Aeronautical Engineer OR Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Computational Fluid Dynamics)

Northrop Grumman•Redondo Beach, CA

9d•$91,800 - $171,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Aeronautical Engineer OR Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Computational Fluid Dynamics) to join our Aeronautic Systems Flight Sciences and Vehicle Engineering team. This position will be in Southern California at our Redondo Beach, CA facility with some work being done at our El Segundo, CA facility. Our team works with experienced engineers, supporting sophisticated analysis of aeronautic flight vehicles.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field with 2 years of related engineering experience OR a Masters Degree in a relevant STEM field with 0 years of related engineering experience (for Aeronautical Engineer level)
Bachelor of Science in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters Degree in a relevant STEM field with 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM field with 1 year of related engineering experience (for Principal Aeronautical Engineer level)
Industry experience with or knowledge of CFD analysis
Knowledge of or experience with fluid flow analysis
Knowledge of or experience with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis software, pre-processing software, and post processing software
Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance.
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP).

Responsibilities

Serve as CFD engineer for flight test analysis and analysis for multiple programs
Coordinate across disciplines including Configuration, Aerodynamics, Mass Properties, Test Engineering, and Weapons Integration teams
Liaison with internal and external customers/vendors
Generate meshes appropriate for analysis (structured and unstructured)
Set-up and run simulations
Prepare and present post-process findings to team (images, movies, quantitative data)
Provide insight and interpretation of flow features, issues impacting design, and design improvement recommendations. Support design trade studies as needed.