle development
• Experience with air-launched vehicle development
• Experience with composite structures design, analysis, and manufacturing
• Experience with personnel management and small team leadership
• Active Secret, TS, and/or SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• 3D CAD experience (Siemens NX and Teamcenter preferred)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems such as JIRA, GIT, JAMA, etc.

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with FEMAP, Nastran

EDUCATION & 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
• Principal Level ($181,000-$237,300): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20+ years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment:

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement at ~75-80% on-site time for highly-qualified candidates (four days per week on-site)
• Travel, as needed, to support the department, travel estimated to be <5%
• #mechanical
• #hypersonicprogram

• #LI-AM1

Stratolaunch is seeking a level II, Sr- or Staff-level Systems Engineer to support expendable air-launched hypersonic vehicles. An ideal candidate will have experience in full lifecycle systems engineering, including deriving requirements from concepts of operation, developing test and evaluation plans, executing test activities, and verifying vehicle-level compliance. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, program management, and customers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to derive and document requirements
• Develop efficient and effective test and evaluation plans
• Plan and direct execution of tests for components, subsystems, and vehicles 
• Track and monitor requirements compliance through the lifecycle of the program
• Work with system safety and environment health and safety teams to ensure test activities are executed in a manner which minimizes participant, environment, and hardware risk
• Participate in test design reviews, test readiness reviews, test execution, vehicle troubleshooting, and post-test data reviews
• Architect and optimize test data review and analysis methodologies and tools
• Set standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met
• Coordinate 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: Electrical and Avionics Systems, EO/RF Seeker Systems, Energetics Systems, Propulsion Systems, Lethality Modeling, Guidance Navigation and Controls, Aerodynamics, Thermal, and Mechanical Systems
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• Familiarity with tactical missile system constraints from military launch platforms and logistics chains
• Familiarity with military standards pertinent to air launched missiles (e.g. 810, 1553, 1760,…)
• Previous systems engineering experience in a small dynamic team environment
• Experience integrating one or more missile system onto a military platform
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities while maintaining systems engineering rigor
• Excellent written & verbal communication 
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET or above level

Required Skills

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating a high Mach or hypersonic system onto a military platform
• Familiarity with WOSA and MOSA and how to decompose those architectures to requirements
• Familiarity with kill chain models such as F2T2EA and associated requirements decomposition
• Experience wearing multiple hats in a small team environment
• Experience defining, managing, and verifying requirements for hypersonic vehicles with hot-structure airframes
• Experience translating operational analysis into system requirements
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Skills

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

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and 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

• Position based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement for well-qualified candidates and remote (outside of CA) work location arrangement for exceptional candidates.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proactively support Mission Ops, Engineering and Maintenance by complying with industry best practices and government requirements to produce accurate and safe documents.
• Create technical, engineering, maintenance documentation, system description. documents, procedures, training documents, operational manuals, and reports.
• Review documents with Subject Matter Experts and provide updates as requested.
• Interface with Technical Publications Customers to make sure requirements are met and program modifications are understood and communicated to the team.
• Support Mission Operations with Epsilon3.
• Migrate existing procedures to Epsilon3.
• Author, edit, approve, and release new Epsilon3 procedures.
• Ensure compliance with ITAR and other regulations in document marking, storage and distribution.
• Experience developing documents in a variety of content authoring tools and specialized authoring software including Word, FrameMaker and Arbortext Editor, Etc..
• Train company personnel in the use of relevant tools, systems and processes.
• Experience delivering documents in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Manage competing priorities with tight deadlines.
• Create documents that are user-focused.   
• Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills.

 QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, you must be able to execute each essential duty successfully. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made by Stratolaunch to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

REQUIRED

• 5+ years’ experience working with documentation publishing and/or management software.
• Excellent organization and multi-tasking skills.
• First-rate attention to detail.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals.

PREFERRED

• Previous experience producing technical documents in Aerospace and Defense.
• 2+ years’ experience working with or creating S1000D compliant documents and systems.
• 2+ years’ experience working with or creating hypertext internal documentation processes.
• Experience with Jira, Epsilon3 and SharePoint
• Experience with XML structured authoring tool

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS

• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio)
• FrameMaker
• Professional document creation and management tools

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, English or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience relevant to the role.

