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Flight Dynamics Engineer
Onsite in Savannah, Georgia
If you enjoy turning aerodynamic data into aircraft models that engineers and test pilots can trust, this is an opportunity to influence how the next generation of Gulfstream aircraft fly. You will work across simulation, wind tunnel testing, flight test, and certification, collaborating with experienced specialists on some of the most technically challenging questions in aircraft development.
Why Gulfstream
Gulfstream’s Flight Sciences team helps shape the flying qualities behind the world’s most advanced business aircraft. As a Flight Dynamics Engineer, you will connect wind tunnel, computational fluid dynamics, simulation, and flight-test data to understand and refine aircraft behavior.
Your work will directly support aircraft maneuverability, controllability, handling qualities, simulation fidelity, flight testing, and certification. You will work closely with test pilots, engineers, and specialists across Flight Sciences, Flight Test, and Flight Operations while helping advance the tools and methods used to develop future Gulfstream aircraft.
This is an opportunity to solve difficult engineering problems, learn from leading technical experts, mentor others, and make contributions that can influence an aircraft throughout its development and certification lifecycle.
What You Will Do
- Plan and support wind tunnel test campaigns, including test execution and aerodynamic data reduction.
- Build and refine high-fidelity aerodynamic simulation models using wind tunnel, computational fluid dynamics, flight-test, and other applicable data.
- Support flight-test campaigns through pre-test planning, real-time telemetry monitoring, and post-flight data analysis.
- Update and validate aerodynamic models using flight data and parameter or system identification methods.
- Conduct static, time-history, and laboratory simulation analyses to evaluate aircraft response and handling qualities.
- Evaluate aircraft maneuverability, controllability, and handling qualities during normal operations and representative failure conditions.
- Improve simulation frameworks, engineering tools, coding practices, and analysis methods.
- Support functional hazard assessments, certification testing, and related certification activities.
- Partner across Flight Sciences, Flight Test, Flight Operations, and other disciplines to solve complex aircraft-development challenges.
- Provide specialized technical guidance, mentor other engineers, and contribute to the planning and execution of important engineering projects.
What Success Looks Like
- You develop aerodynamic models that effectively integrate wind tunnel, computational, simulation, and flight-test data.
- You use sound engineering judgment to turn complex aircraft behavior and large amounts of technical data into practical solutions.
- You identify technical risks early and develop approaches that support program schedule, cost, safety, and certification objectives.
- You communicate complex flight-dynamics findings clearly to engineers, test pilots, technical leaders, and other partners.
- You improve tools, models, and processes in ways that strengthen analysis quality, repeatability, and team effectiveness.
- You strengthen the team by sharing technical knowledge, mentoring others, and collaborating effectively across engineering disciplines.
What You Will Bring
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the position.
- With a bachelor’s degree, either 5 years of experience in a specific technical discipline or 10 years of broad engineering experience across several technical disciplines.
- Applicable advanced-degree experience credit may be considered, limited to 2 years for a master’s degree and 4 years for a doctoral degree in a field applicable to the position.
- Experience supporting a 14 CFR Part 23 or Part 25 aircraft certification program.
- Experience tuning aerodynamic models using wind tunnel, computational fluid dynamics, and flight-test data.
- Strong coding skills and sound software-development practices.
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.
- Effective project planning and project-management capabilities.
- The ability to provide technical guidance, mentor others, and explain complex engineering concepts clearly.
- The ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Preferred Qualifications
- An advanced degree in an engineering field related to the position.
- Experience with parameter or system identification techniques and analyses.
- Experience with flight-test operations and flight-test data analysis.
- Experience working with aircraft simulation environments.
- Experience with Handling Qualities Ratings and pilot-induced oscillation assessments.
- Experience developing fly-by-wire control laws.
- Experience applying machine learning or large-scale data analysis to engineering problems.
Career-level consideration: Candidates with additional applicable experience may be considered for a higher-level opportunity.
Apply Now
If you're ready to make an impact and help shape the future of business aviation, we invite you to apply. Join a team where your contributions help fulfill Gulfstream's mission to create and deliver the world's finest aviation experience.
Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 5 ys in specific technical discipline or 10 yrs broad eng experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelors. Experience credit considered for related adv degrees limited to 2 yrs for Masters, 4 yrs for PhD in fields applicable to this job.
Position Purpose:
Assists with the planning, coordination, performance of design, analysis and liaison engineering supporting the development and production of Gulfstream products and services
Job Description
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
- Contributes to planning, developing and coordinating of important engineering projects .
- Provides specialized technical assistance to team members .
- Uses advanced techniques and modified extension of theories to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems .
- Determines and develops own approach to solutions within schedule and cost objectives .
- Works under limited supervision; work should only be required. to be reviewed for accuracy and consistency with meeting overall objectives .
- Acts as liaison with representatives outside of the assigned group/area .
Additional Functions:
- Actively works to improve daily processes and ensures all work meets customer requirements .
- Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product .
Perform other duties as assigned.
