CFD & Modeling Engineer — Hypersonic Flows

Bnh Jv; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Continuing education assistance

Healthcare benefits packages

401K with employer matching

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Modeling & Simulation Engineer serving the AEDC at Arnold AFB, TN. You will work on CFD/M&S development, HPC-enabled simulations, and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve aerodynamic facilities and hardware performance.

The role requires a strong background in CFD, M&S, and high-performance computing, with emphasis on numerical methods and hypersonic applications. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering with at least 5 years of project and/or research experience
• OR a master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering with at least 3 years of project and/or research experience
• 1 year of experience utilizing programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, or other similar tools to automate repetitive simulation workflows, process, data, and perform engineering calculations
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance and access to the AEDC local area network
• U.S. Citizenship is required for employment at AEDC

Responsibilities

• Support software development for computational modeling and simulation (M&S) tools.
• Support the development and application of computational models and simulations, coupled with high-performance computing, to solve complex physical problems arising in engineering analysis and design (computational engineering).
• Ensure that M&S tools being developed and used meet the needs for predicting performance of complex hardware systems and troubleshoot issues when tools are not capturing the systems accurately.
• Analyze and identify deficiencies in existing CFD codes; formulate, implement, and validate improvements to overcome those deficiencies.
• Develop new computational approaches in fluid-thermal chemistry, turbulence, numerical algorithms, and code-processing.
• Support expansion of CFD capabilities into hypersonic regime by implementing new algorithms and tools; evaluate and apply engineering computations.
• Prepare, execute, interpret and review aerodynamic computations using CFD codes for analysis of aerodynamic facilities.
• Engage with colleagues to push for technological advances, facility improvements, advanced diagnostics, and complex problem solutions.
• Wear company issued PPE as directed.
• Perform other related duties as required

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

PhD in Aerospace Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Pointwise

Tecplot

CREATE-AV Kestrel

Loci-CHEM

ANSYS Fluent

Star-CCM+

Job description

Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Modeling & Simulation Engineer serving the AEDC at Arnold AFB, TN. You will work on CFD/M&S development, HPC-enabled simulations, and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve aerodynamic facilities and hardware performance.

The role requires a strong background in CFD, M&S, and high-performance computing, with emphasis on numerical methods and hypersonic applications. U.S.