Aerodynamics Engineer

Parque Industrial de Elche (Poligono Industrial), Spain

Mission 

Predicting aerodynamic environments, in ascent and re-entry phase, while providing design solutions for MIURA 1 and 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. 
  
  

Required Knowledge

• 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. 
  
  

Required Competencies 

• 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. 

Equal Employment Opportunity

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