CFD Engineer

CFD Engineer – Bristol

Competitive Salary

Our client is a specialist engineering company that delivers a range of products, solutions and technical services within the defence and aerospace markets and they are recruiting for a CFD Engineer to join the ir team on a permanent basis. As a CFD Engineer, your role will focus on delivering a variety of CFD modelling activities and analyses across aerospace related projects.

This role will be predominantly based at their Bristol office with occasional travel to the client’s sites as required.

• Interact with internal and external customers on a technical and programme level
• Develop suitable methodologies and conduct CFD analyses at a consistently high standard within budget
• Preparation, presentation of technical reports and proposals
• Support the preparation of project management planning documentation including quality, technical and budget plans
• Maintain the project documentation in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System
• Ensure delegated tasks achieve their full objectives
• Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales and budgets
• Interact with other engineers and customers on a technical and project level

• Previous experience in CFD Modelling with ANSYS toolsets including Fluent is essential
• Experienced working in a CFD Engineering related position
• A qualification in engineering or a relevant discipline
• Experience with steady and unsteady external aerodynamic flows of civil and/or military aircraft
• Familiarity with requirements, generation and use of aerodynamic CFD data for certification purposes (desirable)
• Exposure to aircraft design activities (within industry) and their use of CFD modelling
• Experience in analysis of aircraft performance, stability and control, flight dynamics (desirable)
• Programming language experience in use of HPC and automation of ANSYS CFD tasks (desirable)
• An ability to manage multiple tasks, to work effectively within a team or independently when required
• Good interpersonal skills, including a diplomatic and professional approach when dealing with people

Our client is a SME organisation and their work is across air, sea and land applications. Candidates may be required SC clearance, therefore applications can only be considered from UK nationals or SC personnel.