# Senior Delivery Engineer > Raydar · San Mateo, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-12 **Salary:** USD 165,000–295,000 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description About the company Our client is a software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead customer-facing engineering delivery for aerospace engagements, owning outcomes from scoping through deployment while coordinating a cross-functional team and acting as both project and product lead. What you'll do \- Carry full responsibility for results on aerospace engagements, both new and ongoing, from problem framing and model building through rollout and integration into client engineering practice. \- Write statements of work, set out the engagement plan for customers, and remain accountable for delivery against it. \- Lead a matrixed team of applications engineers, machine learning scientists, data and platform engineers and product engineers, setting technical direction, sequencing work and clearing blockers. \- Run sprints, milestones and risk management while also helping choose use cases and shaping what to build next. \- Stay hands-on with troubleshooting model behavior, reworking data flows and building out integration prototypes. \- Work side by side with clients to co-develop applications, passing on expertise and earning confidence through transparent joint work. \- Partner with sales and account teams on new engagements, handoffs to delivery and account growth. \- Feed market and customer insight back to product and research teams to inform the roadmap for aerospace use cases. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- Solid technical foundation in physics simulation applied to flight vehicles, covering fluid flow, structures, airflow behavior, fluid-structure interaction or design optimization across disciplines. \- Track record of directing technical work or running a customer account from initial scoping to completion, or presenting proposals to senior internal decision makers. \- Experience in aerospace manufacturing, eVTOL, space, propulsion, defense or engineering software. \- Clear communication of project status, progress and challenges to stakeholders. \- Eligibility as a U.S. person, meaning a citizen, lawful permanent resident or protected individual, is mandatory because of defense and export rules. Bonus points \- Experience with physics-based AI or AI surrogate modeling. \- A technical degree at master's or doctoral level in an aerospace or mechanical discipline is a plus. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Base salary: USD 165,000 to 295,000 per year \- Equity \- Health, dental and vision coverage \- Flexible time off \- Retirement plan Location and work model \- San Mateo, CA, United States \- On-site preferred, with remote candidates considered \- Up to 5 days a week in office preferred \- 10 to 25% travel to customer sites \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/7E452D523E/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)