Senior Conceptual Design Engineer

About the role

Join Mach Vehicles to shape the future of defense technology. This role involves designing advanced missile and low-observable aerospace systems, guiding concepts from initial ideas to preliminary designs. You will collaborate with various engineering teams to bring innovative aerospace vehicles to life.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Create and assess advanced aircraft and missile configurations based on mission needs.
• Conduct multidisciplinary trade studies, balancing factors like aerodynamics, weight, propulsion, manufacturing, and mission effectiveness.
• Apply vehicle design knowledge to evaluate architectural choices and direct configuration development.
• Help integrate vehicle-level requirements across different engineering disciplines.
• Analyze design options, pinpoint technical risks, and offer recommendations for engineering decisions.
• Work with conceptual and vehicle design engineers to advance concepts into detailed vehicle designs.
• Provide technical input during design reviews, prototype development, and flight testing.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through technical guidance and design reviews.

Requirements

• 8 or more years of experience in aerospace vehicle design, aircraft design, missile design, or similar advanced aerospace development.
• Proven experience in developing or evaluating complete vehicle configurations.
• Strong understanding of aerospace vehicle performance, aerodynamics, propulsion integration, structures, and multidisciplinary design tradeoffs.
• Experience providing engineering recommendations for complex and conflicting system requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience designing missile systems, tactical UAS, or advanced aerospace vehicles.
• Experience with low-observable vehicle design, signature reduction, or survivability analysis.
• High-speed aerospace design experience.
• Experience supporting prototype development and flight testing.

Skills & tools

• CAD tools (e.g., NX, CATIA, Creo)

Practical notes

This position may require access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Employment offers may be contingent on authorization to receive controlled software or technology without export license sponsorship. Mach participates in E-Verify to confirm employment authorization. Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.