Senior Aerodynamicist, Omen
Core
Designing unmanned air vehicles and missiles for the Omen autonomous air vehicle program, focusing on aerodynamic design, analysis, and testing across the full development lifecycle.
Role type
Senior individual contributor aerodynamicist (aerospace/defense)
Builds
Unmanned air vehicles (AAVs) and missiles for defense and civilian domains
Domain
Defense aerospace, unmanned systems, aerodynamics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Aerodynamic design and analysis, Stability and control analysis, Aircraft performance modeling, CFD and panel methods, Wind tunnel test execution, Flight test planning and analysis, Programming in MATLAB/Python, Engineering project execution
Preferred skills
StarCCM+ or Flow360 experience, Subsonic/transonic/supersonic flow regime expertise
Technologies
StarCCM+, Flow360, MATLAB, Python
Responsibilities
Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities; Aerodynamic analysis using low and high order methods; 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
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC