Aerothermal Engineer

Applied Technology Solutions • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

Applied Technology Solutions, Inc. (ATS) is seeking a talented Aerothermal Engineer to join a growing team of engineers, technicians, and scientists supporting a diverse customer set to solve a complex set of technical challenges. As a member of the Advanced Materials team, a successful candidate will support material, component, and system development activities for hypersonic and other flight vehicle systems. Additionally, a successful candidate will work closely with highly technical, collaborative team members to generate aerothermal boundary conditions for vehicle analysis, assess material response (e.g., ablation, decomposition), generate and analyze vehicle trajectories, perform survivability analysis and establish operational bounds, design important components and subsystems that enable vehicle performance, and generate derived requirements for materials and components that inform manufacturing and integration activities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• BS in Aerospace Engineering or related technical field (equivalent experience may be accepted)
• Secret DoD Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret DoD Clearance
• Experience supporting research and development activities
• Demonstrated experience developing thermal boundary conditions from flight trajectory data
• Experience performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis using commercial software tools (e.g., STAR-CCM+)
• Strong communication skills – both verbal and written – with demonstrated experience in a technical environment
• Self-motivated and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative, research and development environment

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Engineering or related technical field (equivalent experience may be accepted)
• Demonstrated experience performing coupled physics modeling and simulation on thermal protection systems (TPS)
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing large scale parameterized modeling studies utilizing Monte Carlo or other applicable optimization methods
• Demonstrated experience working with test engineers to anchor modeling to experimental data
• Demonstrated experience working within an integrated production team to deliver analysis and design artifacts
• Demonstrated experience developing and documenting technical solutions for program proposal efforts

Responsibilities

• Generate aerothermal boundary conditions for vehicle analysis
• Assess material response (e.g., ablation, decomposition)
• Generate and analyze vehicle trajectories
• Perform survivability analysis and establish operational bounds
• Design important components and subsystems that enable vehicle performance
• Generate derived requirements for materials and components that inform manufacturing and integration activities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level