Aerodynamics Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles

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

Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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

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