Compensation

• Technical Writer ($52,000-$84,700)
• Sr. Technical Writer ($65,000-$105,800)
• Lead Technical Writer ($80,000-$128,700)

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA. Fully on-site preferred, but open to considering a hybrid work arrangement with ~75% regular on-site time (3 days onsite a week) for well-qualified candidates.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%.

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Level II or Sr-level Aerothermal and/or Thermal Analyst to support design, analysis, integration, and testing of hypersonic, air-launched vehicles.  An ideal candidate will have both aerothermal and thermal analysis experience.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform analytical and numerical analyses to evaluate the aerothermal and thermal performance and margins of Stratolaunch hypersonic vehicles
• Develop or utilize aerothermal and thermal models for a variety of hypersonic configurations
• Perform aerothermal and thermal analyses trade studies
• Analyze the potential material systems as candidates to upgrade the Stratolaunch Talon Thermal Protection System (TPS), including contributing to system trade studies, evaluating margin, weight, and predictions of the underlying vehicle structure
• Contribute to analysis tool development
• Support the preparation of business proposals to the US Government and industry
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, aerothermal analysis, thermal analyses, common TPS materials, and aircraft/aerospace vehicle design
• Experience with supersonic and/or hypersonic aircraft theory and analyses
• Experience with aircraft/aerospace development and/or test
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain a security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Aerothermal analysis tools
• Thermal analysis tools
• Analysis tools – FEMAP or NX Simcenter
• Programming – Python (preferred), or Matlab

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with hot-structure metallic airframes and mixed thermal protection mechanisms
• Familiarity with heat exchanger dynamics for fuel-cooled ramjet or scramjet combustors
• Understanding of thermal control strategies for high-powered missile electronics and seekers
• Experience with hot-gas sealing and thermal isolation approaches for hypersonic vehicles
• Experience analyzing and anchoring analytic models with flight and ground test data
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Experience with CBAERO
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) – Link3D or US3D (preferred)
• Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) software tools – NX (preferred), Solidworks, or CATIA
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and 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

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA.  Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement for well-qualified candidates and remote (outside of CA) work location arrangement for exceptional candidates.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

• Fabrication, installation, testing and maintenance of carrier aircraft systems and components including:
• Fuel systems and components
• Hydraulic systems and components
• Pneumatic systems and components
• Electrical systems and components
• Engine systems and components
• Airframe and aircraft structures
• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance operations on aircraft to include inspections, repairs, and troubleshooting activities 
• Conduct thorough inspections of aircraft systems, components, and structures to identify any issues or potential problems 
• Identify and resolve mechanical problems based on visual inspections or reports from pilot or crew
• Perform all line maintenance functions to include preflight, post flight, launch, and recovery of aircraft
• Ensure proper and timely entry of maintenance performed in the Aircraft Maintenance Discrepancy Log (MDL) 
• Operate all power tools and equipment necessary to accomplish job assignment
• Maintain carrier aircraft in accordance with work instructions, the inspection plan and adhere to established standards such as AC 43-13, technical manuals, blueprints, or sketches for acceptable systems installation methods, techniques, and practices
• Operate related ground handling equipment utilized to service the aircraft
• Able to work in confined spaces or heights greater than 25 feet as required
• Able to effectively communicate and partner with Engineering

• 2+ years’ experience in aircraft systems troubleshooting, fabrication, installation and maintenance preferred, Including multiple of the following:
• Fuel systems and components
• Hydraulic systems and components
• Pneumatic systems and components
• Electrical systems and components
• Engine systems and components
• Airframe and aircraft structures
• Experience with line maintenance functions to include preflight, post flight, launch, and recovery of aircraft 
• Experience maintaining, replacing, or modifying large aircraft structure or sub-systems such as Sheetmetal experience; bending, riveting, fasteners, treatment of metal, or changing large LRU’s & subs system components such as flight control systems, landing gear systems, pneumatic systems, etc.
• Strong understanding of the importance of FOD control and tool control
• Detail oriented – strong attention to detail
• Ability to problem solve and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to work independently, responsible, take the initiative
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance 
• Physically able to handle items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Other duties as determined/assigned by management
• Must be willing to work a flexible work schedule

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• Must be able to work second shift and weekends if necessary
• This position may require travel to offsite locations depending on aircraft dispatch location
• #LI-Onsite 

