Hypersonics Simulation Engineer: CFD & Modelling

IExpE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hypersonica, a European defence technology firm, is seeking a Simulation Engineer who owns the simulation framework to predict the effectiveness of our products. You will build the environment that models system behavior in the terminal phase and bridge physics with operational performance.

You will develop end-to-end architectures for effectiveness modelling, conduct trade-off analyses, validate results against tests, and provide data-driven insights to help design decisions while standardizing

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in simulation and modelling.
• Background in weapons effects modelling preferred.
• Experience with numerical simulation in CFD, explicit FEM, or Lagrangian tracking.
• Ability to build automated simulation workflows.
• Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end simulation environment for effectiveness modelling.
• Run trade-off studies balancing mass, shape, materials against mission requirements.
• Validate simulation results against physical test data.
• Provide data-driven insights to engineering team for design decisions.
• Define and track quantitative performance indicators.

Skills

Simulation modelling

Numerical simulation

Workflow automation

Ambiguity management

Problem solving

Job description

Hypersonica, a European defence technology firm, is seeking a Simulation Engineer who owns the simulation framework to predict the effectiveness of our products. You will build the environment that models system behavior in the terminal phase and bridge physics with operational performance.

You will develop end-to-end architectures for effectiveness modelling, conduct trade-off analyses, validate results against tests, and provide data-driven insights to help design decisions while standardizing