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Sierra Nevada Corporation · 3 days ago

Sr Aerospace Engineer

Dayton, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Sierra Nevada Corporation is a leader in ISR and aviation systems, focusing on innovative solutions for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center mission. The role involves researching, designing, developing, testing, certifying, and deploying advanced aerospace products and systems, with a focus on aircraft stability and control analysis.

AerospaceCyber SecurityHardwareNavigationProduct DesignSecuritySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

You will analyze aircraft stability and control problems for transport-category aircraft within the NC3 business area

You will plan, schedule, execute, and report stability and control analysis and reporting efforts to support other engineering disciplines

You will review and compile results from the stability and control analysis team and present findings and results to internal teams, leadership, and customers

You will assist with wind tunnel test planning, execution, and reporting

You will assist with flight test planning and data reduction

You will mentor other engineers, organize training sessions, and encourage continuous learning and professional growth among engineers

Qualification

Aerospace EngineeringFinite Element Analysis (FEA)StabilityControl AnalysisComputer Aided EngineeringComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Wind Tunnel TestingTeam CollaborationMentoringProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or other related discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience

Higher education may substitute for relevant experience

Practical knowledge of engineering principles and practices

Understanding of Computer Aided Engineering tools and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams

Experience generating stability and control data from DATCOM, Vortex Lattice Models (VLM), and/or other lower order methods prior to obtaining high-fidelity aerodynamic databases

Experience reducing wind tunnel data and flight test data to show compliance to handling characteristics regulatory guidance

Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret U.S. Secret Clearance is required

Preferred

Understanding of aircraft external loads, aircraft performance and stability and control

Familiarity with wind tunnel and aircraft flight test

Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

Understanding of system-level static and dynamic modeling and simulation

Exposure to aircraft stability principles and control system design and analysis

Knowledge of industry standard aerospace principles, to include, but not limited to parametric design, model-based definition, fundamentals of flight mechanics

Exposure to engineering simulation tools such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Vortex Lattice Models (VLM) such as STAR-CCM+ and VLAERO+

Experience showing compliance to aircraft stability and control requirements for 14 CFR Part 25 Type Certificate (TC) or Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) programs