LabVIEW Engineer

Aeroacoustics Research Engineer

Job Summary

Working closely with the Technology Lead you will play a key role in developing our capability within the emerging UAM market to design and optimise propulsion systems for acoustic and propulsive efficiency, and to illustrate the trades; you will also develop the opportunity to directly influence the architecture and overall design of new aircraft from the perspective of acoustic signatures.

We want you to help design new software for interpreting aerodynamic data, write scripts and code for filtering and optimising for specific design points to enable a rapid optimisation code for propellers.

You will need a sound understanding of the industry standard CFD software and how to use it, both within the Low fidelity realm of text based tools such as XROTOR and XFOIL and the High Fidelity realm where we use Siemens STAR CCM+

Our vision is to broaden our field of influence, to be able to engage with our customers at an earlier stage of their development and to help inform them with propulsion design choices that complement the entire vehicle in all aspects of the performance envelope.

Job Responsibilities

A respected position in the Research & Technology (R&T) department of the GTC in Filton, which is developing new process - and product innovations within the field of Hydrogen storage, fuel cells and propulsion, advanced composites manufacturing and aerodynamic and aeroacoustic design, working for GKN Aerospace.

Daily activities include setting up and running aerodynamic and aeroacoustic CFD simulations using one or more of our tool sets, this could be for analysis calibration or investigating a specific propeller performance condition, writing and debugging in-house code in PYTHON.

Generating presentations to help inform the business of our progress as a group.

Running and participating in Code of Practice meetings for international business collaboration

Supporting the project team with d2d activities such as planning new work packages in emerging programmes, helping junior team members through their learning stages in simulations and aerodynamics fundamentals.

Job Qualifications

• PhD in Aeroacoustics
• MSc in Aerospace engineering/Aeronautical engineering
• Knowledge of and experience in object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python)
• Detailed understanding of CFD/CAA fundamentals and experience in setting up and running aeroacoustics simulations.
• Familiarity with propulsion blade design
• Affinity with relevant software development processes and data modelling methods
• Experience of wind tunnels & anechoic chamber test rig setups an advantage
• Working knowledge of CAA/EASA aircraft noise requirements and compliance literature

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. To be successful in this role you will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be a strong self-starter who is able to use their initiative whilst remaining aligned with GKN direction.

Skills:

• Familiarity with:-
• High Fidelity CFD software (STAR CCM+ Preferred)
• HPC computing simulation setup/batch simulation runs
• X-ROTOR & XFOIL
• Open VSP & PSU WOPWOP
• Programming languages:-
• MAtlab script, PYTHON, Julia, Paraview

You can create out-of-the-box solutions to solve complex analytical engineering problems and apply custom test regimes in order to validate the results.

Analytical ability: able to think at an abstract level and can identify interrelationships;

You have a constructive approach to all ideas whether close to direct objectives or having a further field of vision