Stratolaunch
Chief Engineer, Hypersonic Vehicle
About this role
Stratolaunch seeks a Chief Engineer to provide top technical leadership for hypersonic air vehicle development programs. This role requires an experienced aerospace leader to drive technical strategy, manage cross-disciplinary trade studies, oversee system integration, and serve as the primary technical authority while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Partner with program leadership and support functions to execute customer programs successfully
- Act as program integrator and lead technical decision-making across multiple disciplines
- Conduct and lead trade studies spanning aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, structures, controls, and aero-thermodynamics
- Develop and execute technical strategies for complex, open-ended hypersonic vehicle challenges
- Manage technical risk and communicate status to internal and external customers
- Provide technical authority and oversight for aircraft systems, certification, and operational requirements
What they're looking for
- Hypersonic vehicle design and development
- Aerospace systems integration
- Aircraft certification knowledge
- Multi-disciplinary trade study analysis
- Technical leadership and team management
- Risk management
- Aerodynamics, propulsion, and structural analysis
- Stakeholder communication and customer management
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Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch develops reusable air-launched hypersonic vehicles and testbeds, including the Talon-A platform, designed to operate at Mach 5+ speeds. The company is hiring engineers across aerodynamics, structures, payloads, environmental testing, and avionics systems to support hypersonic vehicle design, integration, testing, and flight operations.
- Website
- stratolaunch.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience leading hypersonic or high-speed vehicle programs from concept through flight testing.
- Walk us through a complex trade study you led involving aerodynamics, propulsion, and structures—how did you balance competing requirements?