Jobs at Hermeus

Leads build reliability and quality engineering across aircraft design, manufacturing, testing, and flight operations. Responsibilities include quality planning, inspection methods, failure investigation, root cause corrective action, QMS requirements, containment, nonconformance and MRB resolution, lean process improvement, and inspector support. The role requires hands-on production-floor work, collaboration with design and manufacturing teams, and up to 25% travel.

Provides supplier quality support across supply chain, including supplier qualification, audits, inspections, documentation review, corrective actions, and nonconformance resolution. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, program management, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure component conformity and on-time delivery. Uses MES/QMS systems, supports QMS development and lean initiatives, and drives process improvements to reduce supplier quality issues. Requires approximately 50% travel to supplier sites.

Supports the development and improvement of aircraft manufacturing processes, including sheet metal fabrication, welding, tooling, structural assembly, defect investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, process documentation, and continuous improvement. Works hands-on alongside engineers and technicians on the factory floor to improve quality, repeatability, efficiency, and standardized manufacturing practices.

Own and evolve internally developed business applications by documenting architectures, maintaining and enhancing production systems, reviewing AI-generated code, addressing technical debt, developing APIs and integrations, and establishing secure development, testing, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and support practices. Troubleshoot issues across application, infrastructure, integration, and data layers while partnering with IT, security, infrastructure, DevOps, and business stakeholders.

Installs, configures, monitors, troubleshoots, secures, and maintains local and wide area networks. Manages network hardware, wireless systems, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, access controls, and intrusion detection. Develops documentation, supports infrastructure projects, resolves complex technical issues, participates in on-call incident response, and applies current networking technologies and NIST guidelines.

Build, automate, secure, and support enterprise IT, ICS, IoT, cloud, and on-premises infrastructure. Administer Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, AWS, Azure, virtualization, networks, and cross-platform endpoints. Develop infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows using PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, and C#. Resolve advanced escalations, improve uptime and security, maintain documentation, and collaborate with cybersecurity, software, and operations teams in regulated defense environments.

Supports aerospace vehicle integration, flight-test planning, system checkout, telemetry monitoring, troubleshooting, test-data analysis, and development of test hardware, tooling, wiring, instrumentation, and automation scripts. Collaborates with engineers, technicians, and pilots to prepare and execute safe, repeatable vehicle tests. The internship provides hands-on exposure to rapid hardware development and flight-test operations.

Mechanical Engineering Intern supporting structural design and integration of hydraulic, fuel, propulsion, avionics, and structural systems for supersonic aircraft. Responsibilities include hand calculations, FEA, structural and thermal analysis, subsystem trade studies, hardware development, fabrication, integration, testing, and technical presentations. The intern will collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, test, suppliers, and customers.

Supports the design, development, manufacturing coordination, setup, testing, and documentation of propulsion components and systems. Creates and releases engineering drawings, collaborates with engineers, manufacturers, and vendors, and assists with propulsion test rigs and hardware development activities.

Leads the company’s digital transformation strategy, roadmap, and enterprise platforms across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and finance. Owns PLM, ERP, MES, integrations, data, automation, and emerging technologies while establishing an integrated digital thread, scalable architecture, data governance, and system-of-record strategies. Directs complex transformation initiatives, process redesign, automation, AI adoption, vendor partnerships, governance, and technical teams through implementation and measurable business outcomes.

Supports flight operations, airworthiness, safety documentation, risk analysis, technical deliverables, and operational data assessment for experimental aircraft. Collaborates with engineering, flight test, operations, and program teams to develop accurate airworthiness artifacts, identify process gaps, and advance certification and program milestones.

Supports development, implementation, integration, and testing of flight software and guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for uncrewed high-speed aircraft. Responsibilities include control-law tuning and validation, simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, subsystem software interfaces, test-data analysis, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration across software, GNC, avionics, and vehicle engineering teams.

Support integration, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of mission hardware and software, including avionics, sensors, radios, processors, communications, and command-and-control systems. Develop software interfaces for telemetry and subsystems, assist with hardware/software bring-up in laboratory, hardware-in-the-loop, ground-test, and aircraft environments, document technical findings, and collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and flight-test teams.

Develop software for the Quarterhorse supersonic unmanned aircraft, including human-machine interfaces, cockpit controls, simulations, communications, networking, and autonomous flight management. Collaborate with flight crews and engineers to assess usability and control hardware systems. Participate throughout the software development lifecycle, including planning, design, implementation, testing, reviews, documentation, and user evaluation.

Own technical sourcing for engineering roles, including prospecting, candidate engagement, interviewing, talent mapping, pipeline management, and recruiting process improvement. Partner with recruiters and engineering leaders to define hiring needs, assess candidates, improve hiring outcomes, represent the employer brand, and deliver a strong candidate experience. The role requires independent execution and expertise in sourcing technical hardware engineering talent.

Supports the design, fabrication, integration, troubleshooting, and testing of flight hardware and mechanical subassemblies for next-generation aircraft. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, drawing creation, hardware release, engineering calculations, design reviews, test planning, documentation, and rapid design iteration. The intern collaborates with structures, mechanical, manufacturing, avionics, and test teams in a hands-on development environment.

Supports the design, manufacturing, integration, and testing of flight and test hardware for the Mk 2.3 airframe. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, material selection, design for manufacturing, production transition, tooling and build-process development, structural validation testing, project execution, and cross-functional vehicle integration.

Supports hardware-in-the-loop test benches and real-time simulation environments for flight software and vehicle systems. Responsibilities include configuring and troubleshooting test infrastructure, developing automated tests, expanding regression coverage, maintaining hardware and software configurations, debugging integrated systems, analyzing test results, documenting procedures, and collaborating with flight software and engineering teams.

Develop performant Julia-based 6DOF Software-in-the-Loop simulation code for aerospace systems. Build scalable Monte Carlo simulations and physics-informed models, collaborate with flight software, HMI, and flight sciences teams, validate models against real flight data, optimize real-time performance, participate in testing and code reviews, and document modeling assumptions and validation workflows.

Supports development of flight-critical propulsion components such as valves, actuators, and fluid-control hardware from clean-sheet design through production. Responsibilities include engineering trade studies, analysis, integration, build-test-iterate cycles, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, qualification, reliability and safety evaluation, and transition to production-ready designs. The intern collaborates with propulsion and vehicle teams in hands-on, fast-paced build and test environments.