Technical Advisor Speed Flight Systems Manufacturing, Production & Technology Transition

Position: Technical Advisor – High-Speed Flight Systems Manufacturing, Production & Technology Transition

Location: Huntsville, AL with ability to travel 25%

Experience: 10+ years in engineering, technical project management, and system-level technology maturation and transition

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and active DoW Secret clearance required. (TS/SCI eligibility strongly preferred)

Pay Range: $150,000 - $225,000

MACH-20 is seeking an experienced Technical Advisor to oversee and synchronize high-speed flight system initiatives across key government stakeholders and support efforts to ensure seamless transition into operational defense acquisition programs.

In collaboration with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, you will lead engineering oversight for concept maturation, ground/flight test demonstration and platform transition.

Additionally, you will support producibility evaluations, manufacturing maturity reviews, and industrial base assessments. Your work will ensure that high-speed strike concepts are not only functionally viable, but also producible, scalable, and acquisition‑ready.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Oversight: Oversee multiple advanced high-speed system initiatives and facilitate transition pathways into operational defense acquisition portfolios.
• Technical Front Line & Coordination: Serve as the programmatic front line for customer engagements, scoping technical inquiries and leveraging MACH-20 SMEs for deep-dive technical evaluations.
• Requirements & Acquisition Alignment: Facilitate transition pathways and alignment between early-stage high-speed system development efforts and government acquisition requirements.
• Manufacturing Readiness: Participate in Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs) and evaluate Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs) and Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) across performers and suppliers.
• Industrial Base & Supply Chain Resilience: Participate in defense industrial base (DIB) assessments,supplier capability evaluations, and supply-chain resilience reviews across key raw materials, specialized tooling, and testing facilities.
• Producibility & Risk Mitigation: Support team evaluations of designs for manufacturing feasibility, identify critical producibility hurdles, and develop mitigation strategies early in the design cycle to prevent cost and schedule growth during transition.
• Technical Synthesis & Briefings: Synthesize multi-disciplinary engineering inputs into cohesive, risk-informed technical recommendations and briefings for government program leadership.
• Review Participation: Participate in Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), formal milestone reviews and on-site vendor demonstrations.
• Solicitation & Proposal Review: Support drafting of government solicitations, proposal evaluations and technical down-selects.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Materials Science, Industrial/Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in engineering, technical project management, and system-level technology maturation and transition, preferably supporting DoW high-speed flight systems or advanced munitions
• Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required; active DoW Secret clearance required. Top Secret /SCI eligibility strongly preferred.
• Location: Huntsville, AL preferred. Must be able to support telework and travel to local Huntsville government established facility for classified meetings.
• Practical working knowledge of DoW Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) and Technology Readiness Level (TRL) criteria and assessment methodologies.
• Direct familiarity with complex hardware manufacturing, assembly, and integration.
• Domain knowledge in high-speed flight aerostructures and associated high temperature subsystem materials (e.g.,propulsion, combustion, airframes, payloads, sensors, high-temperature materials and thermal protection).
• Experience engaging with DoW acquisition pathways, rapid prototyping, Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA), and transition to Program of Record (PoR).
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate matrixed teams of government program managers, civilian leadership and technical experts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills,including the ability to translate complex technical information into clear assessments, reports, briefings, and actionable recommendations.

Company

Description:

MACH-20 is a rapidly growing defense-focused technology advisory firm founded in 2019 with a mission to drive confidence into the battlespace. The team brings many centuries of combined experience in…