Mach Industries
Crew Chief
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- Significant hands-on experience required; no specific number of years stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees, or be 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
Owns the readiness, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and deployment preparation of assigned autonomous aircraft or vehicles, coordinating technical work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations.
What you'll do
- Assess vehicle condition and flight readiness; oversee inspections, checkout, testing, repairs, and return-to-service activities.
- Maintain configuration and technical records, improve maintenance processes, and coordinate resolution of faults and nonconformances.
- Lead technicians and prepare vehicles and support equipment for flight tests, demonstrations, and field deployments.
What they ask for
- Significant hands-on experience maintaining, integrating, testing, or operating aircraft, unmanned aircraft, robotics, prototype vehicles, or comparable electromechanical systems; experience owning readiness of a complex asset.
- Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, avionics, structural, and integrated vehicle systems, including working knowledge of propulsion systems.
- Experience with field repairs, structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, prototype vehicles, and first-article builds or integration.
- Ability to interpret engineering documentation, work within configuration-control or quality processes, direct technicians, travel frequently, and support field deployments.
Nice to have
- Experience leading technical personnel or establishing readiness standards and tracking across multiple vehicles or teams.
- Experience with Siemens NX and manufacturing-management or product-lifecycle systems.
Pay
$40 — $50 USD (base salary; pay period not specified)
Tools
Siemens NX
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