Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
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

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
8+ 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