Overview Due to the continued expansion of our Critical Infrastructures division, including our award winning data centre design and build team, we have an exciting career opportunity within our Simulation and Modelling team for a CFD Applications Engineer to assist in the design and optimisation of Data Centres. Sudlows Critical Infrastructure specialist in delivering leading data centre projects and have a growing portfolio of global clients. We have 11 offices globally and are growing continually to support the data centre industry, key to which is the delivery of AI enabling critical infrastructure. To support current growth, this position will be based in our head office in Manchester but may require occasional travel as required on a project basis. Role Purpose The CFD Applications Engineer would take a role as part of the simulation and modelling team, working closely with the Data Centre Design team, validating and optimising the internal and external cooling systems of Data Centres through the use of CFD, producing reports and providing key input into our projects. The CFD Applications Engineer is expected to develop a level of design capability allowing them to conceptualise and develop solutions to performance problems which may be encountered. Personal Specification The suitable candidate will have experience in CFD and Engineering, and will ideally be a qualified with a bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM subject; Mechanical Engineering, General Engineering, Mathematics or Physics. You will be capable of working both independently and as part of a team as required for the delivery of a technical report. You will be able to think creatively to resolve issues encountered with a design in order to provide a solution with meets the required client specifications including designing system to control air flow such as barriers, chimneys, and funnels to improve airflow. Separate from their professional engineering bias, the suitable candidate will be interested in developing a multi-disciplinary understanding of technologies used in Data Centres and other buildings such as UPS Systems, Standby Generation (e.g Diesel Generators), Chilled Water Networks, Cooling Towers, Control and Monitoring systems. Key Tasks and Responsibilities 1. Produce technical studies, creating models, simulations and writing technical reports based on the outcomes. Co-ordinating with the wider design team as per the outcomes. 2. Producing simulations and models to assist with Proposals and Tenders, supporting the Bid Team where required. 3. Assess, assist and communicate with the Data Centre Design team for critical infrastructure projects, participating in meetings when necessary. 4. Produce design solutions with respect to different client goals; energy efficiency, low temperature, high performance, low cost. 5. Communicate with manufacturers and other specialists as required to obtain equipment technical specifications. 6. Theorising the “worst-case” scenario of equipment failures in order to assess the robustness of a design subject to failure. 7. Managing workflows to meet given deadlines effectively. 8. Carry out audits of in-development and completed sites to produce models of existing cooling systems for assessment and optimisation. 9. Develop high quality visualisations of CFD results, case studies, and white-papers on design-insights and techniques. Skills and Qualifications * Experience of CFD at an academic level or above is essential. * Qualification in a STEM subject to a bachelor’s degree level or higher. * Ability to communicate work with key personnel both internally and externally, adapting their level of technical explanation to each situation. * Experience using programming languages and command-line interfaces and an interest in developing your computational skills to enhance simulations, with a view to eventually working on enhancing our CFD tools and other related software. * Fully proficient with standard office software (Word/Excel/Powerpoint), a basic understanding of AutoCAD / Revit and BIM would be preferred although not essential. * Experience with an industry standard CFD package, for example Autodesk CFD, ANSYS, Star-CCM, Comsol, OpenFOAM or similar. * Good communicator, both in writing and on the telephone. * Able to prioritise tasks and manage time, to meet tender return deadlines. Although experience of most of the above is preferable, Sudlows are committed to supporting the development of all our engineers and therefore if additional support is required for some of the above, this can be considered subject to further discussion