Full-time

Systems Engineer - Materials, Mechanical

Posted by Actalent • Mojave, CA, United States

📍 Mojave, CA 🕒 June 17, 2026

About the Role

Job Title: Payload Engineer
Job Description
We are seeking a Staff-level Systems Engineer to oversee and support the Talon-A air-launched, hypersonic vehicle payloads mechanical, structural, and materials requirements and integration. An ideal candidate will have experience in vehicle integration and test, ideally with a structural and/or materials focus. This role involves interfacing with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, program management, and payload customers.
Responsibilities

+ Oversee and contribute to payload mechanical, structural, and materials requirements and integration.

+ Collaborate with the payload’s integration and test engineers, test team responsible engineers, payloads program leadership, and payload customers to define and implement vehicle payloads integration, test, and data collection activities.

+ Develop and track requirements.

+ Ensure vehicle payloads are tested in a manner that meets customer requirements.<...

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