Aerospace CFD Engineer

Leidos is seeking an Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer Intern to join our team next summer. This internship opportunity is for an aerospace engineering student within the Engineering and Integration Department as part of the Missiles &Aviation Division. Members of the Engineering and Integration Department provide solutions to complex, technical problems involving analysis, design, flight testing and/or autonomous solutions of various types of weapons, space systems, hypersonic vehicles, acquisition systems, fixed & rotary wing aircraft, and more.

The engineer in this position will work closely with full-time engineers to complete a technical project utilizing CFD concepts for an aerospace vehicle being designed by Leidos - Dynetics. 

Primary Responsibilities.

Responsibilities may include the following:

Creation or modification of geometry using commercial CAD software

Surface and volume mesh generation using Pointwise commercial meshing software

Flowfield simulations using a variety of commercial and government CFD software

Post-processing of flowfield simulations using Tecplot and Paraview visualization software

Collecting, plotting, and analyzing resulting force & moment coefficients

Basic Qualifications.

This position requires a fundamental understanding of aerospace engineering concepts, particularly including fluid dynamics or basic aerodynamics. 

Candidate must also possess a solid foundation of programming experience in Matlab, C/C++, Python, or other language.

Candidate must possess technical communication skills and an ability to work both independently and in collaborative team environments.

Candidates must be a resident of North Alabama area or willing to temporarily relocate to work on-site at the Huntsville, AL office.

Candidate must be a student (Jr. level or higher) pursuing a Bachelor’s (or graduate) Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field from an ABET accredited school with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Candidate must be a US citizen and have the ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications.

Pursuing a graduate degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.

Prior work with numerical analysis or computational tools

Experience with

Linux operating systems and high-performance computing

Configuration management software, such as Git or Mercurial

Basics of compressible flow

Commercial CAD and/or meshing for CFD or finite-element analysis (FEA)

CFD simulations using commercial or government software

Design, Build, Fly participant

RC or model rocket hobbyist

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.