Aeronautical Engineer - Hypersonic Aerodynamics

Basic Qualifications

• Knowledge of aerodynamic forces and moments.
• Knowledge of hypersonics and high altitude rarefied gas environments possibly including plume analysis.
• Familiarity with creating technical memos.
• Presenting analysis results.
• Active or Current Top Secret Clearance needed to start and preferably previous Special Access Program experience; US Citizenship Required.

Job Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Responsibilities

• Assist the program with proposal preparedness and execution activities.
• Performing a variety of aerodynamics analyses related to rocket systems with a particular emphasis on hypersonics and high altitude rarefied gas environments possibly including plume analysis.
• Creating technical memos.
• Providing input to data packages to support peer and customer reviews.
• Presenting analysis results to internal engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel during technical exchange meetings.

Desired Skills

• Bachelors degree in Physics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline and/or equivalent education and experience.
• Hypersonic Aero/Thermal experience.
• DSMC analysis.
• Plume analysis.
• CFD Meshing – Pointwise preferred.
• CFD experience – Fluent, GASP, Cart3D, CBAERO, Star-CCM+ preferred.
• CFD Post-processing.
• Large dataset post-processing experience.
• Software development / programming experience (Fortran, C, Python, Matlab, etc).
• Integrated system level modeling and simulation.
• Linux experience.
• MS Office experience.