Senior Delivery Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026. Raydar scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead customer-facing engineering delivery for aerospace engagements, owning outcomes from scoping through deployment while coordinating a cross-functional team and acting as both project and product lead.
What you'll do
- Carry full responsibility for results on aerospace engagements, both new and ongoing, from problem framing and model building through rollout and integration into client engineering practice.
- Write statements of work, set out the engagement plan for customers, and remain accountable for delivery against it.
- Lead a matrixed team of applications engineers, machine learning scientists, data and platform engineers and product engineers, setting technical direction, sequencing work and clearing blockers.
- Run sprints, milestones and risk management while also helping choose use cases and shaping what to build next.
- Stay hands-on with troubleshooting model behavior, reworking data flows and building out integration prototypes.
- Work side by side with clients to co-develop applications, passing on expertise and earning confidence through transparent joint work.
- Partner with sales and account teams on new engagements, handoffs to delivery and account growth.
- Feed market and customer insight back to product and research teams to inform the roadmap for aerospace use cases.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Solid technical foundation in physics simulation applied to flight vehicles, covering fluid flow, structures, airflow behavior, fluid-structure interaction or design optimization across disciplines.
- Track record of directing technical work or running a customer account from initial scoping to completion, or presenting proposals to senior internal decision makers.
- Experience in aerospace manufacturing, eVTOL, space, propulsion, defense or engineering software.
- Clear communication of project status, progress and challenges to stakeholders.
- Eligibility as a U.S. person, meaning a citizen, lawful permanent resident or protected individual, is mandatory because of defense and export rules.
Bonus points
- Experience with physics-based AI or AI surrogate modeling.
- A technical degree at master's or doctoral level in an aerospace or mechanical discipline is a plus.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 165,000 to 295,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Flexible time off
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- San Mateo, CA, United States
- On-site preferred, with remote candidates considered
- Up to 5 days a week in office preferred
- 10 to 25% travel to customer sites
- Full-time