Aerospace Analysis Engineer

📋 Description

• Design, establish, and implement CFD simulations utilizing both commercial and open-source solvers for high-speed aerospace system challenges, encompassing both external and internal flows.

• Generate aerodynamic databases to support vehicle trajectory simulations and performance modeling.

• Conduct analyses of internal flows within airbreathing propulsion pathways.

• Develop and suggest design solutions aimed at enhancing aerodynamic performance and operational efficiency for high-speed systems.

• Utilize advanced data science methodologies, including machine learning, to create surrogate models based on CFD simulation data.

• Contribute to multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) initiatives.

• Analyze and validate CFD simulation outputs against experimental findings.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or a related discipline.

• 10-15+ years of experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) related to aerospace systems.

• Expertise in CFD software tools such as Pointwise and Tecplot for mesh generation and post-processing of results.

• Strong programming capabilities for modeling and analysis (e.g., Python, MATLAB / Simulink, Fortran, or C++), including scripting to automate simulations and reduce data.

• Experience in creating aerodynamic data for trajectory simulations, mission analyses, and performance trade-off studies.

• Knowledge of high-performance computing (HPC) for conducting large-scale CFD simulations, with experience in a Linux environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency in interpreting engineering schematics, technical drawings, and specifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Satellite engineering offices located throughout the US offer potential flexibility regarding work location.

• This position is open to remote work options.