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an Electrical, Avionics Drafter level I, II, or Sr to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of one of our carrier or hypersonic vehicles electrical and avionics systems; as an Avionics Design Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• Integrate Avionics and Electrical components into aircraft including gathering requirements, generating wiring diagrams, supporting shop personnel performing the work, and testing the completed systems.
• Develop and maintain system and sub-system drawing packages.
• Define system architecture for Avionics and Electrical systems.
• Develop engineering documentation for Avionics and Electrical systems including Drawing Trees, Block Diagrams, Interface Control Documents (ICD), and Wiring Diagrams
• Define the Bill of Material (BOM) for electrical drawings.
• Partner with harness engineers to determine harness routing requirements.
• Define and update design rules and standards as required.
• Incorporate redlines from the engineering design team and hanging redlines from completed manufacturing work
• Support design validation testing and resolve design related failures.
• Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools such as, CAD, NX, CATIA, Mentor Graphics
• Liaison engineering support in the electrical shop to provide technicians with sufficient support to complete the task on hand, as required
• Breakdown engineering released documentation to better understand the intent
• Redline released engineering drawing documentation
• Ability to understand a broad range of technical data, interact with different disciplines involved in the design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing of our vehicle(s).

Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Avionics and Electrical design effort, as required
• Develop engineering documentation of Avionics and Electrical systems
• Provide shop support to complete modifications of Avionics and Electrical systems
• Develop test plans and procedures, as required
• Regular and comprehensive communication to leadership
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Travel, as needed, to support the department
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience working with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with Aerospace production documentation (drawings and work orders)
• Experience with PDM systems, Engineering control and revision control release processes
• Familiarity with common aerospace hardware such as connectors, relays, and wire types
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Complex aerospace system development
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Security clearance
• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
• Direct hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system installation and best practices

Required Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• Familiarity with 3D CAD
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience as a CAD parts librarian (Preferred: Mentor Graphics)

Preferred Skills:

• 3D CAD modeling experience – NX, CATIA, or Solidworks
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($83,000-$120,500): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level II ($101-000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr Level ($120,500-158,000): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II or Sr-level Avionics Engineer to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of hypersonic, air-launched vehicle electrical and avionics systems.  The avionics system is critical to mission success and interfaces with every subsystem, therefore this position will include collaborating with other system owners to understand requirements and engineer solutions.  You must be comfortable receiving direction and guidance from lead avionics engineers with component/system development, system analysis, design for manufacturing, hardware integration, and system-level testing, and taking ownership of your responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect, design, analyze, integrate, and test avionics and electrical systems
• Maintain configuration control over major avionics system elements including wiring diagrams, 3D CAD, work orders, etc.
• Coordinate with other subsystem leads to develop requirements, test plans, and procedures
• Coordinate with engineers across a broad spectrum of disciplines to understand requirements and engineer technical solutions
• Perform analysis to gauge system design adequacy and performance to meet program requirements
• Create presentations and support design reviews throughout vehicle development
• Support ground and/or flight test, as required
• Evaluate risks and risk mitigation plans to determine if the risks and mitigations are appropriate
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Lead on a weekly and monthly basis
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, electronics, software development, circuit design experience, experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
• Experience with troubleshooting Ethernet networks
• Experience with data acquisition and instrumentation (thermocouples, accelerometers, strain)
• Experience creating wiring diagrams and/or circuit schematics
• Experience with flight vehicle troubleshooting and modifications
• Experience with electrical design analysis such as power budgets, thermal analysis, or RF budgets
• Experience with system analysis, such as telemetry bandwidth and/or telemetry link margin
• Knowledge of environmental testing (vibration, thermal, shock)
• Excellent written & verbal communication 
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET or above level

Required Computer Skills:

• Experience in C/C++, Python, XML
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with complex payload and/or guided systems
• Experience integrating a high Mach or hypersonic system onto a military platform
• Experience with architecting Avionics and Data Acquisition systems for experimental vehicles
• Experience with IEEE 802.3 networking standards and IRIG-106 telemetry standards
• Experience with PCB design, bring-up, and integration
• Experience with being on a Mission Control Center console during flight operations
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• Matlab
• Labview
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – JIRA, JAMA, Confluence, or equivalent
• Familiarity with Git source code management

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,100-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

