Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Our autonomous, air-launched Talon-A vehicles provide access to operationally realistic flight environments at speeds exceeding Mach 5, delivering critical data that helps customers validate system performance and advance technologies toward deployment. Our team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges and advance capabilities essential to national security.

Stratolaunch is seeking a level II, Sr- or Staff-level Systems Engineer to support expendable air-launched hypersonic vehicles. An ideal candidate will have experience in full lifecycle systems engineering, including deriving requirements from concepts of operation, developing test and evaluation plans, executing test activities, and verifying vehicle-level compliance. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, program management, and customers.

Essential Responsibilities

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to derive and document requirements
Develop efficient and effective test and evaluation plans
Plan and direct execution of tests for components, subsystems, and vehicles
Track and monitor requirements compliance through the lifecycle of the program
Work with system safety and environment health and safety teams to ensure test activities are executed in a manner which minimizes participant, environment, and hardware risk
Participate in test design reviews, test readiness reviews, test execution, vehicle troubleshooting, and post-test data reviews
Architect and optimize test data review and analysis methodologies and tools
Set standards for test planning and documentation and ensure those standards are met
Coordinate internally with multi-disciplinary team and externally with customers
Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, and integrity in the fulfillment of commitments

Qualifications and Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications

Knowledge of, and direct experience with, at least two of these disciplines: Electrical and Avionics Systems, EO/RF Seeker Systems, Energetics Systems, Propulsion Systems, Lethality Modeling, Guidance Navigation and Controls, Aerodynamics, Thermal, and Mechanical Systems
Experience contributing to the systems engineering content for a major technical review such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review or Critical Design Review
Familiarity with tactical missile system constraints from military launch platforms and logistics chains
Familiarity with military standards pertinent to air launched missiles (e.g. 810, 1553, 1760,…)
Previous systems engineering experience in a small dynamic team environment
Experience integrating one or more missile system onto a military platform
Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities while maintaining systems engineering rigor
Excellent written & verbal communication
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET or above level

Required Skills

MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Project)
Familiarity with CAD
Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Jira, Git, etc.
Familiarity with requirement management systems such as Jama, Cameo, DOORS, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience integrating a high Mach or hypersonic system onto a military platform
Familiarity with WOSA and MOSA and how to decompose those architectures to requirements
Familiarity with kill chain models such as F2T2EA and associated requirements decomposition
Experience wearing multiple hats in a small team environment
Experience defining, managing, and verifying requirements for hypersonic vehicles with hot-structure airframes