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