Overview
Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a CFD Engineer – Contract Position to join the team.
Stirling Dynamics is seeking to recruit an experienced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Engineer – Contractor Position to support a range of current and upcoming programmes of work. The Contractor will work within a small team to deliver a variety of CFD modelling activities and analyses.
The role will best suit an individual with significant industry experience within the aerospace domain.
Responsibilities
* Interact with internal and external customers on a technical and programme level.
* Develop suitable new methodologies and conduct CFD analyses at a consistently high standard.
* Quickly acclimatise to current projects/programmes and progress ongoing tasks with existing methodologies.
* Preparation, presentation of technical reports and proposals.
* Support the preparation of project management planning documentation including quality and technical plans.
* Maintain the project documentation in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System.
* Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales.
* Interact with other engineers and customers on a technical and project level
Qualifications
Candidates will ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent), in a related discipline.
Essential skills
* Experienced in aircraft OML design activities (within industry).
* Highly proficient in CFD modelling with ANSYS toolsets including SPACECLAIM, DISCOVERY and FLUENT.
* Steady and unsteady external aerodynamic flows of civil and/or military aircraft.
* Extensive hands‑on experience working in low‑speed, subsonic, and transonic regimes, including performance optimisation.
* Self-motivated, professional candidate with the ability to proactively problem-solve independently.
* An ability to manage multiple tasks.
* Working efficiently and accurately, with attention to detail and the discipline to self-check results.
* Good interpersonal skills, including a professional approach when dealing with internal and external customers.
* The confidence and desire to gain a full understanding of issues.
* Good organisational skills, including record keeping.
* Able to act in a customer facing position.
Desired skills
* Familiarity with requirements, generation and use of aerodynamic CFD data for certification purposes.
* Experience in analysis of aircraft performance, stability and control, flight dynamics would be beneficial.
* Programming language experience in use of HPC and automation of ANSYS CFD tasks is desirable.
Benefits
A competitive rate will be agreed based on the contractor's experience.
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