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Aerodynamics Engineer SpaceX
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Aerodynamics Engineer
Dynamics | Hawthorne, CA, United States
The Company
SpaceX is a US based space technology company founded by its residing CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, the former co-founder of PayPal. The company's goal is to renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and replacing it with innovation and commercialized price points; laying the foundation for a truly space-faring human civilization.
SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft from the ground up; including electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engines. In-house development includes nearly all flight critical custom components amounting to approximately 85% of our vehicles both by mass and by value. Our development and production efforts represent some of the most dynamic and challenging technology opportunities seen by any organization.
Our success is driven by a wide variety of engineering perspectives and openness to all great ideas. We pride ourselves on being a meritocracy where employees are defined by their capabilities and contributions, instead of title or tenure. We are actively seeking the best and brightest minds from all industries to continue to build our world class team.
Our employees thrive in a fast-paced engineering ecosystem focused on innovation and high levels of personal responsibility. At SpaceX we cut through the noise and believe in the essentials of hardcore engineering.
We build it, test it, and fly it.
The Department
Dynamics â€" Our Dynamics group focuses on mathematical modeling and environments testing. Their role is to use the latest modeling tools to simulate the environments and loads a vehicle will see in flight in order to provide the best possible design parameters to our design teams. In other words, they provide the initial inputs we use when beginning a design. A good dynamics team lays a strong foundation for the rest of the company.
The Job
Responsibilities
The candidate will perform aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic analyses of launch vehicles and reentry bodies in support of guidance, navigation, and control and structural loading applications. General responsibilities include:
- Preparing, meshing, running, and post processing CFD models
- Reviewing post-flight data and comparing to pre-flight estimates
- Preparing wind tunnel models, and collecting and processing of wind tunnel data
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering or related field with 3+ years of professional experience
- Strong background in external, compressible fluid dynamics
- Proficiency creating water-tight 3-D models and CFD meshs, running CFD on Linux/Unix systems, and post-processing data with Tecplot
- Proficiency using and developing Matlab and shell scripts
- Self-motivated, with strong organizational, communication and documentation skills
- Experience developing C, C++, and/or Fortran
- Experience with lower-order, engineering-level analysis tools
- Hands-on wind tunnel testing experience
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resource Department at (310) 363-6000.
| Location: | Hawthorne, CA United States |
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THIS JOB HAS EXPIRED
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| Web Site: | www.spacex.com |
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| Headquarters: | 12301 Crenshaw Boulevard Hawthorne, CA 90250 United States |
| Industry: | Industrial |
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