Senior Project Engineer

Careerwise Recruitment; Limerick; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Careerwise Recruitment seeks an experienced Senior Project Engineer (Design Simulation) to lead end-to-end simulation projects in FEA, CFD, and ray tracing for a Limerick-based medical device manufacturer. You will develop reusable workflows, automate processes, and provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams.

You will mentor engineers, run training sessions, and validate simulations against data, quantifying uncertainty to support design decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Optical Engineering, or related field; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• 6+ years proven experience delivering industrial FEA and CFD projects.
• Experience with ray tracing for optical/lighting simulation or related workflows.
• Experience with commercial and/or open-source tools such as Abaqus, ANSYS, STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM, and others.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end simulation projects in FEA, CFD and ray tracing.
• Develop and maintain reusable simulation workflows, templates, and automation.
• Provide technical consultation to design, test and systems engineering teams.
• Mentor and upskill engineers through training sessions and code reviews.
• Validate results against test data and quantify uncertainty; guide design decisions.
• Optimize throughput using HPC, GPU acceleration and solver settings; manage resources.

Skills

FEA/CFD project delivery

Ray tracing for optics

Automation scripting

HPC/GPU acceleration

Uncertainty quantification

Mentoring / training

Technical consultation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Optical Engineering, or related field

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

Abaqus

ANSYS Mechanical

ANSYS Fluent/CFX

STAR-CCM+

OpenFOAM

COMSOL

HyperWorks/Altair

LS-DYNA

ParaView

EnSight

Job description

Job Summary

An experiences Senior Project Engineer (Design Simulation) is required by Careerwise recruitment to work with a Limerick medical device manufacturing multinational. Role of this position Lead end-to-end simulation projects in FEA, CFD and ray tracing: problem definition, model setup, meshing, solver selection, post-processing, and reporting. Develop and maintain reusable simulation workflows, templates, and automation (scripting, parameterization). Provide technical consultation to design, test and systems engineering teams; translate requirements into validated simulation strategies. Mentor and upskill engineers: run training sessions, code reviews, and best-practice workshops. Validate simulation results against test data; quantify uncertainty and provide recommendations for design decisions. Optimize simulation throughput using HPC, GPU acceleration and solver settings; manage job scheduling and resource use.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Optical Engineering, or related field; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• Proven firsthand experience (typically 6+ years) delivering industrial FEA and CFD projects.
• Practical experience with ray tracing for optical/lighting simulation or geometric ray tracing workflows (e.g., for illumination, sensor modelling, stray light analysis).
• Experience with commercial and/or open-source tools (examples): Abaqus, ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS Fluent/CFX, STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM, COMSOL, HyperWorks/Altair, LS-DYNA, ParaView, EnSight, and ray-tracing toolkits or rendering engines (industry-neutral description: GPU-accelerated ray tracers, embree-like libraries, renderer toolchains). Comfortable selecting the right tool for the problem.
• Experience with model validation, data analysis, and uncertainty quantification; able to design validation plans and document assumptions.