Aerodynamics Engineer, Air Vehicles (Fastwater Staffing)

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Aerodynamics Engineer, Air Vehicles (Fastwater Staffing)

Costa Mesa, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    WHAT YOU'LL DO

    • 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
    • Stability and control analysis
    • 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
    • 3+ work experience as an individual contributing engineer
    • 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.)
    • Passion for defending the United States and her allies
    • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • StarCCM+ experience
    • Ice accretion or icing analysis experience
    • Missile DATCOM, OTIS, or DYMOS
    • Experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes
    • Active U.S. Secret security clearance