Hypersonics Design Engineer
Huntsville, AL - USA
Job Summary
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Leidos is seeking a talented Hypersonics Design Engineer to support multiple projects as part of the Advanced Materials Department.
Primary Responsibilities
- The Hypersonics Design Engineer will work alongside other design engineers structural analysis engineers program management and customers to oversee design and analysis of structures and mechanisms related to hypersonic vehicles.
- The position will within a program team to manage the design and release of production-ready drawings of hypersonic vehicle structures mechanisms parts subassemblies and full system assemblies.
- Focus will be placed on engineering design and analysis for fabrication; integration of prototypes; development of components; and special test equipment.
Basic Qualifications (required)
- Bachelors Degree from an accredited university and 8 years experience.
- Design and Drafting Proficient in industry CAD softwares (CREO SolidWorks) for both 3D modeling and 2D drawings
- Tolerancing Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T per ASME Y14.5) and tolerance stack analysis
- Design for Manufacturing and Inspection Understanding of how tolerancing affects part manufacturing and inspection
- Standards Familiarity with ASME and ASTM material standards MIL standards
- TDPs Experience contributing to TDPs according to MIL-STD-31000
- Experience working within a product lifecycle management tool (Windchill)
- Ability to coordinate tasking for a team of engineers given general direction from program management.
- Ability to manage schedule and budgets for their teams scope of work.
- Candidate must be proficient using Microsoft Excel Word Project and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
- Structural thermal or aero analytical experience
- Strong understanding of hardware development manufacturing procurement production and integration.
- Experience working in a classified design/manufacturing environment.
- Bachelors Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering is strongly preferred.
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Original Posting:
March 31 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107900.00 - $195050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
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About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.