Aerothermal Engineer II

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Aerothermal Engineer II supporting the development and operations of New Glenn space vehicle. Responsible for modeling, analysis, and design aspects of aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic systems.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeColorado, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $90,934 - $127,307 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle
Support aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic design for various spaceflight systems
Analyze for vehicle-level aerothermal and rocket plume models and loads
Develop and document aerothermodynamic models and databases for space launch and reentry vehicles using various methods
Address aerothermal environments for surface features and impacts of rocket plume heating during all phases of flight

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
2+ years of experience in the fields of aerothermal or thermodynamic analysis
Strong aerodynamic fundamentals and intuition through multiple flight regimes (subsonic, transonic, supersonic, hypersonic, free molecular flow)
Proven experience deriving space vehicle aerothermal environments
Proven experience with one or more aerothermal CFD modeling tools (LAURA, DPLR, FUN3D, US3D, etc.)
Experience with CFD pre and post processing (Pointwise, Link3D, Ensight, Tecplot, etc.)
Proven track record using scripting and programming languages for automation and data manipulation.
MS or higher degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (preferred)
Experience modeling rocket plume environments, both direct impingement and indirect heating (preferred)
Proven experience using Link3D and US3D (preferred)
Experience in Multiphysics simulations of hypersonic flows (preferred)
Experience with tool development using MATLAB (preferred)
Knowledge in the use of 3D CAD tools (CREO) (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Bonuses based on company's intent to reward individual contributions

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Hard Skills & Tools

aerothermal analysisthermodynamic analysisaerodynamic fundamentalsCFD modelingscriptingprogramming languagesMultiphysics simulations3D CAD tools