Aerodynamics Engineer

Required Aerodynamics Engineer
Why this role exists:
Aerodynamics and acoustics are not separate disciplines - every flow decision is a noise decision. We are building an aircraft whose acoustic signature is roughly 4 lower than conventional eVTOLs, and that margin is won or lost in the details of unsteady flow around our novel lift and propulsion architecture. This role exists because we need an aerodynamicist who treats sound as a first-order design constraint, not a downstream check, and who can carry a configuration trade from CFD through the wind tunnel to flight data.
What you'll own:
Own aerodynamic design and analysis of vehicle-level configurations, trading lift-system efficiency directly against acoustic source strength across all phases of flight.
Build and run high-fidelity CFD campaigns - steady RANS for performance maps, unsteady and scale-resolving simulations where acoustic source prediction demands it - with documented mesh and turbulence-model sensitivity studies.
Couple aerodynamic predictions to acoustic propagation models, working with the Acoustics team to trace far-field noise back to specific unsteady flow mechanisms on the vehicle.
Plan and execute wind tunnel test campaigns end to end: model definition, instrumentation plans, test matrices, on-site execution, and post-test correlation against CFD predictions.
Develop and maintain the vehicle aerodynamic database - polars, control derivatives, and interactional effects - feeding flight dynamics, performance, and loads analyses.
Correlate predictions against flight test data, drive down model uncertainty, and publish updated aero models with quantified validation status.
Present design trades and analysis results at internal design reviews, defending recommendations with data when performance and noise pull in opposite directions.
Define aerodynamic requirements and acceptance criteria for vehicle hardware, and review geometry releases for compliance with the validated aero lines.