Sr Specialist Aerospace Engineer 22254
Sr Specialist Aerospace Engineer 22254
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$ 100000 - 185500
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Job Title: Sr. Specialist Aerospace Engineer (CFD)
Job Code: 22254
Job Location: Huntsville AL or Sacremento CA
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 advanced 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 lead complex projects and work with general oversight
- 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 from 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 posttest analysis of static fired motors for model validation
- Provide rocket motor test instrumentation definition and data processing for production bench full engine qualification etc
- Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance
- Travel: 10
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior aerospace engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior aerospace engineering experience. In lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior aerospace engineering experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Bachelor or Masters in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering is preferred
- Thermal analysis experience is strongly preferred
- Ability to present analytical results to the customer
- Practical knowledge in the application and use of heat transfer and fluid dynamics applied to propulsion systems
- Understanding of the function and design of solid rocket motors
- Solid rocket motor design
- Programming experience with Fortran is desired
- Scripting with Python or Matlab is a plus
- Ability to parse large amounts of data for analysis
- Experience with codes such as CMA CEA and ANSYS Fluent is a plus
In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in For California the salary range for this role is $100000.00 $185500.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits including health and disability insurance 401(k) match flexible spending accounts EAP education assistance parental leave paid time off and companypaid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire schedule type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
