Air Vehicle Lead, High Speed MissilesActive$205K
The opportunity
We are looking for an Air Vehicle Lead to join our rapidly growing Air Dominance and Strike team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for the mechanical development of new autonomous missile systems .
What you'll do
Lead the mechanical development of new autonomous air vehicles, from initial: system layout and conceptual design through detail design, fabrication, and flight test
Derive and shape requirements both internally and externally
Drive system architecture and design solutions in order to meet performance, rate, and cost requirements
Hands-on development of aircraft, airframe, and subsystem detailed design, analysis, fabrication, and assembly
Lead design reviews, present to customers, visit vendors, help define and execute test plans
Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
What they're looking for
- MS in aerospace, mechanical engineering or related field
- Working knowledge of NX/Teamcenter
- Experience with air launched expendable systems
- Experience with air breathing high sub-sonic or super sonic expendable systems
- Experience with liquid or solid rocket motors on expendable systems
- Hands on manufacturing or fabrication experience
- Familiarity with low observable design principles
- Experience with surfacing and OML loft modeling