 #LiOnsite

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level I or II Avionics Engineer to support integration, testing, and operations of hypersonic aircraft electrical and avionics systems. The avionics system is critical to mission success and interfaces with every subsystem, therefore this position will include collaborating with other system owners to understand test requirements and operations support needs. You must be comfortable receiving direction and guidance from lead avionics engineers and taking ownership of your responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support integration, test, and operations of hypersonic vehicle launch system avionics and electrical systems
• Write and perform procedures
• Address vehicle discrepancies
• Support vehicle system trouble shooting
• Maintain configuration control over major avionics system elements including wiring diagrams, 3D CAD, work orders, etc.
• Coordinate with other subsystem leads to develop requirements, test plans, and procedures
• Coordinate with engineers across a broad spectrum of disciplines to understand requirements and engineer technical solutions
• Perform analysis to gauge system design adequacy and performance to meet program requirements
• Coordinate with suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure technical and programmatic requirements are met
• Coordinate with external customers to support range integration, launch license applications, safety documentation and analyses, and payload integration
• Create presentations and support design reviews throughout vehicle development
• Support ground and/or flight test, as required
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Lead on a weekly and monthly basis
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, electronics, software development, circuit design experience, experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with troubleshooting Ethernet networks
• Experience creating wiring diagrams and/or circuit schematics
• Experience with flight vehicle troubleshooting and modifications
• Experience with electrical design analysis such as power budgets, thermal analysis, or RF budgets
• Experience with system analysis, such as telemetry bandwidth and/or telemetry link margin
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Complex aerospace system development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
• Experience with data acquisition and instrumentation (thermocouples, accelerometers, strain)
• Knowledge of environmental testing (vibration, thermal, shock)
• Experience with architecting Avionics and Data Acquisition systems for experimental vehicles
• Experience with IEEE 802.3 networking standards and IRIG-106 telemetry standards
• Experience with being on a Mission Control Center console during flight operations
• Security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Experience in C/C++, Python, XML
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• Matlab
• Labview
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($83,000-$120,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%
• #LI-AM1

The individual operating in this capacity will be responsible for the fabrication of composite structure, Assembly and installation of composite parts and components. As Stratolaunch expands our program base this person may be tasked to new projects and in the development of vehicles requiring the skills, knowledge and abilities stated below:

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fabrication, installation and assembly of composites and components Including but not limited to:
• Fabrication and layup of composite part fab and assembly using wet lay-up and pre-preg lay-up processes
• Dry fit, sub-assembly, as well as integration of aircraft components
• May require hand sanding of composite surfaces, as well as the use of various hand tools including but not limited to air saws, angle grinders, sanding blocks, drill motors, etc.
• Proper Bagging of parts to be put under vacuum to join plies and in some cases to ensure parts conform to the required tooling during cure cycles
• Operating Knowledge of curing composite parts in ovens and maintaining and monitoring cure cycles
• Able to Identify defects and notify shop leadership when defects are detected
• Maintain assigned work areas in a safe, clean and organized fashion
• Interpret and work in accordance with written work instructions, technical manuals, engineering drawings, blueprints, schematics, etc.
• Operate related ground handling equipment as needed such as scissor lifts and forklifts utilized to work on and service the aircraft
• Able and willing to work at heights above the ground 15ft or higher from scaffolding and scissor lifts
• Able and willing to work in a confined space if needed

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 + years’ Experience in Composite airframe and structure fabrication, installation and assembly
• A strong understanding of the importance of FOD control and tool control
• Detail-oriented – strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing philosophies and tools.
• Personnel safety mentality – not just work safely, but promote a culture of safety
• Honesty, responsibility, accuracy, integrity and fulfillment of commitments
• Ability to solve problems and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to work independently, responsible, take the initiative
• Ability to bend, stoop, and kneel as well as able to handle items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Willing to work Overtime, staggered shifts, night shift, weekends, etc.
• Other duties as determined/assigned by shop leadership
• Must be able to wear a respirator 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($32.00-$42.00): High school diploma or equivalency certificate and 2-5 years of composite aircraft structure fabrication and assembly
• Level II ($40.00-$52.40): High school diploma or equivalency certificate and 5-10 years of composite aircraft structure fabrication and assembly
• Current A & P license a plus
• Experience with high temperature materials such as BMI resins, titanium, and high temperature epoxy’s are a plus
• Experience with high tolerance assembly techniques, including laser metrology, precision tooling and jigging is a plus
• Application, repair, and replacement of thermal protection system materials is a plus

