Aeronautical Engineer Staff
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Huntsville, Alabama
Job Description
The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space.
At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
The LM HEAT team (Hypersonics Engineering and Accelerated Technologies) is seeking an experienced aerothermal fluids engineer to perform analysis of complex systems and technologies supporting hypersonic missile and flight vehicle system development.
In this position you will:
Candidates for this position typically have a minimum of 9 years of professional experience with the majority of that experience in aerodynamic modeling with viscous Navier Stokes CFD solvers. Experience executing CFD for hypersonic flows and reacting flows is preferred.
To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking.
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
Additional Desired Skills
- - Knowledge of aerodynamic and aerothermal test facilities including high enthalpy arc heaters, radiant test facilities, blow-down facilities, and sled test facilities.
- - Knowledge of TPS material physics including ablation, decomposition, and mechanical erosion is a plus.
job.Qualifications
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL:
Experienced Professional
At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
The LM HEAT team (Hypersonics Engineering and Accelerated Technologies) is seeking an experienced aerothermal fluids engineer to perform analysis of complex systems and technologies supporting hypersonic missile and flight vehicle system development.
In this position you will:
- Perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of hypersonic missiles and flight vehicles to determine aerodynamic forces and heat transfer across all flight regimes.
- Contribute to a team of highly skilled hypersonics aerothermal engineers to develop novel and cutting edge solutions to complex problems,
- Support ground and flight testing data analysis to validate aerodynamic models as well as component and integrated flight designs,
- Present technical results to both internal and external customers, and
- Support cross-functional technical and project teams.
Candidates for this position typically have a minimum of 9 years of professional experience with the majority of that experience in aerodynamic modeling with viscous Navier Stokes CFD solvers. Experience executing CFD for hypersonic flows and reacting flows is preferred.
To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking.
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
- Medical
- Dental
- 401k
- Paid time off
- Work/life balance
- Career development
- Mentorship opportunities
- Rewards & recognition
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience in aerodynamic modeling with viscous Navier Stokes CFD solvers
- This position requires U.S. Citizenship and must be able to obtain / maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
- Experienced in the use of finite volume CFD Navier Stokes solvers to perform fluid dynamics analysis. Experience with CFD solvers such as Loci-CHEM and CFD++ is desired.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Excellent customer interface skills.
Additional Desired Skills
- - Knowledge of aerodynamic and aerothermal test facilities including high enthalpy arc heaters, radiant test facilities, blow-down facilities, and sled test facilities.
- - Knowledge of TPS material physics including ablation, decomposition, and mechanical erosion is a plus.
- Experience with DoD missile systems is a plus.
job.Qualifications
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL:
Experienced Professional
