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Senior Warhead Design Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design advanced explosive ordnance and munitions systems, transitioning them from prototype to production and managing range testing.

Role type

Senior Warhead Design/Test Engineer

Builds

Naval ordnance and munitions systems

Domain

Defense / Explosive Ordnance Disposal / Munitions Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

mechanical design, analysis, and testing of naval ordnance, CAD (SolidWorks, NX), data acquisition, data analysis, project coordination, engineering documentation, explosive operations, munitions handling

Preferred skills

complex mechanical design specific to ordnance, munitions testing, DoD Weapons Safety Boards experience, scaling production of mechanical components, complex electrical or mechatronics systems

Technologies

SolidWorks, NX

Responsibilities

Design warheads and complex ordnance/munitions systems, create high fidelity prototype parts for range testing, manage arena and system testing of munitions products, capture test video and analyze flight/ground test data, assemble/disassemble explosive test articles and precision targets

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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