Anduril
Aerodynamics Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles
$146K–$194K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jan 22, 2026
- Education
- BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering
About the job
Designs and analyzes hypersonic unmanned air vehicles and missile platforms across conceptual design, testing, and flight-performance evaluation.
What you'll do
- Conduct aerodynamic design and analysis, including stability and control, aerothermodynamics, and aerodynamic loads.
- Develop and use trajectory optimization, performance modeling, and simulation tools for vehicle trades and sensitivities.
- Plan, execute, and analyze wind tunnel and flight tests.
What they ask for
- BS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering.
- Experience with aerodynamic analysis techniques, including hand calculations, lower-order codes, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
- Strong programming skills in higher-level languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python) for internal tool development in a version-controlled environment.
- Experience preparing formal documentation; able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- StarCCM+ experience.
- Experience with supersonic or hypersonic aerodynamics, aerothermal analysis, trajectory optimization, high-speed flow simulation, chemical kinetics, or combustion CFD.
Pay
$146,000 — $194,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, Python, StarCCM+
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