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Anduril Industries is a leading defense technology company dedicated to transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with cutting-edge technology. Our mission is to revolutionize the defense industry by bringing innovative solutions to the forefront.

We are seeking an experienced Aerodynamics Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining applied engineering tools for aerodynamic and performance analyses, design, and test. This role will involve aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities.

• Develop and maintain applied engineering tools for aerodynamic and performance analyses, design, and test
• Aerodynamic design of unmanned air vehicles/missiles at conceptual, preliminary, and detail design maturities
• Aerodynamic analysis of unmanned air vehicles, using both low and high order methods
• Stability and control analysis
• Aircraft performance modeling and simulation
• Aerodynamic loads generation

• BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
• Strong programming skills in higher-level languages (MATLAB, Python) in a version-controlled environment (preferably git) and comfortable with low-level languages (C, C++, Fortran)
• Tools development experience with established development roadmap, release schedules, and test procedures
• UI/UX experience to promote adoption for non-expert user base through code readability, documentation of theory, and usage with examples
• Experience implementing physics-based problems in computational framework using efficient numerical methods (e.g., vectorization, factorization, parallelization)
• Understanding of fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, and flight dynamics
• Experience preparing formal documentation (i.e., specifications, test procedures, technical reports)
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies
• Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

• Minor in computer science or other computational engineering experience
• Experience with aircraft sizing and configuration trade studies, including aerodynamic design, shaping, and multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO)
• Experience with transonic and supersonic flow regimes
• Experience with a variety of aerodynamic analysis techniques including hand calculations, vortex lattice methods, panel methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Experience with aircraft performance analysis and predictions
• Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination
• Ability to obtain and hold an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Anduril Industries is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals who are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process.