Senior Thermal Applications Engineer CFD & Heat Transfer

BAC (Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.); Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

401k

Employee stock ownership plan

Bonus program

Job summary

B altimore Aircoil Company, Inc. (BAC) in Jessup, MD seeks a Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications to lead complex thermal analyses for heat rejection equipment and support customer technical decisions.

You will influence CFD-driven site layouts, advise on testing needs, and collaborate with global teams to ensure robust analytical methods. The role emphasizes independent problem solving, strong communication, and continuous improvement of BAC’s analytical capabilities in a dynamic

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.
• 5+ years of experience working in the HVAC industry, with analyses for air flow, thermal, or HVAC related applications.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, prioritize work, and exercise sound engineering judgment on open-ended problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex results to the internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with local, regional, and international teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex thermal and fluid mechanics analyses to support the customer heat rejection needs, site layout evaluations, and advising the best heat rejection solutions for the given application.
• Support special technical inquiries from the customers where standard selection tools or guidelines are insufficient or analysis is complicated.
• Evaluate heat rejection equipment airflow distribution, unit to unit interaction, airflow recirculation effects, and thermal performance impacts due to layout, wind, and surrounding structures.
• Advise the customers about the project testing needs, objectives and timelines.
• Effectively communicate the analysis results to all the stakeholders (Customers, Applications Engineering, etc.) and ensure that BAC provides the most practical technical solutions to meet the customer heat rejection needs.
• Assist with the CFD analysis of heat rejection equipment site layouts, interpreting the CFD results and communicating it to the internal and external customers.
• Interact with the BAC’s global customer base located in different regions of the world
• Collaborate with Product Engineering, Research and Development, Applications, and Sales teams to ensure analytical approaches align with product capabilities and published guidance.
• Establish documentation and reporting standards to ensure consistency, traceability, and appropriate use of analysis results.
• Propose improvements to the analytical tools to ensure that the customer needs can be met in a timely manner.
• Stay up to date with developments in the heat rejection industry

Skills

Fluid mechanics

Heat transfer

Thermodynamics

HVAC experience

Self supervision

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

B altimore Aircoil Company, Inc. (BAC) in Jessup, MD seeks a Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications to lead complex thermal analyses for heat rejection equipment and support customer technical decisions.

You will influence CFD-driven site layouts, advise on testing needs, and collaborate with global teams to ensure robust analytical methods. The role emphasizes independent problem solving, strong communication, and continuous improvement of BAC’s analytical capabilities in a dynamic