CFD Engineer – Flexible Flight Physics & Aerodynamics

Airbus; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Operations Limited in Filton is seeking a Computational Fluid Dynamics engineer to lead advanced CFD studies on complex aircraft configurations. You will handle meshing, setup and post‑processing, and contribute to the next generation of Airbus CFD capabilities within a cross‑functional team across Europe and India.

The role requires 3 years of industrial CFD experience, proficiency with CODA/ANSA, and strong Python or C++ programming skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years of industrial experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics methods in aerodynamics, transonic flows and propeller configurations.
• Good knowledge of CODA CFD chain use and ANSA Meshing tool.
• Mastering advanced object-oriented languages like Python or C++ is mandatory.
• Innovative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the industrialisation and validation of the next generation of CFD in-house capabilities.
• Ensuring full support for our transnational end-users on the full E2E CFD process, i.e., ANSA Meshing, CODA CFD runs and post-processing.
• Doing complex applications in aerodynamic, aeroelastic and aeroacoustic simulations, interacting with a wide range of customers involved in aerodynamic shape design and data modelling.
• Interacting with key Research and Development partners and other stakeholders.
• Work closely within a transnational capability development team (Europe and India).
• Contribute to animating the interfaces between Airbus and its external research establishments as a capability team member.
• Supervise PhD students on a wide range of CFD subjects.
• Support the overall global strategy for Airbus computational simulation.
• Be part of the assessment of CFD tools by benchmarking COTS or by developing proofs of concept.

Skills

CFD experience

Python

C++

Obj‑oriented languages

Tools

CODA CFD chain

ANSA Meshing

Job description

Airbus Operations Limited in Filton is seeking a Computational Fluid Dynamics engineer to lead advanced CFD studies on complex aircraft configurations. You will handle meshing, setup and post‑processing, and contribute to the next generation of Airbus CFD capabilities within a cross‑functional team across Europe and India.

The role requires 3 years of industrial CFD experience, proficiency with CODA/ANSA, and strong Python or C++ programming skills.