3 months ago

Manager of Payload Systems and Integration

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Job Summary

Manager of Payload Systems and Integration leads end-to-end payload development, integration, and verification across munition platforms, partnering with Vehicle Leads and Test & Flight Ops to deliver mission-ready capabilities while ensuring safety, manufacturability, and rapid field deployment.

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Own the end-to-end payload system, including warhead, fuzing, energetics, and effects; own integration of payloads into operational platforms, ensuring performance at the full system level; define and maintain System requirements and Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
•Develop and own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for handling, integration, and ground operations of energetic systems; ensure payload systems are safe, repeatable, and operationally executable across engineering, test, and field environments
•Own the verification and validation strategy for payload systems; develop test plans, evaluation methodologies, and acceptance criteria tied to system requirements and mission outcomes; execute alongside test and flight ops teams to conduct ground testing, flight testing, and live-fire events
•Serve as the payload lead during test campaigns and flight operations; support range events, demos, and field deployments; drive tight iteration loops between design → test → analysis → deployment
•Own payload readiness across prototype, validation, demonstration, and fielding; deliver systems that meet targets for performance, reliability, safety, and timeline; translate mission needs into deployable, integrated payload capability

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 220,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

•5–10+ years of experience in munitions, missile systems, or energetics
•Proven track record owning design, integration, verification, and validation of complex hardware systems
•Strong technical background in warhead / energetics design and/or weapon system integration
•Experience developing requirements, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), test and validation strategies, and SOPs
•Experience operating in Flight test, range, or live-fire environments

Experience:5-10 yearsDefenseMunitionsHardware systems

Skills:LeadershipProject managementCommunicationProblem-solving

Company Brief

Mach

Designs and manufactures unmanned systems, tactical engines, and decentralized defense manufacturing infrastructure (Forge) to scale production of autonomous aerial systems and related propulsion for U.S. defense customers and partners.

Industry: Defense Manufacturing

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Growth Stage Startup

Valuation: USD 250M to 500M

Funding: Series B

Headquarters: Huntington Beach, United States

Founded: 2023

Glassdoor: 3.9

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Mach

3 months ago

Manager of Payload Systems and Integration

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: United States

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Own the end-to-end payload system, including warhead, fuzing, energetics, and effects; own integration of payloads into operational platforms, ensuring performance at the full system level; define and maintain System requirements and Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
•Develop and own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for handling, integration, and ground operations of energetic systems; ensure payload systems are safe, repeatable, and operationally executable across engineering, test, and field environments
•Own the verification and validation strategy for payload systems; develop test plans, evaluation methodologies, and acceptance criteria tied to system requirements and mission outcomes; execute alongside test and flight ops teams to conduct ground testing, flight testing, and live-fire events
•Serve as the payload lead during test campaigns and flight operations; support range events, demos, and field deployments; drive tight iteration loops between design → test → analysis → deployment
•Own payload readiness across prototype, validation, demonstration, and fielding; deliver systems that meet targets for performance, reliability, safety, and timeline; translate mission needs into deployable, integrated payload capability

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 220,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

•5–10+ years of experience in munitions, missile systems, or energetics
•Proven track record owning design, integration, verification, and validation of complex hardware systems
•Strong technical background in warhead / energetics design and/or weapon system integration
•Experience developing requirements, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), test and validation strategies, and SOPs
•Experience operating in Flight test, range, or live-fire environments

Experience:5-10 yearsDefenseMunitionsHardware systems

Skills:LeadershipProject managementCommunicationProblem-solving

Company Brief

Mach

Industry: Defense Manufacturing

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Growth Stage Startup

Valuation: USD 250M to 500M

Funding: Series B

Headquarters: Huntington Beach, United States

Founded: 2023

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor