Operational Performance Engineer, Mass Properties and Vehicle Performance
Mach IndustriesDefense Technology company
Huntington Beach, United StatesMid
Khosla Ventures
Sequoia Capital
DCVC
Bedrock Capital
Marque Ventures
1517 Fund
New
About the role
TL;DR
Engineer to track vehicle mass properties and performance across programs.
- •Mach Industries is seeking an Operational Performance Engineer to build and maintain vehicle mass properties and vehicle-level performance tracking across multiple programs.
- •You will be responsible for mass, center of gravity, and inertia for every supported vehicle, manage subsystem mass budgets, and ensure each vehicle's mass properties close against its requirements.
- •Key Responsibilities Own vehicle mass properties, including mass, center of gravity, and moments and products of inertia.
- •Assign, manage, and enforce subsystem and team-level mass budgets.
- •Maintain vehicle and subsystem performance baselines, budgets, margins, and assumptions.
- •Reconcile predictions with discipline analyses, CAD, as-built hardware, and test data.
- •Automate performance tracking and reporting.
- •Requirements Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field. 2+ years of relevant experience in vehicle performance, mass properties, vehicle design, or systems engineering.
- •Dedicated mass properties experience on at least one complex aerospace vehicle program.
- •Experience using Python, Julia, MATLAB, or a similar technical computing language.
- •Ability to organize inputs from multiple disciplines and communicate analyses.
Required skills
Python
Domain expertise
aerospacedefense
Benefits & perks
Equity, Health insurance, Retirement plans, Professional development
Tech stack
Python