Other Requirements:
- Advanced degree in engineering related field preferred.
- The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline.
This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Additional Information
Requisition Number: 238078
Category: Engineering
Percentage of Travel: Up to 25%
Shift: First
Employment Type: Full-time
Posting End Date: 11/30/2026
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Legal Information | Site Utilities | Contacts | Sitemap
Copyright © 2025 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. All Rights Reserved. A General Dynamics Company.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world's most technologically-advanced business jet aircraft
#FlightDynamics #Aerodynamics #AircraftSimulation #HandlingQualities #FlightTest #CFD #SystemIdentification #FlyByWire #AircraftCertification #FlightSciences #BusinessAviation #GulfstreamCareers #LI-JRJ
Flight Dynamics Engineer
Onsite in Savannah, Georgia
If you enjoy turning aerodynamic data into aircraft models that engineers and test pilots can trust, this is an opportunity to influence how the next generation of Gulfstream aircraft fly. You will work across simulation, wind tunnel testing, flight test, and certification, collaborating with experienced specialists on some of the most technically challenging questions in aircraft development.
Why Gulfstream
Gulfstream’s Flight Sciences team helps shape the flying qualities behind the world’s most advanced business aircraft. As a Flight Dynamics Engineer, you will connect wind tunnel, computational fluid dynamics, simulation, and flight-test data to understand and refine aircraft behavior.
Your work will directly support aircraft maneuverability, controllability, handling qualities, simulation fidelity, flight testing, and certification. You will work closely with test pilots, engineers, and specialists across Flight Sciences, Flight Test, and Flight Operations while helping advance the tools and methods used to develop future Gulfstream aircraft.
This is an opportunity to solve difficult engineering problems, learn from leading technical experts, mentor others, and make contributions that can influence an aircraft throughout its development and certification lifecycle.
What You Will Do
- Plan and support wind tunnel test campaigns, including test execution and aerodynamic data reduction.
- Build and refine high-fidelity aerodynamic simulation models using wind tunnel, computational fluid dynamics, flight-test, and other applicable data.
- Support flight-test campaigns through pre-test planning, real-time telemetry monitoring, and post-flight data analysis.
- Update and validate aerodynamic models using flight data and parameter or system identification methods.
- Conduct static, time-history, and laboratory simulation analyses to evaluate aircraft response and handling qualities.
- Evaluate aircraft maneuverability, controllability, and handling qualities during normal operations and representative failure conditions.
- Improve simulation frameworks, engineering tools, coding practices, and analysis methods.
- Support functional hazard assessments, certification testing, and related certification activities.
- Partner across Flight Sciences, Flight Test, Flight Operations, and other disciplines to solve complex aircraft-development challenges.
- Provide specialized technical guidance, mentor other engineers, and contribute to the planning and execution of important engineering projects.
What Success Looks Like
- You develop aerodynamic models that effectively integrate wind tunnel, computational, simulation, and flight-test data.
- You use sound engineering judgment to turn complex aircraft behavior and large amounts of technical data into practical solutions.
- You identify technical risks early and develop approaches that support program schedule, cost, safety, and certification objectives.
- You communicate complex flight-dynamics findings clearly to engineers, test pilots, technical leaders, and other partners.
- You improve tools, models, and processes in ways that strengthen analysis quality, repeatability, and team effectiveness.
- You strengthen the team by sharing technical knowledge, mentoring others, and collaborating effectively across engineering disciplines.
What You Will Bring
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the position.
- With a bachelor’s degree, either 5 years of experience in a specific technical discipline or 10 years of broad engineering experience across several technical disciplines.
- Applicable advanced-degree experience credit may be considered, limited to 2 years for a master’s degree and 4 years for a doctoral degree in a field applicable to the position.
- Experience supporting a 14 CFR Part 23 or Part 25 aircraft certification program.
- Experience tuning aerodynamic models using wind tunnel, computational fluid dynamics, and flight-test data.
- Strong coding skills and sound software-development practices.
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.
- Effective project planning and project-management capabilities.
- The ability to provide technical guidance, mentor others, and explain complex engineering concepts clearly.
- The ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Preferred Qualifications
- An advanced degree in an engineering field related to the position.
- Experience with parameter or system identification techniques and analyses.
- Experience with flight-test operations and flight-test data analysis.
- Experience working with aircraft simulation environments.
- Experience with Handling Qualities Ratings and pilot-induced oscillation assessments.
- Experience developing fly-by-wire control laws.
- Experience applying machine learning or large-scale data analysis to engineering problems.
Career-level consideration: Candidates with additional applicable experience may be considered for a higher-level opportunity.
Apply Now
If you're ready to make an impact and help shape the future of business aviation, we invite you to apply. Join a team where your contributions help fulfill Gulfstream's mission to create and deliver the world's finest aviation experience.
Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 5 ys in specific technical discipline or 10 yrs broad eng experience in several technical disciplines with Bachelors. Experience credit considered for related adv degrees limited to 2 yrs for Masters, 4 yrs for PhD in fields applicable to this job.
