Senior CFD Combustion Engineer: Emissions & Optimization

Caterpillar Inc.

Mossville (IL)

On-site

USD 113,000 - 169,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

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Up to 10% travel

Onsite five days a week

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior CFD Combustion Engineer for the IPSD-L Thermo-Fluids Team in Mossville, IL. The role focuses on identifying and resolving complex combustion CFD problems, collaborating with design, simulation, test, and platform teams to optimize systems and improve simulation efficiency.

The position emphasizes mentoring, leadership influence, and delivery of technical solutions, with strong emphasis on accuracy and quality assurance in simulations.

Qualifications

Masters in engineering with at least 5 years of industrial combusting CFD analysis experience, or PhD with a minimum of 2 years experience.

Responsibilities

Partner with component and platform design teams to evaluate and optimize combustion systems to meet customer and emissions requirements.
Ensure timely and quality boundary conditions for downstream analysis including Head & Block FEA and Piston simulations.
Leverage technical expertise to troubleshoot issues through combusting CFD simulation.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of combusting CFD simulation best practices and lead iModel projects to close critical gaps.

Skills

CFD analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Effective communication

Education

Master's in Engineering (CFD)

PhD in related field

Tools

OpenFOAM

ANSYS Fluent

Job description

The position emphasizes mentoring, leadership influence, and delivery of technical solutions, with strong emphasis on accuracy and quality assurance in simulations.

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