SHY Aerothermal Lead - 19022
$152,900–$229,300 year
On-siteRoy, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain aeroheating and thermal environment definitions for systems and key subsystems, including TPS, structures, avionics, and sensors. Generate heating maps, thermal loads, and margin assessments across the flight envelope, defining worst-case and design-to conditions for various scenarios. Plan and execute CFD and aerothermal analysis campaigns while leading technical trades on nose shape, leading edge concepts, and material selections. Evaluate design changes for impact on thermal margins and performance, translating predictions into design loads for TPS and structural teams. Provide aerothermal input to systems engineering for requirements allocation and margin policy, supporting GNC teams with force/torque constraints. This role is located in Roy, Utah, on a 9/80 schedule, with a standard work week of nine hours Monday through Thursday and every other Friday off.
Required Qualifications
- Relocation assistance
- Clearance required for start
- Clearance type: Secret
- Travel: Yes, 25% of the time
- US Citizenship
- Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years
- Ability to obtain Top Secret (TS) clearance
- Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 12 years of experience
- Master's degree with 10 years of experience
- PhD with 8 years of experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience in aerothermodynamics, thermal analysis, or high-speed aerodynamics (hypersonics strongly preferred)
- Hands-on experience with CFD tools for high-speed flow (e.g., ANSYS Fluent/CFX, STAR-CCM+, US3D, CFD++ or similar)
- Experience performing coupled aeroheating and thermal protection system (TPS) analyses for high-speed or reentry vehicles
- Demonstrated ability to develop, execute, and document analysis plans (loads/thermal environments, heating predictions, thermal margins)
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or analysis language (e.g., Python, MATLAB, Fortran, C/C++) for data processing and tool automation
- Experience leading technical trades and presenting results to internal stakeholders (design, structures, systems engineering)
- Strong written and verbal communication; ability to produce clear technical documentation and present to senior leadership and customers
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience on hypersonic vehicle programs (boost-glide, cruise missiles, reentry vehicles, or similar)
- Experience defining and validating aeroheating environments for system- and subsystem-level requirements (e.g., TPS, structures, GNC, sensors)
- Background in high-temperature materials, TPS design, or thermal-structural interaction for high-speed flight
- Experience with wind tunnel testing, flight test data analysis, or correlation of CFD/analysis results to test data
- Familiarity with non-equilibrium chemistry, high-enthalpy flow modeling, and radiation/ablation modeling for hypersonic applications
- Experience providing technical leadership to small analysis teams, including mentoring junior engineers and coordinating tasking
- Familiarity with systems engineering practices (requirements development, verification/validation, risk management, configuration control)
- Experience working with suppliers or partners on aerothermal/TPS design and analysis
- Experience with CFD++, US3D, or FUN3D
- Experience with Missile Datcom
- Experience with Aeroheating and Thermal Analysis Code (ATAC)
- Experience with Pointwise
- Experience with Tecplot or Paraview
- Experience with STABL3D or LASTRAC
- Experience with SPARTA or DAC97
- Experience with CEA, ACE, or Chemics
- Experience with CMA, FIAT, or similar
- Experience developing meshes for fluid analysis
- Experience post processing fluid analysis
- Experience with Boundary Layer Transition (BLT)
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