Harry Smith is a Director of Flight Sciences with a decade of experience at the intersection of flight physics, data science, and optimization, currently translating high-fidelity CFD into practical decision tools for designers and certification teams. He has led development of award-winning analytical frameworks such as PARADIGM and lower-order methods that have been adopted across programs to cut costs and speed decisions. His background spans hands-on experimental aerodynamics and wind-tunnel innovations to senior technical roles at Boeing and Aurora, giving him rare breadth from blade-level propeller modelling to aircraft-level stability and control. Harry combines academic rigor—a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering—with product-focused leadership, and is known for making specialist simulation capabilities accessible to non-specialists. An unusual strength is his track record of turning experimental measurement systems and data-reduction tools into commercial and program-level assets.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Kingsmead Community School
Richard Huish
Kingsmead
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Aeronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Aeronautical Engineering at University of Glasgow
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