Senior Thermal Engineer - CFD & Heat Rejection

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

Job summary

BAC (Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.) in Jessup, MD is seeking a Senior Engineer for Advanced Thermal Applications to lead complex thermal and CFD analyses for heat rejection equipment.

You will apply strong fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics knowledge to advise on layouts, testing needs, and project timelines.

This full-time, on-site role offers a competitive package including benefits and annual bonus eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.
• 5+ years of HVAC industry experience 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 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 stakeholders (Customers, Applications Engineering, etc.) and ensure BAC provides practical technical solutions.
• Assist with CFD analysis of heat rejection equipment site layouts, interpreting the CFD results and communicating it to the internal and external customers.
• Interact with 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

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

BAC (Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.) in Jessup, MD is seeking a Senior Engineer for Advanced Thermal Applications to lead complex thermal and CFD analyses for heat rejection equipment.

You will apply strong fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics knowledge to advise on layouts, testing needs, and project timelines.

This full-time, on-site role offers a competitive package including benefits and annual bonus eligibility.