Systems Engineer - Materials, Mechanical

Actalent
📍 Mojave, CA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 17, 2026

Job Description

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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Job Details

  • Location Mojave, CA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 17, 2026
  • Application Deadline June 22, 2026