Configuration Design Engineer

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking a highly motivated Configuration Design Engineer for our Air Dominance & Strike hardware engineering organization. In this role, you will be responsible for the early-stage conceptual layout, sizing, and multi-disciplinary vehicle design of next-generation Group 5 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and advanced missile platforms. Operating at the front end of our development cycle, you will bridge the gap between high-level mission requirements and physical execution, turning "clean sheet" concepts into optimized, flight-ready configurations in record time.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead and execute the physical layout, sizing, and configuration design of new air vehicles and missile systems from concept to preliminary design.

• Develop parametric CAD models, complex surface models, and high-fidelity Outer Mold Line (OML) and Inner Mold Line (IML) lofts using NX pdf.

• Conduct rapid multi-disciplinary trade studies to evaluate engine selection, propulsion path integration, planform geometry, control effector layouts, structural joints, landing gear, and weapons integration.

• Drive spatial integration across subsystem teams, managing keep-in/keep-out zones for avionics, fuel, and payload systems.

• Support downstream engineering analyses by providing clean surface models optimized for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and Electromagnetic (RF/IR signature) evaluations.

• Incorporate survivability principles into early-stage designs, optimizing vehicle shaping, transitions, gaps, and treatments for RF and IR signature reduction.