Aerothermal Engineer Internal Code: Mid-Level Engineer Description As a member of the Advanced Materials team a successful candidate will support material, component and system development activities for hypersonic and other flight vehicle systems. Additionally, a successful candidate will work closely with highly technical, collaborative team members to: • Generate aerothermal boundary conditions for vehicle analysis • Assess material response (e.g., ablation, decomposition) • Generate and analyze vehicle trajectories • Perform survivability analysis and establish operational bounds • Design important components and subsystems that enable vehicle performance • Generate derived requirements for materials and components that inform manufacturing and integration activities Requirements • 5+ years of relevant experience • BS in Aerospace Engineering or related technical field (equivalent experience may be accepted) • Secret DoD Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret DoD Clearance • Experience supporting research and development activities • Demonstrated experience developing thermal boundary conditions from flight trajectory data • Experience performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis using commercial software tools (e.g., STAR-CCM+) • Strong communication skills - both verbal and written - with demonstrated experience in a technical environment • Self-motivated and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative, research and development environment Special preference will be shown to candidates that have: • An advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Engineering or related technical field (equivalent experience may be accepted) • Demonstrated experience performing coupled physics modeling and simulation on thermal protection systems (TPS) • Demonstrated experience developing and executing large scale parameterized modeling studies utilizing Monte Carlo or other applicable optimization methods • Demonstrated experience working with test engineers to anchor modeling to experimental data • Demonstrated experience working within an integrated production team to deliver analysis and design artifacts • Demonstrated experience developing and documenting technical solutions for program proposal efforts