UAS Combustion Engine Systems

Griffon Aerospace designs, builds, and flies unmanned aerial systems that perform. We are a focused team of engineers and operators who care about mission success before satisfying any other "metrics." We don't hand work off and walk away. We own it. Our culture is defined by technical rigor, follow-through, and refusal to accept "good enough."

We're looking for someone to take ownership of our internal combustion systems across our UAS portfolio. Griffon both works with suppliers and develops our own propulsion systems. Small two-stroke engine specialty is required. Griffon hires engineers who have built things that fly and know what it means to get hardware from a drawing board to a flight line. You'll own the lifecycle of up to 4 different engine platforms end-to-end - from the first requirement written to the last configuration signed off before production - and you'll be in the weeds with every engineering team and contractor that touches it along the way.

You should know your way around an aircraft development program, understand what integration involves, and be comfortable working at a test range or a factory floor as easily as at a desk running analysis tools.

This role is responsible for ensuring engine reliability and airworthiness from concept through fielded sustainment, including new engine development, sustaining engineering on deployed platforms, supplier oversight, and certification support. The ideal candidate combines hands-on two-stroke engine expertise with the systems-engineering discipline needed to manage a critical component through its full lifecycle.

When something is broken in the field, you're on a plane. You don't manage from behind a screen.

Problems are resolved, not deferred. You find a way or you make one.

The whole thing. If the program is late, that's yours. If it delivers, the team is praised not just you.

Plans, issues, and new data travels fast here.

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and clearance level
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and 11 federal holidays
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
• A small company where your decisions matter and your fingerprints are on real hardware flying real missions