Principal Aerodynamics Engineer

• BS in an engineering of physics & 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Significant contribution to aerodynamic development of a hypersonic vehicle that has flown or is expected to fly in the next 5 years
• Managed an aerodynamic or flight program that collected data from: test, CFD, flight, and other sources
• Experience running CFD and DSMC simulations of hypersonic and subsonic flows: (Fun3D, Laura, DPLR, US3D, Sparta, DAC, CBAero)
• Comfortable building structured and unstructured meshes in Pointwise
• Experience with Matlab, or Python languages
• Experience with wind tunnel campaigns
• Experience developing an aerodynamic database for a vehicle from scratch
• Basic technical breadth across other disciplines (avionics, software, GNC, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an aptitude for interdisciplinary technical communication.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance

• MS or PhD degrees in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering, specializing in aerodynamics or fluid mechanics
• Familiarity with modeling vehicle dynamics in POST2 or similar tools
• Experience sizing ablative or non-ablative TPS
• Experience with flight reconstruction and post-flight performance evaluations.
• Experience with flight testing of new aerodynamic features and concepts.  
• Hold a secret or TS clearance. 

• Principal Aerodynamics Engineer: $192,500.00 - $221,375.00/per year
• This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA
• Leveling and base salary is determined by job-related skills, education level, experience level, and job performance
• You will be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards

• Varda, like all employers, must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.  Additionally, our employees are exposed to and have access to certain export-controlled items. At present, some of our technology to which employees have access requires a license to be exported to individuals other than “U.S. Persons” as defined in U.S. export regulations. Because our employees are provided access to export-controlled items, our current policy is to only hire “U.S. persons” who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license. 

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