Stratolaunch
Engineering Section Manager - Avionics
$116K–$238K
Mojave, California, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- Manager: 10+ years relevant experience; Sr. Manager: 15+ years relevant experience. Each level accepts an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline from an accredited institution; Master’s degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience accepted.
- Visa sponsorship
- US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOW security clearance.
About the job
Leads the Avionics engineering section, developing staff and providing technical guidance while coordinating hiring, staffing, performance management, and support for programs and proposals.
What you'll do
- Provide technical guidance and peer review; help establish and enforce technical best practices and standards.
- Develop and manage employees, including hiring, performance, retention, and staffing across programs.
- Support program and proposal needs while balancing management work with chargeable tasks.
What they ask for
- Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills; demonstrated technical contributor and/or technical team leader success.
- Experience recruiting and hiring technical employees; analytical and critical thinking skills for multidisciplinary, open-ended problems.
- Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment and technical expertise in at least one relevant engineering domain.
- US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOW security clearance; MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Nice to have
- Experience in matrixed organizations and staffing technical personnel across multiple programs.
- Experience managing small-to-medium sized technical teams (10+) in resource-constrained environments; active DOW security clearance.
Pay
$116,000-$196,000 USD base salary; $182,000-$238,000 USD base salary
Tools
MS Office, Word, Excel, Outlook
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