Senior Aerodynamicist, Omen

As an Aerodynamicist on the Maneuver Dominance Team, you will be designing unmanned vehicles intended to revolutionize the aerospace field. You will be engaged in the full development lifecycle. You possess strong programming and analytical skills with a focus on aerodynamic design, analysis, and testing.

What You Will Do

Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities, aerodynamic analysis of unmanned air vehicles, 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.

Why It Might Be a Fit

High-ownership and a bias toward action – if you see a problem, you want to fix it, competitive compensation and top-tier benefits are provided, along with a commitment to innovation in military technology.

Requirements

• High-ownership and a bias toward action – if you see a problem, you want to fix it
• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, Robotics, Physics, or related technical discipline
• 8-10+ years of work experience as an individual contributing engineer in a high-impact, start-up environment
• Experience with aircraft performance, analysis predictions, and Stability & Control.
• 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.)
• Experience in engineering team leadership and project execution for aerospace, automotive, or defense sectors with focus on electric or hybrid propulsion
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance (US applicant) or NV-1 AUS security clearance (AUS applicant)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Top-tier benefits
• Equity grants
• Health insurance
• Recovery and wellness support
• Paid time off