- Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Mid
- $1K–$26
The Project Engineer serves as the technical innovator and engineering lead driving the development, integration, and flight-testing of next-generation uncrewed Launched Effects (LE) platforms. The incumbent holds technical accountability across vendor platforms spanning rapid prototyping, hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) verification, flight demonstration, and low-rate production.
Responsibilities
- Drive hands-on technical execution across vendor platforms from concept to range testing.
- Prioritize iterative hardware builds, live-fire flight demonstrations, and speed-to-ramp over protracted paper design cycles.
- Lead integration of edge AI compute, collaborative swarming algorithms, automated target recognition (ATR), and GPS-denied navigation into uncrewed airframes.
- Integrate modular payloads spanning electronic warfare (EW), RF sensors, EO/IR optics, and kinetic effects.
- Enforce Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards to break proprietary vendor lock-in.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Systems, or related field)
- Nice to have: Group 1–3 UAS
- Nice to have: loitering munitions
- Nice to have: cruise missiles
- Nice to have: precision-guided aerial delivery systems