Mach Industries
Air Vehicle Design Engineer, Configuration & OML
$115K–$195K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of professional experience in aircraft, missile, or unmanned vehicle design.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Design and evolve aircraft and missile configurations, owning their outer mold line and parametric geometry from conceptual development through fabrication and flight test.
What you'll do
- Translate mission requirements into vehicle configurations using first-order sizing, layouts, and trade studies.
- Create and maintain OML and parametric CAD geometry, incorporating changes and feedback from engineering and manufacturing teams.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and support prototype fabrication, integration, and technical design reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Experience with conceptual or preliminary vehicle design, including sizing, configuration development, layout, or trades.
- Hands-on experience defining and maintaining vehicle OML geometry, including lofting and surfacing.
- Proficiency in NX, CATIA, Creo, or equivalent CAD software, including parametric modeling.
Nice to have
- Experience with computational geometry, scripts, APIs, or platforms such as nTop.
- Experience with advanced CAD surfacing, demanding vehicle concepts, large CAD assemblies, or downstream analysis and test workflows.
Pay
$115,000 — $150,000 USD (base salary); $155,000 — $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NX, CATIA, Creo, nTop
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