Postdoc Fellowship, Propulsion Attritable Drone Swarm Detonation Engines
Tenure:
TermDuration: 2 years
Language Requirements: English
Work arrangements:Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position will require full-time physical presence at the NRC work location identified.
The program
The NRC’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program offers PDFs access to unique world-class facilities and the opportunity to work alongside multi-disciplinary teams of expert researchers and technicians on projects of critical importance to Canada. PDFs will carry out research on innovative research projects, with opportunities for career development (publications and/or industry interaction).
PDFs will be offered appointments to the staff of the National Research Council on a term basis and will be offered salaries and benefits currently available to Research Officers. Salaries commensurate with experience are taxable and subject to other deductions. As a guide, the current annual PhD recruiting rate is $83,985. In addition PDFs will be allocated a travel fund to support their work.
Project title
Enabling Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Propulsion for Attritable UAS Swarm
The role
The emergence of attritable uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) is transforming modern defence concepts by enabling large-scale autonomous swarms. Realizing this vision requires propulsion systems that are substantially less expensive than conventional piston or gas-turbine engines. Detonation engines offer a promising alternative. Consisting essentially of simple-geometry tubes. This project proposes the development and evaluation of a novel inlet architecture for detonation engines.
The proposed research will combine computational fluid dynamics and experimental validation to establish the feasibility of the proposed detonation engine inlets. Successful demonstration could enable a new generation of low-cost, high-efficiency propulsion systems for attritable UAS.
Education
PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency
Experience
Experience with any 2 of the following 3 experience criteria:
Language requirements
English
Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests
Condition of employment
Reliability Status
For a Reliability Status, verification of background information over a period of 5 years is required.
Who is eligible?
* Exceptions may be considered to recognize personal or family related leave. Please connect with us using the contact information below to discuss in more detail.
Application requirements
To be considered for the program please include the following in your application, please note that you will need to attach the required documents as per the list below when submitting your application. Failure to do so will result in your application being excluded.
When submitting your application you can include the required documents in any attachment field such as «Second language evaluation results» or «Other attachments»
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