We're reinventing aircraft from the engine forward. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
About the role
Perform design and analysis of aircraft aerodynamics across subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flight regimes Conduct computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis using multiple solvers, including gridding and post-processing methods
What they're looking for
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in aerodynamic design and analysis, CFD analysis, and optimization techniques
- Proficiency in CFD solvers, parametric geometry modeling, and wind tunnel testing
- Experience with high-fidelity aerodynamic shape optimization using adjoint-based methods and heuristic methods
- Experience synthesizing a variety of computational, experimental, and multi-fidelity data sources into cohesive aerodynamics models for design, performance, stability and control, flight simulator development, and experimental flight testing
- Expertise in architecting multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) frameworks for transonic and supersonic configurations, integrating various solvers and models
More about this role
Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company developing a scalable technology platform to power critical infrastructure, mission operations, and the future of flight. We apply aerospace engineering and quality standards across our products, delivering high performance, reliability, and efficiency for the most demanding operating environments. Astro Mechanica is backed by leading venture and strategic investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Giant Step Capital, United Airlines Ventures, and Voyager Ventures.
We’re a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace. We’re generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well. We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
You are an aerodynamicist who moves seamlessly between first-principles physics, computational analysis, and experimental validation- using each to inform and challenge the others. You take ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and drive them to ground truth, making sound engineering judgments while balancing speed and rigor. You are deeply technical but not siloed-...
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