Hypersonic flight test vehicles and air-launch platform for national security
Stratolaunch builds and flies reusable, autonomous hypersonic test vehicles from an air-launched platform for U.S. national security programs. Its stack pairs real-time embedded tooling (VxWorks, FreeRTOS, ARINC 429, C++) with requirements systems like Jama Connect and IBM DOORS, a sign of safety-critical, traceability-driven flight software work. MES adoption alongside lean and shop-floor automation projects points to a push from prototype builds toward repeatable production.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Engineer, Supply Chain Director, Program Director
Stratolaunch is a privately held aerospace company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mojave, California. It designs, manufactures and operates hypersonic systems, including an air-launched flight test platform and hypersonic target and mission-system offerings. Its customers are U.S. national security and defense programs, and its work spans propulsion, structures, avionics and systems engineering. The company has 201–500 employees and hires in the United States.
Stratolaunch uses C++, Python, VxWorks, FreeRTOS and Embedded Linux for flight software, MATLAB/Simulink, CATIA, Siemens NX, Nastran and FEMAP for engineering, plus Jama Connect, IBM DOORS, Jira and Costpoint.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and heavily engineering-focused, skewed to senior talent, with additional manufacturing, security and program roles and leadership openings such as Chief Engineer and Program Director.
Current work includes the Talon hypersonic vehicle program, autonomous test vehicle flight software, avionics integration, integrated vehicle testing, and MES adoption with shop floor automation.
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