Senior Aerodynamics Engineer, Air Vehicles

The Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineering Team is responsible for the advanced aerodynamic design and analysis for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms . Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineers own the full development lifecycle , from conceptual design to flight test planning, execution and analysis ensuring high-performance, resilient, and scalable systems that meet the demands of complex, contested environments.

- Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles 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

- Experience with aircraft performance and analysis predictions

- Competent in a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, vortex, lattice methods, panel methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

- Wind tunnel and flight test experience including data acquisition, data analysis and project coordination

- 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.)

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance