Jobs at Specter Aerospace

Develop custom systems for hypersonic flight vehicles, manage technical requirements, and participate in collaborative engineering efforts and testing activities.

Drive business development and capture strategy across Department of Defense programs, focusing on tactical aircraft and weapons systems. Identify and qualify opportunities, build relationships with program offices and operational stakeholders, shape requirements and acquisition strategies, develop capture plans, influence teaming and positioning, and grow the qualified pipeline. The role requires defense-sector relationships, military or congressional experience, and familiarity with major defense primes.

Develop and maintain embedded flight software for custom avionics and ground support systems. Responsibilities include software architecture, requirements, hardware drivers, communication interfaces, flight algorithm integration, real-time operating systems, hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing, vehicle integration, flight-test support, documentation, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.

Develop and implement detection, tracking, filtering, and image-processing algorithms for optical and infrared sensors on high-speed flight vehicles. Integrate algorithms into real-time simulation and hardware, create sensor and testing requirements, support laboratory and flight characterization, analyze sensor and flight-test data, and document designs and verification.

Design and test RF telemetry, communications, and antenna systems for high-speed flight vehicles. Perform link budgets, propagation analysis, antenna integration, hardware selection, lab and field testing, diagnose RF issues, support vehicle integration and flight-test operations, and own RF systems through implementation and documentation.

Design and take ownership of mechanical subsystems and full hypersonic vehicles. Perform preliminary analysis, trade studies, create manufacturing drawings, integrate subsystems, and ensure fit, functionality, and performance for flight and test.

The Mechanical Engineer I will design and develop mechanical components for hypersonic vehicles, manage prototypes, and ensure design optimization. Responsibilities include creating manufacturing drawings and collaborating across disciplines to meet performance requirements.