Aerodynamics Engineer - Hypersonic Air Vehicles

2w2 weeks ago

Anduril

Costa Mesa, US · Full-time · $146,000 – $194,000

About this role

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. It brings 21st-century innovation to defense, changing how military systems are designed, built, and sold. Lattice OS powers its systems, turning data streams into realtime 3D command and control.

The Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineering Team handles advanced aerodynamic design and analysis for Group 5 hypersonic air vehicles and missile platforms. Engineers own the full development lifecycle from conceptual design to flight test planning, execution, and analysis. This ensures high-performance, resilient systems for complex, contested environments.

Daily work involves aerodynamics design at conceptual, preliminary, and detailed stages for unmanned air vehicles and missiles. Perform analysis using low and high-order methods, stability and control, trajectory optimization, and aerothermodynamic studies in high-speed environments. Generate aerodynamic loads, model aircraft performance, and plan wind tunnel and flight tests.

As strategic competition rises, Anduril delivers cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking to the military rapidly. Team members contribute to scalable systems meeting demanding operational needs. Opportunities arise in tool development and advanced analysis techniques.

Requirements

BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
Experience with aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, lower-order codes, and CFD
Strong programming skills in MATLAB, Python for tool development in version-controlled environment
Experience preparing formal documentation such as specifications, test procedures, technical reports
Passion for defending the United States and her allies
Ability to obtain and hold U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Experience evaluating external aerodynamics in supersonic or hypersonic flow regime
StarCCM+ experience

Responsibilities

Perform aerodynamics design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design maturities
Conduct aerodynamics analysis of unmanned air vehicles using low and high-order methods, including tool development
Execute stability and control analysis
Perform trajectory optimization for performance analysis, vehicle conceptual trades, and sensitivities
Conduct aerothermodynamic analysis of flight vehicles in high-speed environments
Develop aircraft performance modeling and simulation
Generate aerodynamic loads
Plan, execute, and analyze wind tunnel tests and flight tests