Senior Aerodynamics Engineer
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Astro-mechanica · San FranciscoPrepare for this interview
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About the role
Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company building a faster, more connected future. Our mission is to democratize high-speed flight by making supersonic travel flexible, accessible, and sustainable. We believe that rapid, on-demand, point-to-point global mobility will become the new standard for moving people and goods across the planet. To achieve this, we are integrating our advanced airframe and engine technologies-which include Duality™, our proprietary dual-use propulsion system-with a new flight operations model to make supersonic transport as efficient and economical as commercial air travel is today. In the near term, we are developing adaptable, high-speed systems to close aircraft performance gaps for the United States government. We're a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace. We're generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well. We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
Responsibilities
- Perform design and analysis of aircraft aerodynamics across subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flight regimes
- Conduct computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis using multiple solvers, including gridding and post-processing methods
- Develop and apply advanced optimization techniques to enhance aerodynamic performance
- Create and utilize parametric geometry models for design and analysis purposes
- Support the design, fabrication, testing, and data analysis of wind tunnel models
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to refine concepts, conduct trade studies, and develop multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) systems
- Lead concept refinement, cross-discipline trade studies, and develop a highly skilled flight sciences team
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in aerodynamic design and analysis, CFD analysis, and optimization techniques
- Proficiency in CFD solvers, parametric geometry modeling, and wind tunnel testing
- Experience with high-fidelity aerodynamic shape optimization using adjoint-based methods and heuristic methods
- Experience synthesizing a variety of computational, experimental, and multi-fidelity data sources into cohesive aerodynamics models for design, performance, stability and control, flight simulator development, and experimental flight testing
- Expertise in architecting multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) frameworks for transonic and supersonic configurations, integrating various solvers and models
- Proficiency with high performance computing (HPC) environments, mesh adaptation, adjoint-based optimization; implementation of HPC via AWS, Azure, Google HPC
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex projects
- Ambition to work in a fast-paced environment
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