Aerodynamic Modeling Expert

7 days ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Full time

About Us

At Amazon, we're redefining the way people shop and live. Our teams of scientists, engineers, and innovators are pushing the boundaries of what's possible to deliver fast, safe, and reliable services to our customers.

Our Mission

We're on a mission to make same-day delivery a reality for millions of customers around the world. To achieve this, we're developing cutting-edge technologies that can scale and adapt to the complexities of modern logistics.

Job Description

As an Aerodynamic Modeling Expert in our Prime Air Flight Sciences team, you'll play a critical role in developing and verifying aerodynamic models used for engineering analyses and vehicle simulations. These models are the backbone of every flight simulation performed within Prime Air and are a critical element in the aircraft design, verification, and certification process.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, deploy, verify, and maintain aerodynamic models from end-to-end.
  • Own the initial gathering of downstream customer needs, identifying the most suitable modeling approach, coordinating the generation of input data, training models, developing and maintaining software interfaces, and verifying model accuracy.
  • Determine the most suitable modeling approach for a given physical phenomenon, possessing knowledge of various machine learning techniques, and their respective advantages and limitations.
  • Design experiments for generating data used to train and verify surrogate models, with a basic understanding of methods used to generate high-fidelity aerodynamics predictions including CFD, wind tunnel testing, and flight testing.
  • Validate models by leveraging uncertainty quantification, system identification, and statistical analyses.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience or equivalent in flight vehicle design, simulation, development, and verification & validation (V&V).
  • Proficient with at least one modern programming language (e.g., C++, Python, Java, VBA).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's or PHD in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent.
  • 3+ years of experience in air vehicle aerodynamic design, analysis, and testing (preferably electric propulsion vehicles).
  • Experience with flight test planning, instrumentation, and data reduction techniques.
  • Knowledgeable about fixed-wing and/or rotorcraft flight physics.
  • Experience with uncertainty quantification in the context of computational models.

Compensation and Benefits

The estimated salary range for this position is $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Amazon offers a total compensation package that includes equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.



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