Executive Recruiting Group · 13 hours ago
Propulsion Airframe Integration Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelExecutive Recruiting Group is seeking a senior aerospace engineer with expertise in supersonic inlet design and propulsion–airframe integration for high-speed aircraft. The role requires a technical leader to manage complex subsystems from analytical studies through detailed integration.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Lead the design, analysis, and integration of supersonic air inlet systems for highly coupled propulsion–airframe configurations
Develop and apply analytical methods, reduced-order models, and CFD to guide inlet architecture selection and performance trade studies
Evaluate inlet performance metrics including mass flow capture, pressure recovery, flow distortion, and operability across the flight envelope
Work closely with propulsion, airframe, and systems engineers to resolve inlet–engine integration challenges such as bleed systems, secondary flows, and transient behavior
Provide technical leadership and independent judgment in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary aerospace design environment
Qualification
Required
Senior aerospace engineer with deep expertise in supersonic inlet design and propulsion–airframe integration for high-speed aircraft
Self-directed technical leader who thrives in ambiguous, highly coupled design environments
Comfortable owning complex subsystems end-to-end, from early analytical trade studies through detailed CFD and system-level integration
Lead the design, analysis, and integration of supersonic air inlet systems for highly coupled propulsion–airframe configurations
Develop and apply analytical methods, reduced-order models, and CFD to guide inlet architecture selection and performance trade studies
Evaluate inlet performance metrics including mass flow capture, pressure recovery, flow distortion, and operability across the flight envelope
Work closely with propulsion, airframe, and systems engineers to resolve inlet–engine integration challenges such as bleed systems, secondary flows, and transient behavior
Provide technical leadership and independent judgment in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary aerospace design environment
Company
Executive Recruiting Group
Executive Recruiting Group is a woman-owned boutique firm specializing in executive search, recruiting, and placement across the aviation, aerospace, flight-test certification, battery technology, and additive manufacturing industries.
Founded in 2012
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase