Lead HPC Aerothermodynamics CFD Engineer

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

Job summary

Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) seeks an Aerothermodynamics Engineer to lead development of CFD software for NASA Ames' Code TSA, focusing on HPC modernization and GPU-accelerated computing. The role requires translating mission needs into efficient numerical algorithms and robust scientific software tools.

The position is onsite at NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA, offering a challenging environment with opportunities to contribute to reentry physics, multi-physics simulations, and

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• Strong background in numerical methods for CFD from research, thesis, internships, or professional work.
• Experience developing massively parallel CFD solvers for Linux with CPU and GPU hardware.
• Familiarity with scale-resolving or high-fidelity methods (RANS-LES, DNS).
• Knowledge of mesh generation, aerothermodynamic data analysis, and CFD verification/validation.
• Experience using scientific programming languages for analysis.
• Experience running multi-physics aerothermodynamics simulations for hypersonic flows.
• Ability to document technical work and communicate results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-physics aerothermodynamics simulation software.
• Prepare geometries, generate and evaluate meshes, and develop inputs and best practices.
• Set up, execute, and monitor CFD simulations on HPC systems.
• Post-process results and evaluate convective and radiative environments.
• Support verification and validation activities, including convergence and mesh studies.
• Document methods, configurations and results for reports and publications.

Skills

CFD fundamentals

Parallel CFD

GPU computing

Scientific programming

HPC familiarity

Data analysis

Solver verification

Python

Education

Master's degree or higher in Aerospace/Mechanical/Aeronautical Eng

Tools

PETSc

Trillions

HDF5

CUDA

HIP

OpenMP

Kokkos

RAJA

NumPy

PyTorch

Job description

Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) seeks an Aerothermodynamics Engineer to lead development of CFD software for NASA Ames' Code TSA, focusing on HPC modernization and GPU-accelerated computing. The role requires translating mission needs into efficient numerical algorithms and robust scientific software tools.

The position is onsite at NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA, offering a challenging environment with opportunities to contribute to reentry physics, multi-physics simulations, and