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ABOUT THE TEAM The Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineering Team is responsible for the advanced aerodynamic design and analysis for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms . Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineers own the full development lifecycle , from conceptual design to flight test planning, execution and analysis ensuring high-performance, resilient, and scalable systems that meet the demands of complex, contested environments. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities • 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 • Wind tunnel test planning, execution, and analysis • Flight test planning, execution, and analysis REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering • 3+ work experience as an individual contributing engineer • Experience with aircraft performance and analysis predictions • Competent in a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, vortex, lattice methods, panel methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) • Wind tunnel and flight test experience including data acquisition, data analysis and project coordination • 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.) • Passion for defending the United States and her allies • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • StarCCM+ experience • Ice accretion or icing analysis experience • Missile DATCOM, OTIS, or DYMOS • Experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes • Active U.S. Secret security clearance