T-7A Aero Performance Engineer – Flight Test Focus

Boeing; Berkeley (MO); On-site; USD 112,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Total Rewards package

Job summary

Boeing Defense, Space & Security seeks an Experienced or Senior Aero Performance Engineer to support the T-7A program in Berkeley, MO. You will perform aerodynamic analysis, develop substantiating data, and generate flight manuals while working with two other engineers.

The role offers growth into variants of the T-7A aircraft and supports life-cycle aerodynamic design and certification. Responsibilities include flight test data analysis, plotting, certification support, and training others.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.
• 5+ years work-related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of work-related experience and technical education.

Responsibilities

• Performs aerodynamic/aerothermodynamics design and analysis of flight vehicles to ensure that the vehicle meets requirements.
• Key contributor to developing new and improving existing technologies, tools and processes to enhance technology readiness, improve vehicle performance and reduce cycle time and cost.
• Conducts, coordinates and/or develops test requirements to meet test objectives using established processes.
• Assesses the impact of proposed regulations to determine the effect on cost, performance, producibility, maintainability and safety.
• Supports certification and qualification processes of the aerodynamic/aero thermal characteristics of flight vehicles.
• Generates flight-manual quality plots, including complex chase-around-type plots.
• Participates in flight testing activities.
• Generates documentation including flight test data reports, and customer-deliverable reports including sections of the T-7A Flight Manual.

Skills

Experience

Aero performance knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

Wind tunnel testing

Job description

Boeing Defense, Space & Security seeks an Experienced or Senior Aero Performance Engineer to support the T-7A program in Berkeley, MO. You will perform aerodynamic analysis, develop substantiating data, and generate flight manuals while working with two other engineers.

The role offers growth into variants of the T-7A aircraft and supports life-cycle aerodynamic design and certification. Responsibilities include flight test data analysis, plotting, certification support, and training others.