Senior Aerodynamicist

12 Month Contract – Fully onsite

£53.24 per hour umbrella (Inside IR35)

Job Role:

This is an Aerodynamics Discipline senior role within the airframe engineering Flight Sciences delivery team, supporting current and future projects.

The role will provide the future generation of aerodynamic subject matter with expertise in one (or at most two) of the following specific aerodynamics skills areas:

• Flight Control Law Development
• Flight Mechanics, Stability & Control
• Air Data System Aerodynamics
• Aerostructures (Static / Dynamic Aerodynamic Loads, Flutter, Buffet & Aero-servo-elastics)
• Near Field Acoustics & Vibration
• Configuration Aerodynamic Design
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Propulsion Integration (Aerodynamics)
• Air Vehicle Performance
• Stores Release and Jettison
• Aerodynamic Methods Development

Key Responsibilities:

• Aerodynamics support to the wide range of current and future AIR products.
• Aerodynamics related research, design, computational analysis, testing and flight clearance for complex air vehicles.
• Aerodynamics Toolset Development & Digital Transformation and Governance
• Ensure Agile practices align with organisational policies.

Key Attributes:

• Minimum of 5 years post graduate experience in the Aerodynamics domain in a research or industrial environment, with relevant specialist aerodynamics knowledge.
• Experience of working with customers, suppliers, partners, researchers.
• Well-developed interpersonal, communication and team skills.
• Bachelors / Masters Degree level qualification in a STEM subject (essential)
• Post Graduate (PhD) qualification or equivalent research in an aeronautical related area