Senior Aerodynamics, Stability & Control and Vehicle Design Advisor

Employee shall provide advanced aerospace engineering consulting services in support of Company's aircraft, missile, and aerospace vehicle design activities. Contractor will serve as a senior technical advisor for aerodynamics, flight mechanics, stability and control, performance analysis, multidisciplinary design, and engineering tool development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Aerodynamics and Flight Performance


• Advise on aerodynamic design, performance analysis, vehicle sizing, configuration development, and trade studies.


• Review aerodynamic predictions, computational analyses, test results, and design methodologies.


• Assist in assessment of vehicle performance, mission effectiveness, and system-level design decisions.


• Stability, Control, and Flight Mechanics


• Provide guidance related to stability and control analysis, flight dynamics, guidance concepts, controllability assessments, and handling qualities.


• Review mathematical models, simulations, and engineering tools used to evaluate vehicle behavior.


• Vehicle Design and Optimization


• Support conceptual and preliminary design activities for aerospace vehicles and subsystems.


• Assist in multidisciplinary design optimization, requirements allocation, sizing methodologies, and engineering trade studies.


• Provide recommendations regarding design approaches, risk reduction, and technical maturation strategies.


• Engineering Methods and Tool Development


• Assist in development, review, validation, and application of engineering tools, software, analytical methods, and workflows.


• Provide recommendations regarding modeling approaches, computational methods, and technical best practices.


• Customer and Technical Engagement


• Participate in technical reviews, customer meetings, design reviews, working groups, and technical interchange meetings as requested by Company.


• Provide subject matter expertise in support of customer interactions, proposals, presentations, and technical communications.


• Mentorship and Technical Leadership


• Provide mentoring and guidance to Company engineering personnel.


• Support development of technical capabilities and engineering processes.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15-20 years of experience in aircraft, missile, and aerospace vehicles 

• Experience advising companies on aerospace strategies