CFD Engineer

AgUpdate; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI, seeks a CFD Engineer to perform 3D CFD and thermal analyses of the AHSS air-handling sub-system during product development. You will optimize interior airflow through ducts, registers, cowl intake, extraction path, and HVAC unit, and correlate models with physical tests.

You will collaborate with Design Studio, Thermal Systems, and Vehicle Architecture, interface with vendors to validate modeling approaches, and update requirements and quality documents from

Qualifications

• 3D CFD and thermal analysis of automotive HVAC components.
• Hybrid work arrangement near Dearborn, MI.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Design Studio and engineering teams.
• Experience interfacing with vendors to validate modeling technology.

Responsibilities

• Perform 3D CFD and thermal analyses of AHSS air-handling sub-system during product development.
• Optimize interior airflow through vehicle ductwork, registers, cowl intake, extraction path and HVAC unit.
• Correlate simulation results with physical tests to improve model accuracy.
• Interface with external vendors to explore and validate new modeling approaches.
• Collaborate with Design Studio, Thermal Systems, Vehicle Architecture and Program Teams.
• Update requirements, specifications and core quality documents based on modeling lessons learned.

Job description

CFD Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the aforementioned worksite. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from the worksite. Responsible for the 3D CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) & Thermal analysis of the components of the vehicle AHSS (Air Handling Sub-System) during the product development process, optimizing the system responsible for delivering interior airflow to the customers of Ford Motor Company. These components include vehicle ductwork, registers, cowl intake, extraction path and HVAC unit. The AHSS development process includes applying advanced thermal/fluid modeling techniques through 3D Thermal/CFD analysis to deliver an HVAC system optimized for both energy and human comfort. Additionally, this role will be responsible for physical testing activities to enhance model correlation and predictability, interfacing with outside vendors to explore & validate new modeling technology and work cross-functionally within Ford to communicate simulation results across a broad range of functional teams such as the Design Studio, Body Interior & Exterior, Thermal Systems, Program Teams and Vehicle Architecture. Finally, the role will also be responsible for supporting updates to requirements, specifications and core quality documents based on lessons learned from modeling experience and for working with teams to develop new technologies related to interior airflow systems.

EOE.