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Simulation & Modeling Applied Scientist, Prime Air Flight Sciences High Fidelity Methods
$143K–$193K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of science, technology, engineering or related field experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree
About the job
Develops, deploys, verifies, and maintains high-fidelity drone system and flight-physics simulation models that inform aircraft design, flight controls, certification, and business decisions.
What you'll do
- Own the lifecycle of simulation models, from gathering customer needs and selecting modeling approaches to deployment, verification, and maintenance.
- Design experiments, coordinate input-data generation, and apply uncertainty quantification and statistical analyses to validate model fidelity.
- Model flight-related physics and systems, including aerodynamics, propeller performance, multibody dynamics, atmospheric physics, electric powertrain components, and GNS sensors.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of science, technology, engineering or related field experience.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python or related language.
- Experience with flight vehicle simulation development, aircraft system identification or simulation verification & validation (V&V).
- Solid understanding of software design principles.
Nice to have
- Experience with flight test planning, instrumentation and data reduction techniques; high-fidelity aerodynamics prediction methods, including wind tunnel testing and computation fluid dynamics (CFD).
- Knowledge of fixed-wing and/or rotorcraft flight physics; experience with uncertainty quantification in computational models.
Pay
142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, CFD
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