Senior MDAO Engineer
Core
Develop and apply multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) methods to size, evaluate, and mature autonomous defense vehicles.
Role type
Senior MDAO Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)
Builds
Conceptual and preliminary vehicle designs for autonomous defense platforms
Domain
Defense technology, aerospace vehicle design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Aerospace engineering judgment, vehicle sizing, configuration trades, mission analysis, Python/MATLAB/C++/Julia, trade studies, optimization, sensitivity analysis, multidisciplinary modeling
Preferred skills
UAV/aircraft/missile development, OpenMDAO/pyOptSparse/Dymos/GPkit/SUAVE, surrogate modeling, uncertainty analysis, workflow definition
Technologies
Python, MATLAB, C++, Julia, OpenMDAO, pyOptSparse, Dymos, GPkit, SUAVE
Responsibilities
Develop MDAO models for conceptual vehicle design; support vehicle sizing and mission performance assessments; improve analytical tools for aerodynamics, propulsion, and structures; conduct optimization and trade studies; mentor engineers on modeling assumptions and result interpretation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship
