Senior CFD Propulsion & Combustion Research Engineer

Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio (TX); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Southwest Research Institute seeks a highly skilled CFD engineer to support development, analysis, and testing of power generation and propulsion systems. You will work with combustion models, optimize designs, and integrate experimental data with simulations to validate predictive capabilities under extreme conditions.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary CFD work, design optimization, and test campaigns within the Propulsion & Energy Machinery Section in San Antonio.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelor's; 3 years with Masters; 1 year with PhD.
• 1–5 years CFD simulations of thermofluids and combustion; supersonic/hypersonic flow preferred but not required.
• Experience in computationally-aided design of propulsion and power generation systems.
• Demonstrated proficiency with CFD software such as Ansys Fluent, Converge, STAR-CCM+ or OpenFOAM.
• Experimental experience with combustion and mechanical design is desirable.

Responsabilités

• Provide cross-disciplinary support to multiple projects focusing on CFD tasks.
• Design, optimize, and validate combustion processes using CFD.
• Contribute to the design of propulsion and power generation systems.
• Assist in executing experimental test campaigns for model validation.
• Apply creativity and independent judgement to solve technical challenges.

Connaissances

CFD simulations

Ansys Fluent

Converge

OpenFOAM

STAR-CCM+

Heat transfer

Fluid dynamics

Combustion

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Outils

Converge

STAR-CCM+

OpenFOAM

Ansys Fluent

Description du poste

Southwest Research Institute seeks a highly skilled CFD engineer to support development, analysis, and testing of power generation and propulsion systems. You will work with combustion models, optimize designs, and integrate experimental data with simulations to validate predictive capabilities under extreme conditions.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary CFD work, design optimization, and test campaigns within the Propulsion & Energy Machinery Section in San Antonio.