# MDAO Engineer at Mach Industries

- Company: Mach Industries
- What the company does: Mach Industries is building faster, smarter defense infrastructure for the modern era. Backed by Khosla and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.machindustries.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/machindustries/jobs/4398334009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mach-industries-mdao-engineer/

## About the role

Mach Industries is seeking an MDAO Engineer to develop the engineering models, software, and optimization workflows that enable rapid, rigorous vehicle design across Mach's product suite. You will help shape an expanding MDAO capability and build the tools that Conceptual Design and Operational Performance engineers use to evaluate vehicle concepts and make better design decisions.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related technical field
- 2+ years of relevant engineering experience in engineering software, computational design, MDAO, vehicle design, or optimization
- Experience developing engineering models, analysis software, or optimization workflows for aerospace vehicles or other complex physical systems
- Working knowledge of aerospace vehicle design and the interactions between aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, mass properties, controls, and mission performance
- Familiarity with conceptual design, preliminary design, configuration and sizing, mission performance, or operational performance analysis
- Software development skills in a scientific computing language, with the ability and interest to develop reliable, reusable engineering software and work within collaborative software development practices

Tags: Vehicle Performance