Senior CFD Combustion Engineer — Onsite (Relocation/Visa)

Caterpillar Brazil; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking a Senior CFD Combustion Engineer to join the IPSD-L Thermo-Fluids Team in Mossville, IL. This role focuses on advanced combustion CFD analysis, collaboration with design, simulation, test, and platform teams to optimize engine systems and emissions performance.

The ideal candidate has a Masters with significant CFD experience or a PhD with relevant expertise, plus strong skills in CFD tools and experimental validation.

Qualifications

• Masters in engineering with at least 5 years of industrial combusting CFD experience, or PhD with a minimum of 2 years experience.
• Requires strong background in turbine or automotive combustion CFD workflows and validation.
• Experience with high-fidelity simulations and engine test correlation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with component and platform design teams to evaluate and optimize combustion systems.
• Ensure boundary conditions for downstream analysis are accurate and timely.
• Troubleshoot issues through combusting CFD simulations.
• Lead iModel projects to improve accuracy and reduce throughput time.
• Communicate technical information concisely to internal teams.

Skills

Direct injection sprays

Spray-wall interaction

Combustion kinetics

Emissions and soot

Non-diesel combustion

Transient simulations

DOE methodology

Wall heat transfer

Testing/experimental

Cross-functional teamwork

OpenFOAM

ANSYS Fluent

Peer reviewed papers

Education

Masters in engineering with 5+ years CFD experience

PhD with 2+ years experience

Tools

OpenFOAM

ANSYS Fluent

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking a Senior CFD Combustion Engineer to join the IPSD-L Thermo-Fluids Team in Mossville, IL. This role focuses on advanced combustion CFD analysis, collaboration with design, simulation, test, and platform teams to optimize engine systems and emissions performance.

The ideal candidate has a Masters with significant CFD experience or a PhD with relevant expertise, plus strong skills in CFD tools and experimental validation.