Aeronautical Engineer or Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Stores Aerodynamics)

Responsibilities

• Perform aerodynamic characterization efforts utilizing analytical methods
• Perform analytical stores trajectory and separation analyses
• Provide technical analysis data for data reports and other Airworthiness artifacts required to support flight clearances and certification
• Support execution of wind tunnel test events including two-body separation tests
• Support ground and flight test events, acquisition, and analysis of test data
• Create innovative solutions to a variety of technical challenges of increasing scope and complexity
• Work closely with other disciplines including Configuration, Aerodynamics, S&RE, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Mechanisms, etc.
• Utilize excellent communication skills to report program milestones, technical approaches, and findings to leads, program management, and customer

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• For Aeronautical Engineer (Stores Aerodynamics): Bachelor of Science (BS) in a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 years of relevant engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a related STEM discipline with 0 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft aerodynamics
• Experience with using aerodynamic tools and techniques
• Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

• For Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Stores Aerodynamics): Bachelor of Science (BS) in a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of relevant engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a related STEM discipline with 3 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a PhD in a related STEM discipline with 1 year of relevant engineering experience.
• Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft aerodynamics
• Experience with using aerodynamic tools and techniques
• Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree discipline in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering with concentration in aerodynamics
• Current DoD Secret or Top-Secret Security Clearance and SAP clearances
• Experience with generating aerodynamic databases for 6-DOF simulation
• Experience in conducting 6-DOF stores trajectory and separation analyses
• Experience with onsite support of wind tunnel testing and data acquisition systems
• Experience in supporting ground and flight test events and analyzing collected data
• Experience with DOD safety board processes for store separation
• Fortran, C/C++ and/or Python programming skills

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00