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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking an Aerodynamics Engineer to join the Air Dominance and Strike Aerodynamics Engineering Team, responsible for advanced aerodynamic design and analysis of Group 5 unmanned air vehicles and missile platforms. You will own the full development lifecycle from conceptual design through flight test planning, execution, and analysis, ensuring high-performance, resilient systems for contested environments.
Key responsibilities include: aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles and missiles across conceptual, preliminary, and detail design phases; aerodynamic analysis using low and high-order methods, including tool development; stability and control analysis; aircraft performance modeling and simulation; aerodynamic loads generation; wind tunnel test planning, execution, and analysis; and flight test planning, execution, and analysis.
Required qualifications: BS or higher in Aerospace Engineering; 3+ years as an individual contributing engineer; experience with aircraft performance and analysis predictions; competency in multiple aerodynamic analysis techniques (hand calculations, vortex lattice methods, panel methods, CFD); wind tunnel and flight test experience including data acquisition and analysis; strong programming skills in MATLAB or Python for tool development in version-controlled environments; experience preparing formal technical documentation; and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred qualifications include StarCCM+ experience, ice accretion or icing analysis experience, familiarity with missile analysis tools (DATCOM, OTIS, DYMOS), experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes, and an active U.S. Secret security clearance. This role offers competitive compensation, equity grants, and comprehensive benefits.