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Mojave, Ca.
• This position may require travel to offsite locations depending on aircraft dispatch location

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr-, Staff-, or Principal level Propulsion or Mechanical Engineer to support design, integration, testing, operations, and maintenance of the Talon-A hypersonic aircraft rocket propulsion systems as a Deputy Lead. An ideal candidate will have both mechanical and fluid subsystem component design experience, as well as leadership experience. This Propulsion Deputy Lead position has growth potential to further technical leadership.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to the development, build, test, and operations of propulsion flight and ground hardware
• Perform structural, fluid, and thermal analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
• Develop and document test requirements, plans, procedures, and reports
• Create component and assembly drawings for flight and ground test hardware
• Assist mechanics in integrating all components and assemblies onto the aircraft and/or ground systems
• Test propulsion components and/or assemblies to prepare for integrated subsystem testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete tasking
• Maintain inventory tracking of critical propulsion components
• Manage supplier relations with key vendors
• Technical ownership of clean rooms
• Manage engineering release schedule in conjunction with shop planning
• Track vehicle propulsion configuration
• Review and release drawings, work instructions, analysis reports, etc.
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Propulsion Lead
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: fluid subsystem design, mechanical design, component or assembly level mechanical or fluid testing, structural engineering, rocket testing, cryogenic fluid systems, electrical and/or instrumentation experience
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Experience with fluid-mechanical component design and stress analysis
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling of parts and assemblies
• Experience with propulsion ground testing 
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Experience troubleshooting complex systems
• Ability to work on their own initiative
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical leadership experience
• Personnel management experience
• Experience creating engineering drawings and work instructions
• Experience with liquid oxygen systems
• Liquid rocket engine testing experience
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools – Solidworks
• Programming – Matlab or Python, Simulink/Simscape
• Familiarity with configuring data acquisition systems – Curtiss-Wright DAS Studio (preferred)
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Sr-level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering 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 engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Principal-level ($181,000-$237,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20+ years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department; travel estimated to be <5%

• #LI-AM1

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an Sr-, Staff, or Principal-level Electrical Engineer.   This position is responsible for design, development, meeting requirements, performing verification activities, and test execution for the carrier aircraft and/or hypersonic vehicle electronics, with an emphasis on electrical power systems.  You must be comfortable with component/system development and integration.   Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support electrical design, including working with existing systems and making modifications, as needed
• Use of standard aircraft components to create control, data, signal, and power circuits
• Support aircraft electrical technology development including developing the requirements, capabilities, and implementing a development plan
• Create wiring diagrams and harness diagrams for electrical systems
• Peer review, provide necessary feedback, and approve wiring diagrams and harness diagrams
• Represent the electrical systems in mission control, continuing console operator duties and contributing to flight test activities
• Develop electrical system requirement verification activities
• Perform electrical system test verification activities
• Perform design and/or analysis to support component development
• Support test procedure development and test execution
• Write interface control documents (ICDs) and support integrated testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete their tasking
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Chief Engineer on a weekly and monthly basis
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, aircraft and/or hypersonic vehicle integration
• Knowledge of EWIS standards for electrical component hookups
• Experience architecting, maintaining, and debugging electrical power systems (28VDC & 115VAC, 400Hz)
• Experience writing test procedures and reports
• Experience with aerospace relays such as MIL-PRF-83536 (or equivalent)
• Experience creating and maintaining wiring harness diagrams
• Familiarity with aircraft power components such as TRUs, circuit breakers, and bus feeds
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
• Experience with requirements development, with a focus on electrical interface management
• Experience with risk management
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with government agencies
• Experience with hypersonic programs
• Experience performing Electrical Load Analysis (ELA)
• Experience with 747 electrical systems
• Experience with IEEE 802.3 networking standards and IRIG-106 telemetry standards
• Experience with PCB design, bring-up, and integration
• Experience with being on a Mission Control Center console during flight operations
• Security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Experience in Matlab, Python, or equivalent software
• Siemens Capital, AutoCAD Electrical, or equivalent wiring diagram software
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• CAD software such as Siemens NX, Catia, Solidworks or equivalent
• Labview
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

