# Senior Aerodynamics Engineer

**Company:** [Icarus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/icarus)
**Location:** El Segundo, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $120k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** star-ccm+, CATIA, Python, Java, AWS, cfd, rans, des, les, hpc
**Posted:** 2026-07-24

> Own end-to-end external aerodynamics CFD for high-altitude solar aircraft, including geometry design in CATIA, automated workflow development in STAR-CCM+, and scaling simulations on AWS. Requires bachelor's in aerospace/mechanical engineering, strong fluid dynamics fundamentals, and 2-3+ years hands-on CFD experience.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do
- Own end-to-end external aerodynamics CFD: geometry preparation, meshing, solver setup, convergence, and post-processing in STAR-CCM+
- Build and maintain the automated simulation workflows (Java macros, Python, and STAR-CCM+)
- Deploy, scale, and manage CFD workflows on AWS
- Design aerodynamic geometry in CATIA
- Postprocess, visualize, and clearly communicate trade-offs and confidence levels to airframe and GNC teams
- Work closely with structures and GNC

## What we’re looking for
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
- Excellent understanding of flight mechanics of fixed wings
- 2--3+ years of hands-on experience building automated CFD workflows and scripts in STAR-CCM+ (Java macros, Simulation Operations, and/or the Python API)
- Strong fundamentals in fluid dynamics, turbulence modeling (RANS, DES/LES exposure), and boundary layer physics
- 2-3+ years of experience running CFD at scale on AWS or comparable cloud/HPC environments
- Proficiency in CATIA for surface creation, cleanup, and modification of complex aerodynamic geometry
- Excellent written and verbal communication; able to distill complex results into clear engineering recommendations

## Why Icarus
- Meaningful equity
- Top market salary and bonuses
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Factory in El Segundo
- Real ownership, real hardware, real flight
- Small team, massive responsibility
- High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture
- Dream desk setup
- Daily lunch
- Unlimited celsius

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