Staff Aerodynamics and Stores Separation Engineer
- Location:
- Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman
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This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Staff Aerodynamics and Stores Separation Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.
Responsibilities may include
- Perform aerodynamic characterization efforts utilizing analytical methods
- Plan, coordinate, execute and oversee wind tunnel test including two body separation tests
- Conduct aircraft separation analyses
- Stand up, Develop and manage tools for conceptual design and aircraft grid creation and perform Captive Trajectory Support (CTS) analysis
- Support conceptual and preliminary design efforts of aircraft and components
- Produce analysis products that calculate aerodynamic loads on separating bodies
- Progress infrastructure for databases, codes, and tools management
- Drive and support wind tunnel, ground, and flight testing
- Develop test methods for experimental aerodynamic and performance characterization
- Execute uncertainty analyses
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional and program-based teams
- Represent work products in customer meetings and design reviews
- Collaborate with other disciplines including Configuration, Aerodynamics, S&RE, CFD, Mechanisms, etc.
- Able to work self-directed and give poignant and clear recommendations to leadership
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 12 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a STEM discipline and 10 years of relevant experience
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- Experience partnering with a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop aircraft and subsystems in support of aerodynamic stores integration
- Previous experience with onsite support of wind tunnel testing and data acquisition systems
- Solid understanding of aerodynamic fundamentals, CFD techniques, and wind tunnel testing, including two body separation tests
- Experience with aerodynamics tools and techniques,
- Familiarity with translating aerodynamics analyses into workable design solutions for flight vehicles
- Experience generating aerodynamic databases for 6DOF store separation simulations including proximity effects
- Run 6DOF trajectory analysis
- Analyze acoustic data for open cavities from wind tunnel or CFD measurements
- Analyze requirements and create run condition lists for stores integration testing and numerical analysis
- Understanding of the challenges of flow fields in subsonic, transonic and super sonic
- Familiarity with configuration aerodynamics tools
Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years professional experience related to requirements development, technical practices, and lead activities in store separation and stores/aircraft compatibility.
- Experience with DOD safety board process for store separation
- Active DoD secret clearance