Aerodynamics Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles

The role

This person will perform aerodynamic design and analysis for Group 5 hypersonic air vehicles and missile platforms. They will manage the full development lifecycle from conceptual design to flight test execution and analysis.

What you will do

• Aerodynamics design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design maturities
• Aerodynamics analysis of unmanned air vehicles using low and high order methods
• Analysis tool development and improvement
• 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

• 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

Nice to have

• 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.