THERMAL FLUIDS ENGINEER
About The Position
Aerodyne Industries is a dynamic, rapidly growing engineering and information technology services firm headquartered on Florida’s exciting Space Coast. With locations throughout the US, we take pride in delivering small business agility with large corporation capabilities. Our list of clients count on us to prepare NASA’s Missions to the Moon and Mars and to defend our nation supporting the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense. Join the adventure of a lifetime by becoming a teammate with Aerodyne Industries and work on projects that will define our future. The thermal/fluid analysis subject matter expert provides conjugate heat transfer and fluid flow analysis and test support of operational, developmental, and emerging NASA propulsion systems.
Requirements
- A Bachelor of Science in engineering from an ABET accredited university and a minimum of 30 years of professional practice is required.
- Conjugate heat transfer and fluid mechanics modeling using Thermal Desktop®
- Development of Fortran language routines to implement customized thermal and fluid environment calculations in Thermal Desktop® models
- Proficiency using Microsoft 365 applications for technical writing and presentation
- Must be a US Citizen and have a STAR ID.
Nice To Haves
- A master’s and/or doctorate degree is preferred and is equivalent to two and six years, respectively, of professional practice.
- Licensure as a Professional Engineer is desirable.
- Reactional Control System design and operation
- Finite element modeling using Ansys, Patran, or Femap
- Test and flight data processing and visualization using MS Excel, NASA WinPlot, Matlab, Python, etc.
- Familiar with NASA, DoD, and industry standards and specifications
Responsibilities
- Develop Thermal Desktop® heat transfer with fluid flow models of propulsion systems and components operating in terrestrial, space, and lunar surface environments
- Collaborate with prime contractors to define propulsion system design and component operational environment requirements
- Review propulsion system analysis and test documentation delivered by program prime contractors for compliance with applicable standards and requirements
- Attend program milestone reviews to verify compliance with entry/exit/success criteria, document discrepancies, collaborate with prime contractors to develop corrective action
- Define thermal and/or thermal vacuum environment test requirements, develop test plans, process test data, and document results in test reports
- Validate computational analysis models using ground and flight test data
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
