Mach Industries
Senior Conceptual Design Engineer, Advanced Concepts
$155K–$195K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in aerospace vehicle design, conceptual design, or related advanced aerospace development.
- 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 be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on export-control authorization without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Leads conceptual design of hypersonic and high-speed atmospheric vehicles, translating mission requirements into vehicle architectures and advancing concepts toward preliminary design and prototyping.
What you'll do
- Develop configuration baselines, first-order vehicle sizing, and mission-coupled multidisciplinary trades.
- Assess architectural alternatives, technical risks, and model validation needs; present recommendations to guide vehicle decisions.
- Develop conceptual CAD geometry and collaborate across engineering teams while mentoring junior designers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Demonstrated hypersonic or high-speed atmospheric conceptual design across multiple vehicle programs, including configuration development, vehicle sizing, and architecture-level trades.
- Strong understanding of vehicle performance, aerodynamics, propulsion integration, structures, mass properties, aerothermal tradeoffs, and multidisciplinary design.
- Ability to close competing system requirements into vehicle architecture recommendations; communicate and collaborate across teams.
Nice to have
- Master's or Ph.D. focused on hypersonics, vehicle design, or a closely related field.
- Experience with MDAO methods, scripting (MATLAB, Python, or similar), high-speed vehicle prototyping or flight testing, CAD tools, or low-observable design.
Pay
$155,000 — $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Missile DATCOM, OpenVSP, MATLAB, Python, NX, CATIA, Creo
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