Senior Aerospace Engineer, Aerothermal & Hypersonics

Job description

Job responsibilities

• High-speed aero and aerothermal design: Lead or co-own aerodynamic and aerothermal design activities for hypersonic and atmospheric entry vehicles — vehicle shaping, performance, stability, and thermal environment…
• Aerothermal environments: Predict and analyze aerodynamic heating environments (convective and radiative where relevant), including engineering (first-order / closed-form) heating methods and higher-fidelity…
• TPS / heat-shield contribution: Develop and evaluate Thermal Protection System concepts, materials, architectures, and margins for hypersonic flight and atmospheric entry vehicles — including material selection support…
• Trajectory-coupled environments: Perform or closely support entry, descent, and re-entry (and hypersonic mission) trajectory-informed aerothermal environment prediction and vehicle performance assessments.
• Multidisciplinary integration: Partner with structures, Thermal Engineers, propulsion, GNC, and systems engineering to close vehicle-level trades among aero, heating, TPS mass/thickness, and mission performance.
• Analysis, trades, and documentation: Build and maintain engineering models, run trade studies, and document assumptions, margins, and recommendations for design reviews across the product lifecycle.
• Test and validation (stand-up + execute): Help establish and then support ground aerothermal/TPS test approaches and flight-test planning, execution, data analysis, and post-flight validation — including correlation of…

Job requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of professional aerospace engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or leading a project from initial concept through implementation (design, analysis, test, and fielding or equivalent closure).
• Demonstrated experience in hypersonic aerodynamic design — vehicle shaping, aerodynamic performance optimization, and computational or experimental analysis for high-speed flight or atmospheric entry vehicles.
• Strong working understanding of:
• Hypersonic flight and atmospheric entry environments
• Aerodynamics for high-speed vehicles, with ability to support lower-speed aero alongside aero teammates
• Aerothermal analysis and aerodynamic heating (including engineering heating methods and high-temperature gas dynamics)