Senior Conceptual Design Engineer

15 hours ago

Tustin, California, United States Virgin Galactic Full time
Job Title: Sr. Conceptual Design Engineer

Virgin Galactic is seeking an experienced conceptual design engineer to join our team. As a key member of our engineering organization, you will be responsible for analyzing, evaluating, and formulating development strategies for vehicle configuration designs in high-speed suborbital systems.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Analyze and evaluate vehicle configuration designs to ensure they meet requirements for high-speed suborbital systems.
  • Develop and implement development strategies for vehicle configuration designs.
  • Collaborate with the extended VG engineering organization to integrate flight sciences, mass properties, and other disciplines as part of design programs.
  • Perform trade studies including vehicle configuration, weight, performance, structural and equipment layout, propulsion, and payload.
  • Provide Outer Mold Line surface definition, wing planform design, fuselage shaping, control surface placement, propulsion placement, subsystems integration, etc., following aerospace best practices.
  • Prepare performance specifications, requirements, and statement of work documents for both internal team members and suppliers.
  • Review work and technical findings from both internal team members and suppliers.
  • Present work and technical findings with justification to management and senior leadership through design reviews and program milestones.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, and/or equivalent, with a minimum of 10 years of related experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with aerospace vehicle design and build teams/projects with emphasis in high-speed or suborbital performance.
  • Strong CAD experience in CATIA V5, 3DX preferred.
  • Ability to develop parametric configuration models to support multi-disciplinary design and optimization (MDAO).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
  • Proven ability to lead technical work in an environment with multiple stakeholders.
  • Excellent proactive communication (oral, written, presentation), interpersonal, negotiation, and organizational skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor teammates and coworkers on configuration development and the complex integration of vehicle systems.
  • Working programming knowledge of MATLAB, Python.
What We Offer:

Virgin Galactic offers a competitive salary range of $105,700.00–$161,000.00 per year, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, location, and experience. In addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, we also offer opportunities for professional growth and development.

Virgin Galactic is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a Drug Free Workplace. All applicants post-offer and active teammates are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.

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