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