Senior Specialist, Aerospace Engineer (Thermal Analysis)

In this role, you will utilize your extensive technical expertise and specialized knowledge in the field of thermal and fluids analysis of solid rocket motor (SRM) components and systems. You will apply your skills to contribute to the development of company objectives and principles, aiming to achieve goals with a focus on solid rocket propulsion. You will employ advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts, to complete CFD and thermal analysis for the SRM systems. You will contribute to the creation of innovative principles, ideas, and analytical methods. You will provide solutions to highly complex technical challenges and sensitive issues that demand a significant degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovation. The challenges you face will often be unique, and your solutions may set a precedent for future decisions.

Essential Functions:

• Lead complex projects and work with general oversight.

• Communicate effectively with internal (program office, chief engineers, etc.) and external customers.

• Drive the design from conceptual phase through detailed design.

• Complete and be familiar with hand calculation methods to perform initial sizing and verifications.

• Perform detailed thermal analysis using proprietary codes based on aerothermal tools such as ACE, gasket, and CMA to provide temperature predictions and ablation assessment of SRM insulators and other hardware components.

• Execute CFD analysis with commercial codes such as ANSYS Fluent to support thermal analysis and SRM design. 

• Duties include test support for pre and post-test analysis of static fired motors for model validation.

• Provide rocket motor test instrumentation definition and data processing for production, bench, full engine qualification, etc.

• Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.

• Tavel: 10%.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior thermal design experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior thermal design experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior thermal design experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelor of Science in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering is preferred.

• Active US Secret Clearance is desired.

• Strong skills in the application and use of heat transfer and fluid dynamics applied to propulsion systems.

• Understanding of the function and design of solid rocket motors.

• Experience coding Fortran as well as scripting with Python or Matlab.

• Strong skills in the application and use of heat transfer and fluid dynamics applied to propulsion systems. 

• Understanding of the function and design of solid rocket motors. 

• Hands on experience with the manufacturing of solid rocket motors.

• Experience coding Fortran as well as scripting with Python or Matlab is preferred.

• Software skills: CEA, CMA, Thermal Desktop, Fluent, CFD++ is desired.

• Ability to parse large amounts of data for analysis.

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