stratolaunch
Payload Mechanical Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- Mojave, California, United States
- Work Regime
- onsite
- Experience
- 2–5 years
- Compensation
- CATION & EXPERIENCE Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) fr
- Posted
- 2026-07-06T18:48:21-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Education
- Engineering
Requirements
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Proficient with 3D CAD modeling, assembly management, and PDM
Experience with Solidworks
Experience with structural analysis methods (hand calcs, FEMAP, Ansys, etc.)
Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira
Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc.
Responsibilities
Work across many teams and subsystems to define interface and integration requirements
Perform the design and analysis, as necessary, of mechanical and avionics packaging of customer payloads
Perform structural and thermal analysis of mechanical components and/or assemblies
Create, organize, and manage 3D CAD sub models and master models for Talon-A payloads
Spec and order hardware, as required, to fabricate your designs
Deconflict hardware interface issues between teams by raising and helping correct issues quickly