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
• Principal Level ($181,000-$237,300): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20+ years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking an level I, II, or Sr -level Electrical Engineer. This position is responsible for design, development, meeting requirements, performing verification activities, and test execution for the carrier aircraft and/or hypersonic vehicle electronics, with an emphasis on electrical power systems. You must be comfortable with component/system development and integration. Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support electrical design, including working with existing systems and making modifications, as needed
• Use of standard aircraft components to create control, data, signal, and power circuits
• Support aircraft electrical technology development including developing the requirements, capabilities, and implementing a development plan
• Create wiring diagrams and harness diagrams for electrical systems
• Peer review, provide necessary feedback, and approve wiring diagrams and harness diagrams
• Represent the electrical systems in mission control, continuing console operator duties and contributing to flight test activities
• Develop electrical system requirement verification activities
• Perform electrical system test verification activities
• Perform design and/or analysis to support component development
• Support test procedure development and test execution
• Write interface control documents (ICDs) and support integrated testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete their tasking
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Talon-A Launch System Avionics Lead on a weekly and monthly basis
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, aircraft and/or hypersonic vehicle integration
• Knowledge of EWIS standards for electrical component hookups
• Experience architecting, maintaining, and debugging electrical power systems (28VDC & 115VAC, 400Hz)
• Experience writing test procedures and reports
• Experience with aerospace relays such as MIL-PRF-83536 (or equivalent)
• Experience creating and maintaining wiring harness diagrams
• Familiarity with aircraft power components such as TRUs, circuit breakers, and bus feeds
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
• Experience with requirements development, with a focus on electrical interface management
• Experience with risk management
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with government agencies
• Experience with hypersonic programs
• Experience performing Electrical Load Analysis (ELA)
• Experience with 747 electrical systems
• Experience with IEEE 802.3 networking standards and IRIG-106 telemetry standards
• Experience with PCB design, bring-up, and integration
• Experience with being on a Mission Control Center console during flight operations
• Security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Experience in Matlab, Python, or equivalent software
• Siemens Capital, AutoCAD Electrical, or equivalent wiring diagram software
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• CAD software such as Siemens NX, Catia, Solidworks or equivalent
• Labview
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level I ($83,100-$120,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr-Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position on-site based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

Stratolaunch is seeking an experienced technical leader to oversee its Engineering Test Service Centers. Engineering Test Service Centers provide vertically integrated capability and expertise across Materials and Processes (M&P), Environmental Testing (ET), and Propulsion Test (PT) in support of our hypersonic programs. The Service Center Manager will work across the business to ensure successful execution of our current program portfolio while also building capabilities to achieve future objectives. The successful candidate will have demonstrated leadership capability, broad technical expertise related to engineering test, and deep technical expertise in at least one of the service center areas (M&P, ET, PT). The individual in this role will be accountable for all aspects of Engineering Service Center operation, including personnel, infrastructure, and budget management.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with specialty sub-leads (e.g. M&P lead, Environmental Test Lead, Propulsion Test Lead) to manage and lead personnel assigned to the service centers
• Develop and maintain capability roadmaps for Engineering Services and lead the realization of those capabilities (e.g. M&P test lab, Environmental test, personnel )
• Manage overhead, CAPEX, and IRAD budgets
• Support programs and other stakeholders as a technical subject matter expert (e.g. non-advocate technical reviewer, peer reviewer, proposal writing) in areas of technical expertise
• Collaborate with program technical leaders to balance technical rigor with programmatic constraints and effectively manage risk in areas of technical expertise
• Root cause analysis: Lead failure analysis investigations. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to conduct non-conformance reviews for production issues. Identify root cause and define corrective actions to prevent future failures.

QUALIFICATIONS & 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:

• In-depth expertise and experience in at least one technical specialty of relevance: Materials and Processes, Environmental Test, or Propulsion Test
• Expertise in engineering test design and execution best practices
• Experience working in an engineering test facility and/or laboratory setting
• Demonstrated ability as a technical leader and people manager
• Hiring and personnel management experience
• Experience managing budgets and leading capital improvement projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills: Capable of conveying complex technical information to diverse audiences
• Familiarity with relevant industry and military standards (e.g., MMPDS, ASTM, MIL-STD-810) and regulatory specifications
• Ability to interact with customers and/or external stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience applying analytical and critical thinking skills to solve multi-disciplinary, open-ended engineering problems
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment to achieve business goals
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• CAD
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Engineering systems test experience (development, design verification, acceptance, and qualification testing)
• Working knowledge of systems engineering principles and best practices, especially relating to requirements verification through test
• Data acquisition and sensor expertise
• Experience owning and implementing technical roadmaps
• Experience proposing and leading IRAD projects
• Experience supporting aerospace manufacturing operations
• Experience supporting hypersonic development programs
• Experience with rocket propulsion systems
• Experience with thermal protection systems
• Expertise related to high-temperature materials
• Active DOD security clearance

