Aerodyne Industries
Aerodyne Industries is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business providing engineering and IT services to NASA, the Missile Defense Agency and other federal customers, including ground systems and launch support work.
In Huntsville, AL
Aerodyne Industries' Huntsville work centers on NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where it is a teammate on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract, providing stress analysis, systems engineering, propulsion testing, simulation, GN&C, software and ground operations support for the Space Launch System. It also lists Redstone Arsenal among the locations of its Missile Defense Agency work on the IRES contract. NASA named Aerodyne Marshall's center-level Small Business Subcontractor of the Year in 2014.
About Aerodyne Industries in Huntsville, AL
Aerodyne Industries is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The company says it has about 800 employees in nine states and works at nine NASA centers, Marshall among them, as well as for the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense customers. In Huntsville, Aerodyne is a teammate on Marshall's ESSCA engineering services contract. The company lists stress analysis, systems engineering, propulsion testing, simulation development, GN&C support, software analysis, computational fluid dynamics, mechanical testing and ground operations support for the Space Launch System. Its news posts describe ESSCA staff supporting SLS engineering imagery, Mars Ascent Vehicle verification and validation (both recognized with Space Flight Awareness team awards in 2024), and Marshall's Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio Project Office (2025). The company also lists Redstone Arsenal among the locations of its Missile Defense Agency work on the IRES contract.
Culture & Work Environment
Aerodyne says on its careers page that it strives for excellence and recognizes "the value of each and every one of our employees," that it looks for innovative people who work well on a team, and that it is committed to work-life balance. Its news posts highlight Huntsville-area employees' work outside the job: in 2022 an ESSCA test engineer mentored students from the Madison County Career Technical Center at the Alabama Technology Student Association state competition, and in 2024 an ESSCA systems engineer helped with tornado cleanup in Huntsville neighborhoods. In 2021 Aerodyne and Jacobs Technology received the Defense Department's Nunn-Perry Award for their mentor-protégé relationship, which cited their IRES support to the Missile Defense Agency in Colorado Springs and Huntsville. Because Aerodyne staff in Huntsville work on customer contracts, the site, schedule and team depend on the contract; read each listing and ask the recruiter.
Hiring Process & Timeline
Aerodyne posts its openings on its careers site, which links to an ADP recruiting portal, and its listings on this site come from that feed. Ask the recruiter which interview stages the role involves and how long each step usually takes. Many Aerodyne roles in Huntsville are tied to a specific contract at Marshall Space Flight Center or Redstone Arsenal, so read the listing's contract, work location and access requirements closely before you apply, and put experience with NASA launch vehicles, propulsion, test or missile defense up front where you have it.
Interview Tips
Know which contract a role supports. At Marshall that is likely ESSCA, where Aerodyne lists Space Launch System work in structures, propulsion test, simulation, GN&C and software; for Missile Defense Agency roles it is likely IRES. Reading NASA's public material on SLS and Marshall's engineering directorate, or MDA's on its test and operations mission, helps you speak to the work. Prepare specific examples of systems you analyzed, tested or integrated, how you verified requirements, and how you handled schedule pressure. For software, simulation and GN&C roles, be ready to discuss tools and verification methods you have used. If you have worked at Marshall or Redstone before, mention your familiarity with the sites and their safety and configuration-management practices.
Security Clearance Requirements
Access requirements vary by contract. NASA work at Marshall Space Flight Center generally requires passing a federal background check for a NASA badge, and Department of Defense work, such as Missile Defense Agency support, may ask for a security clearance. Check each listing for its stated requirement, including any U.S. citizenship requirement. If a listing asks for a clearance you do not yet hold, ask the recruiter whether the program can sponsor one. For how investigations work and how long they typically take, see the clearances guide on this site.
Compensation & Salary
For current pay, see the salary ranges posted in Aerodyne's current Huntsville listings on this site; where a listing includes a range, it is the best guide to what the role pays.
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