Amazon
Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences Vehicle Design & Test
$167K–$226K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years, or equivalent; preferred qualifications include 5+ years in air-vehicle aerodynamic design, analysis, and testing.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or physics; Master’s or PhD preferred. The posting says “or equivalent” for the bachelor’s requirement and “or equivalent” for the preferred graduate degree.
About the job
Develops and maintains multidisciplinary optimization tools to design, analyze, prototype, and test Prime Air drone vehicles, and owns flight-sciences assessments as designs advance.
What you'll do
- Develop, improve, and maintain MDO tools across aircraft design disciplines.
- Explore drone concepts, prototype vehicle designs, and support wind-tunnel and other testing.
- Coordinate integrated designs across vehicle subsystem teams and own flight-sciences assessments and analysis methods.
What they ask for
- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java, or Perl.
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or physics and 7+ years of experience, or equivalent.
- Experience with flight vehicle design, simulation, and development.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or equivalent.
- Experience in air-vehicle aerodynamic design, analysis, and testing; wind-tunnel testing; propeller/rotor work; MDO/MDAO tools; or aircraft design tools such as modeFRONTIER, Model Center, OpenMDAO, and CATIA.
Pay
167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Python, Java, Perl, modeFRONTIER, Model Center, OpenMDAO, CATIA
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