About the role
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities - Aerodynamic analysis of unmanned air vehicles, using both low and high order methods, - including analysis tool development and improvement as needed - Stability and control analysis - Aircraft performance modeling and simulation - Aerodynamic loads generation - Wind tunnel test planning, execution, and analysis - Flight test planning, execution, and analysis
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering - 3+ work experience as an individual contributing engineer - Experience with aircraft performance and analysis predictions - Competent in a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, vortex, lattice methods, panel methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) - Wind tunnel and flight test experience including data acquisition, data analysis and project coordination - 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 - Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- StarCCM+ experience - Ice accretion or icing analysis experience - Missile DATCOM, OTIS, or DYMOS - Experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes - Active U.S. Secret security clearance
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