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      "text": "Responsibilities:",
      "content": "\n<li>Perform thermodynamic cycle analysis of turbofan engines, evaluating thrust, TSFC, efficiency, operability margins, and performance across the flight envelope.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Develop,&nbsp;validate, and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;propulsion system performance models to support&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;integration, certification, and customer deliverables.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Generate&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;and engine performance data for flight manuals, flight computers, and executive-level program assessments.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Conduct runway and mission performance analyses&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Support engine-airframe integration efforts, including takeoff thrust optimization and safety-focused performance methodologies.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Author and execute flight test plans to evaluate propulsion robustness, operability, and early design maturity.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Contribute to advanced combustion and fluid dynamics modeling efforts&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Support experimental testing efforts including aeroacoustics, flow visualization (Schlieren), wind tunnel testing, and telemetry data analysis.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Play a key role within our&nbsp;<strong>HEAT (High-Enthalpy Airflow Test) facility</strong>, including sizing, analyzing, and&nbsp;optimizing&nbsp;this world-class test infrastructure.&nbsp;</li>\n\n<div>&nbsp;</div>"
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      "text": "Requirements:",
      "content": "\n<li>Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Strong foundation&nbsp;in thermodynamics, compressible flow, gas turbine engine cycles, and aerodynamics.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Experience with propulsion performance modeling and&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;performance analysis</li>\n<li>Proficiency&nbsp;in MATLAB and&nbsp;Python&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to interpret and&nbsp;validate&nbsp;complex engineering data sets.</li>\n"
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      "text": "Preferred Skills and Experience:",
      "content": "\n<li>Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering&nbsp;with focus on propulsion, aerothermodynamics, or combustion.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Experience supporting turbofan engine development programs&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Background in CFD, Large Eddy Simulation (LES), or reduced-order modeling techniques.&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Exposure to experimental aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, or high-speed flow diagnostics.</li>\n<li>Strong systems-level thinking with attention to both detailed analysis and program-level impacts.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>\n<li>Demonstrated leadership in technical initiatives or cross-functional collaboration.&nbsp;</li>\n"
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