Jobs at CFD Research

• MS/PhD degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or similar discipline.
• Experience simulating reacting flow with Cantera, Chemkin, or similar.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering field
• Relevant coursework in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, mechanics, and electrical/circuits

• Candidate must be a US Citizen and meet eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance
• Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or similar STEM discipline) and at least 5 years of relevant experience

• Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical, or related engineering field
• 5+ years of relevant experience

• Primary Technical Interface to the Customer: Serves as the program’s primary technical interface to the customer and provides technical authority for engineering execution across the program. Leads the program’s technical engagement with the customer and is responsible for representing and defending the technical baseline, design approach, technical risks, and verification strategy at formal reviews and other customer technical interchange and decision forums. Ensures customer technical direction is appropriately incorporated into program execution.

• Aerospace Engineering (Graduate and Undergraduate)
• Mechanical Engineering (Graduate and Undergraduate)

About CFD Research: Since its inception in 1987, CFD Research has delivered innovative technology solutions within the Aerospace & Defense, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Intelligence & Sensing, and Energy & Materials industries. CFD Research has earned multiple national awards for s...

• Primary Technical Interface to the Customer: Serves as the program’s primary technical interface to the customer and provides technical authority for engineering execution across the program. Leads the program’s technical engagement with the customer and is responsible for representing and defending the technical baseline, design approach, technical risks, and verification strategy at formal reviews and other customer technical interchange and decision forums. Ensures customer technical direction is appropriately incorporated into program execution.

• Architect end‑to‑end remote sensing processing systems for EO/IR missions
• Lead development of radiometric and spectral response models

• Develop and implement deep learning computer vision models, with a focus on sensor fusion and target tracking
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, test, and deploy technical solutions in Python or C++

• Architect end‑to‑end remote sensing processing systems for EO/IR missions
• Develop radiometric and spectral response models

• Develop and implement AI/ML models—including NLP, LLM-based pipelines, deep learning architectures, and computer vision models—aligned to mission requirements.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to support training, evaluation, and continuous improvement of models.

• Design, develop, and implement AI/ML models—including NLP, LLM‑based pipelines, deep learning architectures, and computer vision models—aligned to mission requirements
• Build and optimize scalable data pipelines to support training, evaluation, and continuous improvement of models

• Develop and implement deep learning computer vision models, with a focus on sensor fusion and target tracking
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, test, and deploy technical solutions in Python or C++

• Three or more years of experience with Ada programming
• Three or more years of experience in development and/or hands-on technical troubleshooting support of container-based microservices architectures

• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen and meet eligibility requirements to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 5+ years of experience in aerodynamic or aerothermal analysis of missile, hypersonic, or other high-speed aerospace systems

• Perform financial analysis and reporting for large defense programs, including analysis of actual costs, budgets, forecasts, and program performance.
• Develop and maintain program financial forecasts, including Estimate to Complete (ETC) and Estimate at Completion (EAC).

• US Citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering

• Develop, maintain, and mature the system reliability prediction model using Windchill.
• Maintain consistency between the reliability prediction model, current system configuration, component and assembly information, and applicable reliability assumptions.

• Develop and maintain the integrated system verification test strategy and associated test planning.
• Organize requirements assigned to verification by test into logical and efficient test events to minimize unnecessary duplication of testing.