Senior Flight Performance Engineer, Air Vehicles

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)full time

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senior

$166k–$220k

H1B: no

Anduril Industries Senior Flight Performance Engineer responsible for aerodynamic design and analysis of Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. Duties include flight test planning, aerodynamic analysis, and aircraft performance modeling.

Responsibilities

Aerodynamics and flight performance of unmanned air vehicles/missiles
Work with flight test team to support planning, execution and analysis of flight sciences focused
Aerodynamic analysis of unmanned air vehicles, using both low- and high-order methods,
including analysis tool development and improvement as needed
Stability and control analysis
Aircraft performance modeling and simulation
Aerodynamic loads generation

Qualification

lattice methodsreports$166

Required

BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
8+ years work experience as an individual contributing engineer
Ability to travel as required for testing
Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis and project coordination
Flight test param-id (parameter identification) for aerodynamic modeling
Experience with aircraft performance analysis and predictions
Competent in a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, vortex
lattice methods, panel methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Strong programming skills in higher-level languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python) for internal tool
development in a version-controlled environment
Experience preparing formal documentation (i.e. specifications, test procedures, technical
reports, etc.)

Preferred

Experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes
$166,000—$220,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

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Company

Anduril Industries

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