Mach Industries
Senior Operational Performance Engineer, Performance Tracking & Evidence Strategy
$155K–$195K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 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 export-control authorization without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Tracks aerospace vehicle performance and uncertainty from conceptual design through production, plans evidence and tests to assess performance, and feeds measured-data insights back into design tools.
What you'll do
- Maintain vehicle-level predicted-versus-measured performance and uncertainty tracking, identifying deltas and prioritizing unknowns.
- Define analysis, measurement, test, and success criteria; assess test results against predictions and report findings and risks.
- Work across engineering teams to feed model-correlation results and validated data into design tools and develop reusable tracking workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in aerospace vehicle performance assessment, flight test analysis, test engineering, experimental engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Demonstrated ownership of performance tracking, evidence strategy, or model correlation for complex aerospace vehicles or physical systems.
- Experience assessing experimental, ground test, or flight test data against predictions or engineering models; using Python, Julia, MATLAB, or similar tools for analysis and data processing.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with aerospace vehicle flight test or operational assessment, instrumentation, telemetry, test planning, or experimental design.
Pay
$155,000 — $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Julia, MATLAB, MDAO
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