Stratolaunch
Avionics Mechanical Engineer
$98K–$190K
Mojave, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- Level II: 2–5 years; Sr-level: 5–10 years; Staff-level: 10–20 years of relevant experience. Each level accepts an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from an accredited institution, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Citizenship may be required for some positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
About the job
Designs, analyzes, manufactures, tests, and integrates avionics packaging and systems for air-launched hypersonic flight vehicles.
What you'll do
- Develop requirements and design electronic enclosures, 3D CAD models, and production drawings for avionics components.
- Perform structural and thermal analyses, and support manufacturing, testing, failure analysis, and flight qualification.
- Improve packaging processes and prepare and present materials for design and test readiness reviews.
What they ask for
- Significant experience with electronics/avionics packaging and knowledge of one or more listed disciplines, including mechanical design or manufacturing.
- Experience with fundamental structural, heat transfer, and thermal calculations and basic analyses.
- Experience with metallic structures design, analysis, and manufacturing; technical aerospace work, including vendor work; and risk management and critical-path workflow.
- Ability to acquire and maintain a security clearance; 3D CAD, 3D simulation, MS Office, and configuration-management system experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with environmental testing, aerospace fabrication, LRIP, DFMA, hypersonic or air-launched vehicles, or composite structures.
- Siemens NX and Teamcenter, FEMAP, Nastran, or an active S, TS, and/or SCI clearance.
Pay
$97,500-$120,000 USD base salary; $120,000-$147,600 USD base salary; $147,800-$190,000 USD base salary
Tools
Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Solidworks, NX Design Simulation, Solidworks Simulation, MS Office (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook), JIRA, GIT
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