At Hermeus, you will be responsible for system-level design, analysis, integration, and test of high-speed (hypersonic) point-to-point aircraft. A demonstrated ability to lead rapid vehicle design iteration and aerodynamic configuration development is key to this position.
Responsibilities:
- Own vehicle configuration - aircraft layout, outer mold line (OML) shape, system integration, and packaging
- Lead airplane-level integration studies of early stage designs
- Optimize packaging and integrated vehicle subsystems
- Generate, size, and analyze concepts for upcoming vehicles
- Develop multidisciplinary optimization (MDO) tools to perform rapid preliminary design and analysis
- Analyze vehicle performance and expand capability of in-house performance tools
- Generate vehicle level loads and work with mechanical engineers to develop structural layout
- Support flight and wind tunnel testing
- Own stability and control analysis
- Own vehicle mass properties
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace engineering or similar focus (Mechanical Engineering)
- 3+ years of industry experience
- Demonstrated ability to design and run vehicle level trade studies
- Understanding of vehicle level systems in order to communicate effectively across all groups
- Systems engineering experience
- CAD experience (OnShape)
- Experience working on aircraft vehicle level analysis
Preferred Skills & Competencies:
- Python, C++ experience
- Familiarity with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools (PointWise, Cart3D, Fun3D)
- Strong thermal design experience
- Solid understanding of all flight sciences (stability and control, mass properties, performance, aerodynamics)
- Experience analyzing wind tunnel and flight test data