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Lockheed Martin · 2 weeks ago

Aeronautical Engineer, Staff

positionPossible
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$104K/yr - $184K/yr

Lockheed Martin is a leader in aerospace and defense, focusing on innovative solutions in space. The Aeronautical Engineer will be responsible for spacecraft plume contamination analysis and hypersonic aerodynamics, ensuring mission success through advanced modeling and analysis.

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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Performing plume analysis and high altitude DSMC analysis
Performing a variety of aerodynamics analyses related to missile systems and with a particular emphasis on hypersonics and hydrodynamics
Creating technical memos
Providing input to data packages to support peer and customer reviews
Presenting analysis results to internal engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel during technical exchange meetings

Qualification

Plume analysisDSMC analysisHypersonic Aero/Thermal experienceCFD experienceSoftware developmentLinux experienceCFD MeshingCFD Post-processingLarge dataset post-processingIntegrated system modelingMS Office experience

Required

Bachelors degree in Physics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline and/or equivalent education and experience
Performing plume analysis and high altitude DSMC analysis
Performing a variety of aerodynamics analyses related to missile systems and with a particular emphasis on hypersonics and hydrodynamics
Creating technical memos
Providing input to data packages to support peer and customer reviews
Presenting analysis results to internal engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel during technical exchange meetings

Preferred

Hypersonic Aero/Thermal experience
DSMC analysis
Plume analysis
CFD Meshing – Pointwise preferred
CFD experience – Fluent, GASP, Cart3D, CBAERO, Star-CCM+ preferred
CFD Post-processing
Large dataset post-processing experience
Software development / programming experience (Fortran, C, Python, etc)
Integrated system level modeling and simulation
Linux experience
MS Office experience

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
401(k) match
Flexible Spending Accounts
EAP
Education Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid time off
Holidays

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
dateFounded in 1912
location
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.lockheedmartin.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.06B
Key Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M

Leadership Team

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Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
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Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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