# Senior Applied Aerodynamics Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
**Category**: Engineering

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Applied Aerodynamics Engineer to work at our Huntsville, AL campus leading the design and analysis of missile and aviation systems.

The successful candidate will possess strong technical skills in applied aerodynamics and expertise in using analytical and semi-empirical aerodynamic prediction tools to guide the design and analysis of flight vehicles in subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic applications.

**Primary Responsibilities**

- Lead and manage technical personnel in aerodynamic design trade studies, performance assessments, testing activities, and the development of high-fidelity aerodynamic characterisations for flight vehicles.

- Apply analytical and semi-empirical aerodynamic prediction methods to flight-vehicle design and analysis.

- Independently lead aerodynamic design studies, aerodynamic characterisations, and flight-performance evaluations, including interpreting results and recommending design decisions.

- Develop and apply Python or MATLAB tools for engineering analysis, data processing, and visualisation.

- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and collaborate constructively within a multidisciplinary design team.

**Basic Qualifications**

- A bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program and 12+ years of relevant industry experience in applied aerodynamics, or a master's degree in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering and 10+ years of relevant industry experience in applied aerodynamics.

- Demonstrated expertise applying analytical and semi-empirical aerodynamic prediction methods to flight-vehicle design and analysis.

- Demonstrated experience independently leading aerodynamic design studies, aerodynamic characterisations, and flight-performance evaluations.

- Demonstrated proficiency developing and applying Python or MATLAB tools for engineering analysis, data processing, and visualisation.

- Strong oral and written communication skills, including experience presenting technical approaches, findings, and recommendations to leadership and customers.

- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of War (DoW) security clearance.

- Ability to work on-site at the Huntsville, Alabama, campus. Candidates must reside in the North Alabama area or be willing to relocate.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- An MS degree in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering and 10+ years of applied aerodynamics industry experience.

- Extensive experience applying industry-standard aerodynamic prediction tools and methods to missile, guided-weapon, aviation, or other flight-vehicle applications.

- Experience leading wind-tunnel tests, including test planning, test-matrix development, execution, data reduction, data-quality assessment, correlation, and reporting.

- Experience generating, processing, and applying CFD data to aerodynamic design, trade studies, performance assessments, or aerodynamic model and database development.

- Experience integrating and correlating analytical or semi-empirical predictions, CFD, wind-tunnel data, and flight-test data.

- Experience characterising aerodynamic sensitivities, uncertainties, and model limitations across relevant flight regimes and configuration spaces.

- An active DoW security clearance.

**Pay Range:** $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

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## Skills

### Required
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Applied Aerodynamics
- Analytical and Semi-Empirical Aerodynamic Prediction Methods
- Python
- MATLAB
- Technical Leadership

### Nice to have
- MS degree in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering
- Wind-Tunnel Testing
- CFD Data Analysis
- Aerodynamic Model and Database Development

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