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Lockheed Martin · 5 months ago

Aeronautical Engineer Hypersonics Mid Career

Lockheed Martin is a leader in aerospace and defense, focusing on innovation and security in the space domain. As an Aeronautical Engineer, you will apply advanced CFD tools and conduct analyses on various flight vehicles, contributing to cutting-edge aerospace projects.

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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

CFD toolsHigh speed aerodynamicsThermal analysisHypersonic aerodynamicsComputer programmingGas dynamicsFluid mechanicsModelingSimulationMathematical skillsPlanning wind tunnel testsLeading research activitiesSupervising research activitiesCommunicationSelf-motivated

Required

Professional work experience in some of the following: thermophysics, heat transfer, aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, and computer programming
Experience in modeling, simulation, analysis, or experimentation of high speed aerodynamics
Thermal analysis experience in the aerospace industry
Experience in leading or supervising research activities

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
Strong mathematical and analytic skills
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 in planning and conducting wind tunnel tests
Master's degree or PhD in aerospace or mechanical engineering

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.

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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