Rotorcraft Design Engineer — Trade Studies & Tools

CFD Research Corporation; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Full benefits: medical, vision, dental

Paid leave and disability coverage

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

CFD Research Corporation seeks multidisciplinary design experts in rotary-wing and advanced air vehicle design to support the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Center’s Technology Development Directorate.

You will develop modeling tools and integrate existing computational tools for rotorcraft conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design activities. You will apply physics-based conceptual design and analysis to estimate aircraft performance and conduct trade studies to optimize future air vehicle

Qualifications

• BS in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience performing design of crewed or uncrewed air systems, including aircraft performance and weight estimation.
• Experience developing aircraft designs and estimating performance using modeling and simulation tools.
• Experience conducting aircraft trade studies to define and explore trade space.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assess air vehicle performance and weights against operational requirements under the mentorship of senior engineers.
• Develop and validate new computational tools to enhance the design process of existing and novel air vehicle configurations.
• Conduct trade studies with TDD stakeholders to analyze requirements, assess operational impacts of design options, and recommend design trades to improve aircraft effectiveness and cost.
• Use government-standard tools, such as NDARC, for aircraft modeling and performance assessment.
• Integrate and automate modeling tools for design of experiments and design space exploration.
• Assess current technologies in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to deliver system-level assessments of component technologies.

Skills

Air vehicle design

Trade studies

US Citizenship

Security clearance (DoD)

Education

B.S. in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

M.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical (preferred)

Tools

NDARC

AIDEN

ALPINE

OpenVSP

OpenMDAO

Job description

CFD Research Corporation seeks multidisciplinary design experts in rotary-wing and advanced air vehicle design to support the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Center’s Technology Development Directorate.

You will develop modeling tools and integrate existing computational tools for rotorcraft conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design activities. You will apply physics-based conceptual design and analysis to estimate aircraft performance and conduct trade studies to optimize future air vehicle