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Flight Sciences Aeronautical Engineer Senior; Level 3

Job in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 80161, USA
Listing for: Lockheed Martin
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-05
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 80000 - 100000 USD Yearly USD 80000.00 100000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Flight Sciences Aeronautical Engineer Senior (Level 3)

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field
  • Experience in any of the following areas: thermophysics, heat transfer, aerodynamics, or fluid mechanics.
  • Experience in modeling, simulation, analysis, or experimentation of high speed aerodynamics
  • Must have an active Secret or Top Secret Clearance to Start
Job Code/Title

E1453:

Aeronautical Engineer Sr

Job Description

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

AS AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER YOU WILL:

  • Apply state-of-the-art CFD tools to the design and analysis of flight vehicles. Perform basic CAD geometry manipulation, meshing, setting up and running solutions on local and remote Linux-based clusters, and post-processing results into formats suitable for engineering analyses (data sets, plots, images, etc.).
  • Have an understanding of a variety of fluid flow phenomena, including compressibility, turbulence, and heat transfer
  • Perform analyses related to missile launch vehicle systems, re-entry bodies, and satellites using various modeling and simulation methods and analytical techniques
  • Author technical memos and provide recommendations to data packages to support peer and customer reviews, and presenting analysis results to internal engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel during technical exchange meetings
  • Be willing to work odd hours and overtime on occasion.

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Desired skills
  • Master’s degree in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering
  • Experience supporting missile, launch vehicle, or high-speed flight programs
  • Familiarity with wind tunnel testing and aerodynamic data reduction
  • Experience generating aerodynamic databases for 6-DOF simulations
  • Knowledge of hypersonic flow physics, shock interactions, or high-temperature gas dynamics
  • Programming experience in MATLAB, Python, or C++ for post-processing and automation
  • Experience working in a classified environment
  • Strong technical writing and presentation skills
Other Important Information

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to work remotely

Onsite Full-time:
The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Select the Telework classification for this position

Employee will work on-site full-time

Shift

First

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Work Schedule

9x80 every other Friday off

Security Clearance Information

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Security Clearance

Top Secret

LMCareers Business Unit

SPACE

Program

Multiple

Department

73A0A00:

Mechanical

Job Class

Aeronautical Engineering

Job Category

Experienced Professional

City, State

Huntsville-AL, Littleton-CO

City

Huntsville, Littleton

Zip

35805, 80125

Virtual

no

Relocation/Housing Stipend Available

Possible

Req Type

Full-Time

Direct/Indirect

Direct

Company Description

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility.

Our flexible schedules, competitive…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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