Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding.  Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Sr Principal Weapons  Aerodynamics and Store Separation Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future.  This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.
Responsibilities

• Perform aerodynamic characterization efforts utilizing analytical methods
• Plan, coordinate, execute and oversee wind tunnel test including two body separation tests
• Conduct aircraft separation analyses
• Stand up, Develop and manage tools for conceptual design and aircraft grid creation and perform
• Support conceptual and preliminary design efforts of aircraft and components
• Produce analysis products that calculate aerodynamic loads on separating bodies
• Progress infrastructure for databases, codes, and tools management
• Drive and support wind tunnel, ground, and flight testing
• Develop test methods for weapons experimental aerodynamic and performance characterization
• Execute uncertainty analyses
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional and program-based teams
• Represent work products in customer meetings and design reviews
• Collaborate with other disciplines including Configuration, Aerodynamics, S&RE, CFD, Mechanisms, etc.
• Able to work self-directed
Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a STEM discipline and 6 years of relevant experience
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

• Experience partnering with a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop aircraft and subsystems
• Experience with aerodynamic tools and techniques,
• Understanding of the challenges of flow fields in subsonic, transonic and super sonic
• Familiarity with translating aerodynamic analyses into workable design solutions for flight vehicles
• Generate aerodynamic databases for 6DOF simulation including proximity effects
• Run 6DOF trajectory analysis
• Analyze acoustic data for open cavities from wind tunnel or CFD measurements
• Analyze requirements and create run condition lists for stores integration testing and numerical analysis
• Familiarity with configuration aerodynamics tools
Preferred Qualifications

• 6 years professional experience related to aerodynamics of store separation
• Experience with DOD safety board processes for store separation
• Familiarity with CAD tools such as NX and CPLM
• Demonstrated record of working hard, strong communication skills, and being accountable
• Experience with Matlab for data analysis and data reduction
• Familiarity or experience with Fortran
• Previous experience with onsite support of wind tunnel testing and data acquisition systems
• Solid understanding of aerodynamic fundamentals, CFD techniques, and wind tunnel testing, including two body separation tests
• Active DoD secret clearance
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