Aerospace Engineer
Location: Hampton, VA, USA
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Description
CAI seeks to hire an Aerospace Engineer to support the Experimental Aeromechanics group at the NASA Langley Rotor Test Cell and 14x22 Wind Tunnel. The work is research focused on areas of high speed compound helicopters. This position includes serving as a wind tunnel test engineer in the planning, setup, and testing process, as well as assisting with long range research projects involving a mixture of literature review and aerodynamic analysis. The longer term projects are focused on aerodynamic analysis of rotor blades, propeller blades, wings, and fuselage shapes using a variety of fidelity tools developed in house by the research group while coordinating with external partners performing high fidelity CFD/CSD.
This is a full time, exempt position providing onsite support at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA.
Major Responsibilities:
- Develop advanced aerodynamic and acoustic prediction capabilities to enhance existing tools and validate those techniques through comparison with test data.
- Manage technicians and test planning activities.
- Work with team and subject matter experts to identify and execute on research needs.
- Assist with publication of test reports (including making presentations and high quality plots), and research papers for both conferences and journal submission.
Requirements
- Master's degree Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.
- Some experience as a lead test engineer in a large wind tunnel facility is necessary.
- Experience working with pressure measurement and force and moment measurement systems.
- Must at have at least a basic level coding exposure to Matlab and/or Python.
- Experience with academic design projects, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), airfoil design, laminar flow, and fundamental aerodynamics.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance
This position is only open to US Citizen due to security clearance requirements.
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