Mach Industries
May 2027 New Graduate Engineer, Vehicle Performance
$115K–$130K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Entry level · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; technical experience may come from internships, research, academic projects, student teams, or professional roles.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- ITAR eligibility required: U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment offers may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license. The company participates in E-Verify.
About the job
Analyzes and improves the aerodynamic, thermal, and mission-level performance of autonomous defense vehicles using modeling, simulation, and test data.
What you'll do
- Analyze vehicle performance and develop models and simulations for design, sizing, trajectory, and trade studies.
- Build MDAO workflows and use technical computing tools to automate analyses and process data.
- Compare simulations with test data and communicate performance trade-offs and recommendations across engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in a related technical field, with graduation by summer 2027.
- Technical experience through internships, research, academic projects, student teams, or professional roles.
- Foundational understanding of relevant engineering topics and experience with MATLAB, Python, or a similar technical computing language.
- Experience developing analytical models, running simulations, or analyzing engineering data; ability to work on-site in Huntington Beach, California.
Nice to have
- Experience in aerodynamics, CFD, thermal analysis, flight performance, trajectory analysis, vehicle sizing, or MDAO.
- Experience with named CFD or thermal-analysis software, optimization workflows, or simulation-to-test correlation.
Pay
$115,000 — $130,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, MATLAB, ANSYS Fluent, STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM, Thermal Desktop, Simcenter
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