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Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $167,100–$226,100🗓 2026-08-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop, improve, and maintain multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) tools to explore and prototype innovative drone vehicle conceptual designs for Amazon Prime Air.

Role type

Senior IC aerospace vehicle design engineer (MDO tools & optimization)

Builds

Multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) tools and novel drone vehicle conceptual designs

Domain

Aerospace engineering, drone vehicle design, multi-disciplinary optimization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

C/C++, Python, Java, Perl, flight vehicle design, simulation, development, multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO)

Preferred skills

Master's or PhD in aerospace/mechanical engineering/physics, air vehicle aerodynamic design, wind tunnel testing, propeller/rotor design, MDO/MDAO tools, system-of-systems analysis, modeFRONTIER, Model Center, OpenMDAO, CATIA

Technologies

modeFRONTIER, Model Center, OpenMDAO, CATIA

Responsibilities

Configure, design, analyze, prototype, and test innovative drone vehicles; support wind tunnel and other testing of vehicle designs; own Flight Sciences assessments and analysis methods for drone vehicle design

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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