Aerodynamics Engineer – Conceptual Sizing & Performance

📋 Description

• Conceptually size the primary aerodynamic surfaces (wing, tail/empennage) for a tiltrotor/eVTOL
• Use low-fidelity aerodynamic tools such as AVL, OpenVSP, or similar, together with handbook methods
• Trim the vehicle across representative flight conditions — hover, transition, and cruise — and
• Estimate vehicle performance (range, endurance, speed, climb) from integrated aerodynamic and
• Conduct mission-level performance analysis across representative use cases (e.g., payload-range
• Provide aerodynamic feedback into vehicle-level configuration trades (surface sizing, control

🎯 Requirements

• Conceptual aerodynamic design experience using low-fidelity aerodynamic tools such as AVL
• Strong grounding in handbook-based aerodynamic sizing methods (e.g., Hoerner, Roskam) is required.
• Trim and flight mechanics analysis across flight regimes, including hover, transition, and cruise.
• Experience with vehicle performance estimation methodologies (range/endurance/speed).
• Tiltrotor and rotorcraft aerodynamics/performance experience is desired.
• Experience with CFD solvers such as NASA codes (e.g., OVERFLOW, FUN3D), StarCCM+, Fluent