Manager, Aerodynamics
- Countries
- USA
- Job Types
- software & tech
- Experience
- managers
- Organization Types
- transportation & mobility, climate & sustainability, aerospace
- Location
- North Kingstown - Rhode Island
- Posted Date
- Company
- REGENT
AI Summary
Job Description
Lead REGENT's aerodynamics team, owning aerodynamic configuration across the Seaglider product range. Manage and mentor engineers, set CFD workflow standards, direct ground-effect and blown-wing analysis, approve wind tunnel and flight test plans, and deliver aero databases to GNC, Structures, and Loads & Dynamics teams.
Hard Requirements
- Hands-on aerodynamic design and configuration ownership on at least one vehicle program
- Technical leadership and team mentoring experience
- Fluency in Navier-Stokes CFD workflows on HPC systems
- Proficiency in empirical methods (DATCOM, Roskam, Hoerner) and DLM, VLM, lifting-line methods
- Depth in blown-wing, ground effect, high-lift, or free-surface aerodynamics
- Hands-on wind tunnel/flight test and model validation experience
- Experience building versioned aerodynamic databases for commercial vehicles
- Ability to apply CFR certification requirements
- Clear, evidence-based communication
Soft Requirements
- Distributed electric propulsion (DEP) experience
- Wing-in-ground-effect vehicles, seaplanes, or hydrofoils
- Fluid-structure interaction workflows
- Preparing aerodynamic data packages for certification
- Early-stage vehicle development