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Aerodynamics Engineer

Parque Industrial de Elche (Poligono Industrial), Spain

About PLD: 

PLD Space is an international space services company with in-house engineering and manufacturing. It is dedicated to transporting satellites and humans into space, vertically integrating engineering, testing, manufacturing and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the space launcher sector. Its MIURA family of launchers and its LINCE manned capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty in space transportation, covering the full range of space missions. 

With a team of more than 280 employees and 170 million in total funding, PLD Space also has the largest private test benches in Europe, located in Teruel (Spain), and operates two launch bases: El Arenosillo, in Huelva (Spain); and the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), in Kourou (French Guiana). In total, it has more than 188,000m2 of industrial infrastructures under management. 



Mission 

As an aerodynamics engineer your mission is to predict aerodynamic environments, in ascent and re-entry phase, while providing design solutions for MIURA 5 launch vehicles.


Responsibilities

  • Building Computational Fluid Dynamic meshes for aerodynamic force and moment predictions (including creating geometries, meshing, running simulations, validating, and post processing output information). 
  • Analyse External Aerodynamics of Launch Vehicles and Optimize Launch Vehicles’ geometries from a fluidic perspective. 
  • Correlation of Flight Test Data and wind tunnel test data to CFD Models. 
  • Development, analysis and validation of in-house software to predict launcher vehicles performance.  
  • Contribute performing heat transfer and associated aerothermodynamics analysis on various mission phases, including atmospheric re-entry scenarios. 
  • Help selecting proper sensor and data acquisition systems for capturing aerodynamic data and model correlation. 


Necessary Requirements

  • BSc in Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent. 
  • Minimum of 2-3 years of industry experience. 
  • Knowledge and experience with commercial CFD software, such as ANSYS. 
  • Knowledge and experience modelling external aerodynamics, both subsonic and supersonic. 
  • Knowledge and experience with structural load estimation and calculation via CFD analysis. 
  • Proficiency with programming languages, such as Matlab. 
  • Strong background in fluid mechanics and maths. 
  • Experience in modelling physical behaviour through mathematical models.  
  • Knowledge of CFD best practices and troubleshooting. 


Desired Requirements

  • English 
  • Stress Tolerance 
  • Problem solving 
  • Multitasking 
  • Results-oriented 
  • Workload capacity 
  • Autonomy 


Valued Competencies

  • Experience with Wind Tunnel Testing is a plus. 
  • Experience in acoustics and aeroelasticity. 
  • Experience in combustion and phase change simulations. 
  • Experience with Unsteady Aerodynamic Simulations is a plus, URANS, LES, DNS. 
  • Knowledge and experience with coupled fluid structure interaction flows. 
  • Experience in supersonic flow. 
  • Experience with reactive flows, injection, and atomization processes is a plus. 
  • Knowledge of thermal modelling and simulation tools. 
  • Knowledge and experience in aerodynamic re-entry analysis and simulations. 


Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Physiotherapy within our facilities
  • 50% discount on your health insurance
  • You can sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
  • Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

  • 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st
  • Flexible work schedule

Never stop learning

  • We encourage practical learning
  • We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

  • Childcare flexible contributions
  • Restaurant tickets
  • Transport flexible contributions
  • Training support

 

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

  • Teamwork.
  • Hard work.
  • Dynamism.
  • Commitment.
  • Keep it simple.

 

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!




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