North Wind

• Design, analyze, and synthesize hypersonic ground and flight test systems and vehicles • Lead and/or support in all phases of hypersonic test article and testbed vehicle development • Perform initial thermal and structural sizing trades • Perform packaging studies for internal components • Predict vehicle mass properties

• Perform steady-state and transient modeling of the performance and operability of high-speed aerospace propulsion systems to support all phases of vehicle development, including design, integration, and ground and flight test. • Contribute to aerospace system design and optimization by delivering accurate numerical insights validated against physical models and test data, while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams. • Lead and support propulsion system design and analysis tasks using classical propulsion cycle code methods and emerging engineering tools. • Develop new physics-based design and analysis tools for propulsion system components and technologies. • Perform analysis of internal flows of airbreathing propulsion flowpaths, including high-speed systems with complex shock / boundary layer interactions, combustion, and thermal management. • Develop and recommend design solutions to optimize airbreathing propulsion performance and operability for high-speed systems. • Support multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) efforts, including integration of propulsion models with aerodynamics, airframe structures, power, and controls simulations. • Prepare clear technical documentation, analysis summaries, charts, and presentations for internal reviews and external stakeholders. • Interface with customer technical representatives to review and discuss analysis activities and results.

• Develop, set-up, and execute CFD simulations using commercial or open-source solvers for high-speed aerospace system problems, including external and internal flows. • Create aerodynamic databases for vehicle trajectory simulations and performance models. • Perform analysis of internal flows of airbreathing propulsion flowpaths. • Develop and recommend design solutions to optimize aerodynamic performance and operability for high-speed systems. • Apply advanced data science techniques with machine learning to build surrogate models of CFD simulation results. • Support multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) efforts. • Interpret and validate CFD simulation results against experimental data.