Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test

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Our Prime Air Drone Vehicle Design and Test team within Flight Sciences is looking for an engineer to help us rapidly configure design analyze prototype and test innovative drone vehicles. Youll be responsible for developing improving and maintaining a suite of multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) tools across all aircraft design disciplines. Youll use these to explore new and novel drone vehicle conceptual designs in both focused and wide open design spaces with the ultimate goal of meeting our customer requirements. Youll have the opportunity to prototype vehicle designs and support wind tunnel and other testing of vehicle designs. You will directly support the Office of the Chief Program Engineer and work closely across all vehicle subsystem teams to ensure integrated designs that meet performance reliability operability manufacturing and cost addition youll own the Flight Sciences assessments and analysis methods for the drone vehicle design as it progresses through later stages of development.

About the team
Our Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test organization includes teams that span the following disciplines: Aerodynamics Performance Stability & Control Configuration & Spatial Integration Loads Structures Mass Properties Multi-disciplinary Optimization (MDO) Wind Tunnel Testing Noise Testing Flight Test Instrumentation and Rapid Prototyping.

- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C Python Java or Perl
- Bachelors Degree in aerospace engineering mechanical engineering physics and 7 years experience or equivalent
- Experience with flight vehicle design simulation and development

- Masters or PHD in aerospace engineering mechanical engineering physics or equivalent
- 5 years experience in air vehicle aerodynamic design analysis and testing (preferably electric propulsion vehicles)
- Wind tunnel testing experience
- Propeller/rotor design analysis and testing experience
- Experience using multi-disciplinary analysis & optimization (MDO/MDAO) tools and methods
- Vehicle level design intuition and ability to operate & analyze at the system-of-systems level
- Specialization in one or more of the following domains of aircraft design: aerodynamics performance stability & control propulsion loads airframe structures
- Experience using: modeFRONTIER Model Center or OpenMDAO and CATIA

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 167100.00 - 226100.00 USD annually