Lead Aerothermodynamics CFD Engineer — HPC & GPU

Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Disability plans

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. is seeking an Aerothermodynamics Engineer to lead CFD software development for aerothermodynamics on HPC platforms, including GPU clusters, at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA.

The role emphasizes scientific software development and HPC modernization of NASA tools for CFD, material response, and radiative heat transfer. You will port mature CPU/MPI applications to GPUs, develop Python interfaces, workflows and testing infrastructure, and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Strong background in numerical methods for computational fluid dynamic through academic research, thesis work, internships, or professional employment.
• Demonstrated experience developing massively parallel CFD solvers for Linux based computing environments with CPU & GPU hardware.
• Familiarity with scale-resolving or high-fidelity simulation methods, including hybrid RANS-LES, LES, DNS, or related approaches.
• Knowledge of computational mesh generation, aerothermodynamic data analysis, and CFD verification and validation practices.
• Experience using scientific programming or scripting languages for engineering analysis and data processing.
• Experience running multi-physics aerothermodynamics simulations for hypersonic flows.
• Experience comparing computational results with wind-tunnel or other experimental data.
• Ability to document technical work and communicate computational results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational simulation software for multi-physics aerothermodynamics simulations of reentry bodies.
• Prepare computational geometries, generate and evaluate meshes, and develop simulation inputs and established best practices.
• Set up, execute, and monitor computational fluid dynamics simulations on high-performance computing systems.
• Post-process simulation results and evaluate convective and radiative thermal environments.
• Support verification and validation activities, including convergence assessment, mesh-resolution studies, and comparisons between computational methods.
• Document computational methods, assumptions, configurations and results in archival medium, including NASA technical reports, international conferences and journal-publications.

Skills

CFD numerical methods

Parallel CFD

Linux CPU/GPU

RANS-LES/DNS

CFD verification

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Fortran

C++

Python

CUDA

Job description

Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. is seeking an Aerothermodynamics Engineer to lead CFD software development for aerothermodynamics on HPC platforms, including GPU clusters, at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA.

The role emphasizes scientific software development and HPC modernization of NASA tools for CFD, material response, and radiative heat transfer. You will port mature CPU/MPI applications to GPUs, develop Python interfaces, workflows and testing infrastructure, and