Senior Motorsports CFD Surface Designer

General Motors; Concord (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Relocation benefits

Job summary

GM Motorsports in the United States seeks a CFD Surface Design Engineer to lead CAD geometry development for CFD workflows and support rapid design iteration. You will collaborate with CFD engineers to ensure simulation-ready geometries across full-vehicle studies and automate processes to improve throughput.

You will work with cross-functional teams across CAD, CFD, aerodynamics, and vehicle engineering to translate design intent into high-quality models, driving performance in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 2+ years in CAD surfacing, aerodynamic development, CFD support, or related field.
• Experience with CAD surfacing software and CFD workflows.
• Understanding of how CAD geometry affects meshing, stability, convergence, and aerodynamic accuracy, including G0, G1, G2 continuity.
• Ability to create watertight, simulation-ready geometry and clean up legacy CAD models.
• Familiarity with surface-interrogation, parametric modeling, and CAD automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain clean, simulation-ready CAD geometry for CFD workflows.
• Build and refine surface models with appropriate continuity to support aerodynamic analysis.
• Organize CAD assemblies with structure, naming conventions, and version control for efficient CFD use.
• Incorporate parametric design and automation features to enable rapid updates, configuration changes, and repeatable CFD workflows.
• Reconstruct and refine legacy, imported or scanned/point cloud geometry to meet internal CFD and aerodynamic standards.
• Optimize models for usability, ensuring they are easy to modify, update, and reuse across simulation studies.
• Identify and resolve geometry issues that negatively impact mesh quality, solver stability, or convergence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate design intent into efficient, simulation-ready models and support iterative development cycles.

Skills

CAD surfacing

Aerodynamic development

CFD support

Siemens NX

CATIA

Parametric modeling

CAD automation

Geometric continuity (G0/G1/G2)

Surface interrogation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or related field

Tools

Siemens NX

CATIA

Job description

GM Motorsports in the United States seeks a CFD Surface Design Engineer to lead CAD geometry development for CFD workflows and support rapid design iteration. You will collaborate with CFD engineers to ensure simulation-ready geometries across full-vehicle studies and automate processes to improve throughput.

You will work with cross-functional teams across CAD, CFD, aerodynamics, and vehicle engineering to translate design intent into high-quality models, driving performance in a fast-paced