Senior Associate - Aerothermal Fluids Analyst

Job Title: Senior Associate, Aeronautical Engineer

Job Code: 38429

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off   

Job Description:

In this role, you will utilize your extensive technical expertise and specialized knowledge in the field of thermal and fluids analysis of solid rocket motor (SRM) components and systems. You will apply your skills to contribute to the development of company objectives and principles, aiming to achieve goals with a focus on solid rocket propulsion. You will employ technical principles, theories, and concepts, to complete CFD and thermal analysis for the SRM systems. You will contribute to the creation of innovative principles, ideas, and analytical methods. You will provide solutions to highly complex technical challenges and sensitive issues that demand a significant degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovation. The challenges you face will often be unique, and your solutions may set a precedent for future decisions.

Essential Functions:

• Will work complex projects and work with moderate supervision 

• Communicate effectively with internal (program office, chief engineers, etc.) and external customers

• Drive the design from conceptual phase through detailed design
• Complete and be familiar with hand calculation methods to perform initial sizing and verifications
• Perform detailed thermal analysis using proprietary codes based on aerothermal tools such as ACE, gasket, and CMA to provide temperature predictions and ablation assessment of SRM insulators and other hardware components
• Execute CFD analysis with commercial codes such as ANSYS Fluent to support thermal analysis and SRM design  
• Duties include test support for pre and post-test analysis of static fired motors for model validation  
• Provide rocket motor test instrumentation definition and data processing for production, bench, full engine qualification, etc.
• Requires 10% travel

Qualifications:

To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing a Bachelors or Masters degree Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science Engineering or related field or have completed their Bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months, regardless of age.