CFD Engineer Contractor

Stirling-Dynamics; West of England; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a CFD Engineer – Contractor to join the team in the UK. The contractor will deliver CFD modelling activities and analyses across current and upcoming aerospace programmes, within a small team and under project constraints.

The role suits a candidate with significant aerospace CFD experience and strong proficiency with ANSYS SPACECLAIM, DISCOVERY and FLUENT, including both steady and unsteady flows. Competitive rate and contracting terms apply.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a related discipline.
• Significant industry experience in aerospace CFD.
• Proficiency with ANSYS toolsets for high-quality analyses.

Responsibilities

• Interact with internal and external customers on a technical level.
• Develop new methodologies and conduct CFD analyses to high standards.
• Prepare technical reports and proposals with clear deliverables.
• Maintain project documentation per Quality Management System.
• Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales.

Skills

Aircraft CFD design

ANSYS CFD tools

External aerodynamics

Multitask management

Interpersonal skills

Customer facing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related

Tools

ANSYS SPACECLAIM

ANSYS DISCOVERY

ANSYS FLUENT

Job description

Overview

Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a CFD Engineer – Contract Position to join the team.

Stirling Dynamics is seeking to recruit an experienced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Engineer – Contractor Position to support a range of current and upcoming programmes of work. The Contractor will work within a small team to deliver a variety of CFD modelling activities and analyses.

The role will best suit an individual with significant industry experience within the aerospace domain. The ideal candidate will hold UK citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Interact with internal and external customers on a technical and programme level.
• Develop suitable new methodologies and conduct CFD analyses at a consistently high standard.
• Quickly acclimatise to current projects/programmes and progress ongoing tasks with existing methodologies.
• Preparation, presentation of technical reports and proposals.
• Support the preparation of project management planning documentation including quality and technical plans.
• Maintain the project documentation in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System.
• Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales.
• Interact with other engineers and customers on a technical and project level

Qualifications

Candidates will ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent), in a related discipline.

Essential skills

• Experienced in aircraft OML design activities (within industry).
• Highly proficient in CFD modelling with ANSYS toolsets including SPACECLAIM, DISCOVERY and FLUENT.
• Steady and unsteady external aerodynamic flows of civil and/or military aircraft.
• Extensive hands‑on experience working in low‑speed, subsonic, and transonic regimes, including performance optimisation.
• Self-motivated, professional candidate with the ability to proactively problem-solve independently.
• An ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Working efficiently and accurately, with attention to detail and the discipline to self-check results.
• Good interpersonal skills, including a professional approach when dealing with internal and external customers.
• The confidence and desire to gain a full understanding of issues.
• Good organisational skills, including record keeping.
• Able to act in a customer facing position.

Desired skills

• Familiarity with requirements, generation and use of aerodynamic CFD data for certification purposes.
• Experience in analysis of aircraft performance, stability and control, flight dynamics would be beneficial.
• Programming language experience in use of HPC and automation of ANSYS CFD tasks is desirable.

Benefits

A competitive rate will be agreed based on the contractor's experience.