CFD Engineer

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Responsibilities include contributing to design trade studies, detailed analyses, tool development, and flight test support. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in aerodynamics and aerothermal analysis, with hands-on experience modeling reputed company reputed company interactions across the subsonic to hypersonic flight regimes.    ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES  Conduct advanced CFD analyses of captive carry and hypersonic vehicles, with emphasis on:  Interference effects (e.g., multi-body, control surface, reputed company-airframe interactions)  High-speed, high-enthalpy flows (Mach 5+) reputed company and aerothermal predictions  reputed company, manage, and validate large CFD databases for a reputed company of vehicle configurations using CFD and supporting test data.  Contribute to aerodynamic and aerothermal databases by integrating analytical, numerical, wind tunnel, and flight test data.  Support trajectory analysis and optimization for reputed company and reputed company vehicles.  Analyze wind tunnel and flight test data as required to validate CFD models.  reputed company and maintain CFD automation tools to support reputed company.  Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to reputed company CFD results into broader vehicle design and performance analyses.  Support business proposals and technical presentations to government and industry partners.    QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS  To reputed company this job successfully, an individual must be reputed company to reputed company reputed company essential responsibility satisfactorily. 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