Avionics Manufacturing Engineer

About the Role

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 an Avionics Manufacturing Engineer (ME) level I, II, or Sr to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of one of our carrier or hypersonic vehicles electrical and avionics systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Work Instructions: Detailed documentation for the electrical shop covering manufacturing information for production, testing, or tooling.
• Define manufacturing processes step-by-step.
• Identify alternate part numbers.
• Produce engineering documentation following industry standards (Section Views, Detail Views, flag notes, etc.).
• Process improvement documentation for production line standardization.
• Define electrical manufacturing engineering processes and current practices.
• Define electrical manufacturing processes, company practices, and preferred manufacturing methods (Shop).
• Implement Aerospace Industry Standards.
• Create Desktop and Shop Aid documentation to support current workflows.
• Provide liaison engineering support in the electrical shop to assist technicians.
• Explain electrical manufacturing processes according to Stratolaunch and Aerospace industry standards.
• Redline released engineering documentation.
• Source and purchase electrical components based on released engineering documentation and manufacturing tasks for shop support (e.g., shop setup activities, tooling).
• Evaluate a broad range of technical data and interact with different disciplines involved in the design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing of vehicles.
• Analyze and verify engineering requirements to estimate fabrication time and producibility within cost and schedule margins.
• Create work instructions to fabricate, install, or modify electrical and/or avionics subsystems.
• Create drawings and work instructions for tooling that supports production build phases.
• Reference 3D CAD models and integrate them into 2D environments.
• Support the shop by acting as the engineering liaison to troubleshoot documentation issues and provide real-time support.
• Troubleshoot electrical and avionics ground test issues.
• Develop test plans and procedures, as required.
• Support hypersonic vehicle integrated testing, as required.
• Support Avionics design effort, as required.
• Contribute to Shop layout, set up, and improvement efforts, as required.
• Communicate regularly and comprehensively to leadership.
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems.
• Travel, as needed, to support the department.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, experimental aircraft, and/or launch vehicle integration.
• Experience with Aerospace production documentation (drawings and work orders).
• Experience with PDM systems, engineering control, and revision control release processes.
• Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems.
• Experience with the creation of shop work instructions.
• Familiarity with common aerospace hardware such as connectors, relays, and wire types.
• Direct hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system installation and best practices.
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking.
• Experience with complex aerospace system development.
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Lab equipment: Oscilloscopes, multimeters, AC/DC power supplies, signal generators.
• Familiarity with 3D CAD.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Security clearance.
• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics.
• 3D CAD modeling experience – NX, CATIA, or Solidworks.
• Labview.
• Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred).

Education & Experience

• Level I: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Level II: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Sr Level: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Staff Level: Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.

Position on-site based in Mojave, CA.

Travel, as needed, to support the department.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs).
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into 401(k) savings plan, up to $11,500.
• Tuition reimbursement.

This position may involve the operation of company vehicles as part of assigned duties.