Senior Flight Sciences Engineer

7+ years applicable professional experience with airborne platforms

7+ years of experience in aerodynamic design and analysis, flight simulation, and flight testing

Hands-on experience with CFD tools, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent simulation platforms

5+ years experience in programming and data analysis skills (MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, etc.)

Strong understanding of aerodynamics and flight dynamics, stability, and control

A passion for defending the Unites States of America and its allies

This role will be responsible for guidance and control law development and validation, hardware and software in-the-loop test and analysis, and cutting edge navigation solutions supporting the entire range of drones within TRS.

Aerodynamic Design & Analysis:

Aerodynamic design of fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and hybrid VTOL platforms 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

Conduct detailed analysis to predict and enhance aero performance.

Utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools and low-order methods for performance evaluation.

The Tactical Recon and Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from paper sketches to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces.

The guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) team within TRS performs implementation, analysis, test, and validation for GNC software solutions supporting our autonomous drone fleet. Applications include attitude and position control, waypoint and terminal guidance engagements, and navigating contested environments including communication and GPS denied environments.