Aerodynamics Engineer: CFD & Flight Dynamics

Jobtailor; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced aerospace engineer to run high-fidelity CFD from subsonic to transonic regimes and to build robust aerodynamic databases for flight dynamics and FCS integration.

You will reduce flight test telemetry and calibrate CFD, empirical, and wind-tunnel models while working on-site in Canada. A Master’s degree and security clearance eligibility are preferred; Toronto or Ottawa locations supported.

Qualifications

• Hands-on CFD across subsonic through transonic regimes and turning it into aero databases used by flight dynamics and FCS teams.

Responsibilities

• Run high-fidelity CFD across subsonic and transonic flight regimes to predict vehicle performance, stability, and control characteristics.
• Build and maintain linear and non-linear aerodynamic databases covering lift, drag, pitching moment, and control surface authority
• Feed aerodynamic databases into flight dynamics and FCS models
• Diagnose and mitigate compressibility effects, shock wave formation, and wave drag
• Deploy to ground test facilities and flight test sites to monitor real-time aerodynamic performance, instrumentation, and air data systems
• Reduce flight test telemetry to validate and calibrate CFD, empirical, and wind tunnel models
• Work with rapid-prototyping teams to iterate outer mold line, control surface, and payload integration geometries
• Partner with Structures, Propulsion, GNC, and Systems Engineering on cross-disciplinary aerodynamic trades
• Report to the Aircraft Configuration Lead

Skills

CFD Analysis

Aerodynamic Database Development

Flight Test Telemetry Reduction

Compressible Aerodynamics

Data Automation Programming

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering

Government of Canada Security Clearance Eligibility

Tools

CFD Solvers

Grid Generation Tools

Flight Dynamics Models

FCS Models

Instrumentation Systems

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced aerospace engineer to run high-fidelity CFD from subsonic to transonic regimes and to build robust aerodynamic databases for flight dynamics and FCS integration.

You will reduce flight test telemetry and calibrate CFD, empirical, and wind-tunnel models while working on-site in Canada. A Master’s degree and security clearance eligibility are preferred; Toronto or Ottawa locations supported.