RESEARCH ENGINEER - Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stability & Trans.

National Institute Of Aerospace•Hampton, VA

25d•Hybrid

About The Position

National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) located in Hampton, Virginia, has an immediate opening for a Research Engineer to conduct research on the topic of effects of surface roughness patterns on hypersonic boundary-layer stability and transition. This position requires an individual familiar with Linux environment with advanced programming skills in modern Fortran and Python. The successful candidate will perform computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations and multidimensional stability analysis to study the effects of roughness and surface defects on boundary-layer stability and transition at hypersonic flow conditions, as well as potential flow control strategies with surface roughness patterns. Furthermore, development of the tools necessary to accomplish the tasks is expected. The researcher is expected to be located at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, but remote work may be considered. The researcher will collaborate with NIA and NASA researchers, as well as researchers from other institutions, and will be expected to present progress at relevant technical meetings.

Requirements

Ability to successfully complete a background investigation required to obtain a NASA badge.
US citizenship or US permanent residency is a bona fide requirement.
PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent.
Advanced programming skills in modern Fortran and Python.
Familiarity with Linux environment.
Basic knowledge in viscous fluid dynamics, and discretization and solution algorithms for CFD.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated work in cross functional team environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with visualization software (Tecplot, Paraview, etc)
Experience with OpenMP/MPI parallelization
Experience with version control (Git)
Experience in NASA’s VULCAN-CFD software
Experience with multidimensional instability analysis methods.

Responsibilities

Conduct laminar flow simulations and boundary layer instability analysis of hypersonic flow configurations.
Study effects of roughness and surface defects on boundary-layer stability and transition.
Investigate potential flow control strategies with surface roughness patterns.
Development of the tools necessary to accomplish the tasks.