Aerodynamics Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles

The Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineering Team is responsible for the advanced aerodynamic design and analysis for Group 5 hypersonic air vehicles and missile platforms. As an Aerodynamics Engineer, you will own the full development lifecycle, from conceptual design to flight test planning, execution, and analysis. Your expertise will ensure high-performance, resilient, and scalable systems that meet the demands of complex, contested environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Aerodynamics design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design maturities
• Aerodynamics analysis of unmanned air vehicles, using both low and high order methods, including analysis tool development and improvement as needed
• Stability and control analysis
• Trajectory optimization for performance analysis, vehicle conceptual trades, and sensitivities
• Aerothermodynamic analysis of flight vehicles in high-speed environments
• Aircraft performance modeling and simulation
• Aerodynamic loads generation
• Wind tunnel test planning, execution, and analysis
• Flight test planning, execution, and analysis

Required qualifications include:

• BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
• Experience with a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, lower-order codes, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Strong programming skills in higher-level languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python) for internal tool development in a version-controlled environment
• Experience preparing formal documentation (i.e., specifications, test procedures, technical reports, etc.)
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies
• Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred qualifications include:

• StarCCM+ experience
• Experience evaluating external aerodynamics characteristics of a vehicle in the supersonic or hypersonic flow regime
• Experience with aerothermal analysis
• Experience leveraging trajectory optimization software for performance analysis, vehicle conceptual trades, and/or sensitivities
• Knowledge of high-speed aerodynamic laminar, transitional, and turbulent simulation techniques
• Experience with chemical kinetics modeling and simulation
• Experience with combustion computational fluid dynamics and a foundational understanding of compressible flow
• Active U.S. Secret security clearance

US Salary Range: $146,000-$194,000 USD