Position Purpose:
Assists with the planning, coordination, performance of design, analysis and liaison engineering supporting the development and production of Gulfstream products and services
Job Description
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions:
- Contributes to planning, developing and coordinating of important engineering projects .
- Provides specialized technical assistance to team members .
- Uses advanced techniques and modified extension of theories to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems .
- Determines and develops own approach to solutions within schedule and cost objectives .
- Works under limited supervision; work should only be required. to be reviewed for accuracy and consistency with meeting overall objectives .
- Acts as liaison with representatives outside of the assigned group/area .
Additional Functions:
- Actively works to improve daily processes and ensures all work meets customer requirements .
- Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product .
Perform other duties as assigned.
Other Requirements:
- Advanced degree in engineering related field preferred.
- The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline.
This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Additional Information
Requisition Number: 238078
Category: Engineering
Percentage of Travel: Up to 25%
Shift: First
Employment Type: Full-time
Posting End Date: 11/30/2026
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Legal Information | Site Utilities | Contacts | Sitemap
Copyright © 2025 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. All Rights Reserved. A General Dynamics Company.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world's most technologically-advanced business jet aircraft
#FlightDynamics #Aerodynamics #AircraftSimulation #HandlingQualities #FlightTest #CFD #SystemIdentification #FlyByWire #AircraftCertification #FlightSciences #BusinessAviation #GulfstreamCareers #LI-JRJ
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in flight dynamics engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in aerospace engineering, astrodynamics, or a related field
- Proficiency in MATLAB and Python for trajectory modeling and analysis
- Experience with orbital mechanics, attitude dynamics, or launch vehicle performance
- Familiarity with simulation tools such as STK, GMAT, or six-degree-of-freedom environments
- Active DoD security clearance or eligibility to obtain one
- Experience with Monte Carlo dispersion analysis or statistical performance evaluation
Tips for Your Flight Dynamics Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume for mission type
Hiring teams distinguish between launch vehicle, satellite, and crewed spaceflight programs. Call out the specific mission types you have supported, the simulation environments you used, and whether your work was theoretical, operational, or both.
Highlight your modeling and simulation tools
Employers screen hard for proficiency in MATLAB, STK, GMAT, or in-house six-degree-of-freedom tools. List the specific software and the fidelity level you worked at, not just a generic 'simulation experience' line.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists flight dynamics engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Search by program phase not just title
Many flight dynamics roles are posted under titles like GNC engineer, astrodynamics engineer, or mission design engineer. Searching those variants surfaces openings you would miss by targeting only the exact job title.
Prepare a technical portfolio of trajectory work
Bring documented examples of maneuver design, dispersion analysis, or Monte Carlo results to your interviews. Concrete artifacts from past programs give interviewers something to probe and demonstrate depth that a resume line cannot.
Negotiate based on clearance and program classification
Active security clearances and experience on classified programs materially shift your offer range in defense and intelligence space roles. Know your clearance level and reference it explicitly when discussing compensation expectations with the hiring team.
Flight Dynamics Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most flight dynamics engineers?
The companies hiring the most flight dynamics engineers right now include The Aerospace Corporation, Rocket Lab USA, and Loft Orbital Solutions, with the largest share of openings in Colorado, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Defense primes and commercial launch companies tend to drive the highest sustained volume of open roles.
How many flight dynamics engineer jobs are remote?
About 50% of flight dynamics engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, which is lower than many engineering disciplines because much of the work involves classified systems, real-time mission support, or hardware-in-the-loop testing. Mission design and trajectory analysis roles tied to unclassified research tend to offer the most scheduling flexibility.
How do you become a flight dynamics engineer?
Start with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or applied mathematics, then build coursework or project experience in orbital mechanics and rigid-body dynamics. Internships at launch companies, defense contractors, or national laboratories are the most direct path to entry-level roles. Publishing research, contributing to CubeSat or university rocketry programs, and earning proficiency in MATLAB and STK all strengthen your candidacy before you have full-time experience.
Can you get a flight dynamics engineer job with no professional experience?
Yes, entry-level positions exist specifically for new graduates, but competition is tight and candidates who stand out have done more than coursework. University rocketry teams, NASA internships, AFRL co-ops, and open-source astrodynamics projects all count as relevant experience. Demonstrating that you can build and validate a trajectory simulation independently, even a simple two-body propagator, signals readiness to hiring teams who would otherwise view your profile as unproven.
What does the flight dynamics engineer interview process look like?
Most processes run three to four stages. An initial recruiter screen assesses background and clearance eligibility, followed by a technical phone or video interview covering orbital mechanics, coordinate frames, and numerical methods. The on-site or virtual panel typically includes a whiteboard problem on maneuver design or state estimation alongside a presentation of past project work. Some teams add a take-home coding exercise in MATLAB or Python before the final offer stage.
Where can I find and apply to flight dynamics engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to flight dynamics engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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