Lockheed Martin · 14 hours ago
Aeronautical Engineer Associate, Hypersonics
Huntsville, AL
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelLockheed Martin Space is focused on harnessing the potential of space to innovate and advance technologies. As an Aeronautical Engineer, you will apply CFD tools for flight vehicle design and analysis, perform simulations, and author technical documentation to support engineering projects.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Apply state-of-the-art CFD tools to the design and analysis of flight vehicles
Perform basic CAD geometry manipulation, meshing, setting up and running solutions on local and remote Linux-based clusters, and post-processing results into formats suitable for engineering analyses (data sets, plots, images, etc.)
Have an understanding of a variety of fluid flow phenomena, including compressibility, turbulence, and heat transfer
Perform analyses related to missile launch vehicle systems, re-entry bodies, and satellites using various modeling and simulation methods and analytical techniques
Author technical memos and provide recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, and presenting analysis results to internal engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel during technical exchange meetings
Be willing to work odd hours and overtime on occasion
Qualification
Required
Educational or Professional work experience in some of the following: thermophysics, heat transfer, aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, and computer programming
Knowledge or experience in modeling, simulation, analysis, or experimentation of high speed aerodynamics
Strong mathematical and analytic skills
Experience in leading or supervising research activities
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance, thus US citizenship is required
Preferred
Experience or a strong educational background in some/all of the following disciplines: hypersonic aerodynamics, gas dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, and computer programming (C/C++, Matlab, Python)
Experience with solvers used by NASA for entry vehicles, e.g. FUN3D, Loci/CHEM
Prior experience developing and analyzing hypersonic thermochemically reacting flow fields
Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal, be self-motivated, and be able and willing to support multiple projects
Expertise in using the following software packages for grid generation and CFD similar to: Pointwise, Fluent, ANSA and TecPlot. Experience with Missile configuration design and pre and post flight missile performance analysis
Experience in planning and conducting wind tunnel tests
Master's degree or PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering
Company
Lockheed Martin
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.
Founded in 1912
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
Leadership Team
Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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