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Manager ($157,000 - $206,000K): Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in related discipline from an accredited institution and 10+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr. Manager ($180,900 - $237,200): Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (preferred) in related discipline from an accredited institution and 15+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA. It is strongly preferred the candidate be fully on-site.  Consideration for hybrid (partial remote/on-site work) work location arrangement at no less than 75-80% on-site time for well-qualified candidates.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <10%

Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr- or Staff-level Test Engineer to lead the Talon-A air-launched, hypersonic vehicle testing. An ideal candidate will have experience in vehicle integration and test. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team and program management.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with the systems engineering, test team responsible engineers, and program leadership to define and implement vehicle integration and test activities
• Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary engineering team to produce and maintain an up-to-date test objective database
• Ensures vehicle is tested in a manner to meet vehicle 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
• Understands connections and dependences between subsystems
• Sets standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met
• 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

• Experience working in small, dynamic engineering teams where each member often has multiple responsibilities
• Previous test experience (e.g. vehicle integration testing, ground testing, and/or flight testing)
• Familiarity with avionics, instrumentation, software, fluid systems, liquid rockets, and/or structures (listed in order of priority)
• 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 as a Test Conductor
• Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
• 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

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a full-time Sr-, Staff-, or Principal-level Software Engineer to lead the development and testing of flight software for an autonomous hypersonic test vehicle. While reporting to the Vehicle Management System (VMS) lead, you will lead multiple phases of the software development lifecycle and collaborate with other personnel throughout system development, ground test, and flight test. You will integrate and oversee the integration of vehicle management system application code in addition to the development of subsystem management code.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and test new flight software in support of hypersonic air-launch vehicle systems
• Contribute and oversee the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop software requirements and solutions
• Support flight software architecture development including concept and implementation
• Perform design and/or analysis to support component development
• Contribute to hardware integration with the development of interface documents
• Develop and oversee software components to interface with and control sensors and effectors
• Develop and oversee software test processes in support of software verification and validation
• Support various lab/bench hardware tests with custom software
• Provide technical guidance for projects within the larger program
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments
• Travel, as needed, to support the department

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications:

• Must demonstrate the ability to perform the Essential Responsibilities
• Experience with real-time embedded software development
• Experience with serial communications, software test, and computer networking
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize tasking, and coordinate with VMS lead to accomplish VMS goals.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• C++ language programming

Preferred Qualifications:

• Flight computer and/or vehicle management computer software development, test, and integration
• Agile Software Development methodologies
• Experience with VxWorks operating systems
• Experience with 1553 communication
• TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira, Bitbucket, or Git
• Familiarity with Matlab/Simulink and/or Python

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
• Principal Level ($181,000-$237,300): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 20+ years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA. Fully on-site preferred, but open to considering a hybrid work arrangement with ~75% regular on-site time for well-qualified candidates.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <5%

