Sr. Aerodynamics Engineer (Starship)

The role

The Starship Aerodynamics team predicts aerodynamic and aerothermal environments for the booster and ship during all mission phases. Engineers use models, simulations, and wind-tunnel testing to provide predictions and support GNC and vehicle structures teams.

What you will do

• Prepare, mesh, run, and post process CFD models
• Review post-flight data and compare to pre-flight estimates
• Interface with responsible engineers to provide design inputs
• Write code and scripts in a variety of languages for automated workflows

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience with aerodynamic and aerothermal analysis

Nice to have

• Master's degree or PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering
• Experience with Siemens STAR-CCM+ and developing scripts in Java for it
• Experience with solvers used by NASA for entry vehicles, e.g. FUN3D, Loci/CHEM, DPLR
• Experimental testing experience
• Data processing and analysis in MATLAB or Python
• Experience with Siemens NX
• Experience with thermal protection systems
• Strong background in external, compressible fluid dynamics

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.