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To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II, Sr-, or Staff-level Avionics Engineer with emphasis in Flight Termination Systems (FTS) and Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) to support continued technical development of air-launched hypersonic aircraft.  This position will also support the efforts to design, integrate, and test the FTS and AFSS in accordance with RCC-319 and RCC-324. Additionally, this position will include working with range safety personnel to coordinate review and approval of various FTS documents. You must be comfortable with component/system development and integration.  Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the development, implementation, and subsystem-level testing of the FTS and AFSS
• Collaborate with range safety to review and approve FTS and AFSS documentation
• Support design, procurement, and build of AFSS Hardware in the Loop
• Contribute to flight test planning for integrated (carrier aircraft + pylon + hypersonic vehicle) Stratolaunch missions
• Collaborate with range safety personnel to develop FTS and AFSS technical requirements
• Contribute to coordination of range testing
• Support design reviews throughout vehicle system development
• Evaluate and determine risks and risk mitigation plans
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Chief Engineer and FTS/AFSS PM on a weekly and monthly basis
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with FTS and/or AFSS (receivers, batteries, safe and arm devices, ordnance, initiators)
• Experience architecting avionics system design with COTS or in-house hardware
• Experience working with and tailoring RCC-319 & RCC-324 requirements
• Experience with Maximum Predicted Environments, Acceptance Testing, and Qualification Testing
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
• Experience with test planning and execution
• Experience with risk management
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Engineering programming tools (Matlab or equivalent)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems (Git, Bitbucket, JIRA, or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of RF system design including link budgets, antenna design, and antenna placement
• Knowledge of debris catalogs and how they’re used for breakup analysis
• Experience developing environmental test specifications
• Experience with max predicted environment instrumentation (accelerometers, thermocouples)
• Engineering with computing languages & tools (C, C++, AGI STK, HFSS)
• Experience with government agencies
• Experience with air-launch programs
• Experience with aircraft prototype development, including releasing Engineering definition and developing work instructions
• Security clearance

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering 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 engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <10%

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level II, Sr-, or Staff-level Fluid System Design Engineer to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of Talon-A hypersonic aircraft rocket propulsion systems. An ideal candidate will have both mechanical and fluid subsystem component design experience. This position will include evaluation of a broad range of technical data.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to the development, build, and test of propulsion flight and ground hardware
• Perform structural, fluid, and thermal analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
• Create component and assembly drawings for flight and ground test hardware
• Create and maintain work instructions to install flight hardware onto vehicles
• Assist mechanics in integrating all components and assemblies onto the aircraft and/or ground systems
• Order materials and components, as required
• Test propulsion components and/or assemblies to prepare for integrated subsystem testing
• Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete tasking
• Maintain inventory tracking of critical propulsion components
• Manage supplier relations with key vendors
• Technical ownership of clean rooms
• Manage engineering release schedule in conjunction with shop planning
• Track vehicle propulsion configuration
• Review and release drawings, work instructions, analysis reports, etc.
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Propulsion Lead
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & 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 experience with, one or more of these disciplines: fluid subsystem design, mechanical design, structural engineering, component or assembly level mechanical or fluid testing, rocket testing, cryogenic fluid systems, electrical and/or instrumentation experience
• Experience with fluid-mechanical component design and stress analysis
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling of parts and assemblies
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating engineering drawings and work instructions
• Experience leading a team of engineers
• Knowledge of oxygen systems and oxygen cleanliness
• Experience with component-level or subsystem level test planning and execution
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

Preferred Computer Skills:

• Computer Aided Design tools – Solidworks
• Programming – Matlab or Python
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and 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

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department; travel estimated to be <5%

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To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Sr- or Staff-level GNC Engineer to participate in the development of hypersonic flight control systems. You will contribute to the design, development, requirements verification, and test execution for hypersonic vehicle flight control systems. This position will include evaluation of a broad range of technical data.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Development and evaluation of advanced algorithms to satisfy Guidance, Navigation, and Control requirements
• Development of hypersonic plant modeling and analysis tools
• Creation of Algorithm Description Documents (ADDs) to document GNC designs
• Perform analyses to verify algorithm designs meet requirements
• Contributions to aspects of the overall flight control system design, development, implementation, integration, and test
• Development of engineering tools, as needed, to complete the tasking
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Vehicle Management System and GNC Leads
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments
• Travel, as needed, to support the department

QUALIFICATIONS & 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:

• Must demonstrate the ability to perform combinations of the Essential Responsibilities
• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of flight dynamics
• Ability to take initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aircraft, missile, and/or launch vehicle development experience
• Guidance algorithm synthesis, implementation, and analysis
• Control, autopilot design and analysis
• Navigation algorithm synthesis, implementation, and analysis
• Dynamic system modeling of fixed wing, missile, and/or hypersonic vehicles
• Flight control algorithm requirements development, design, implementation, integration, test, and post-flight analysis
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and provide guidance to varied audiences explaining rationale and/or resolving concerns
• Experience with software development processes and methodologies
• Advanced degree with technical focus in GNC relevant areas
• TS/SCI security clearance

Required Computer Skills:

• Proficient with Matlab
• Proficient with Simulink
• Proficient with revision control tools (Git, Bitbucket)
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and 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

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.  Travel estimated to be <5%

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#software