Staff Engineer CFD

3 weeks ago

Rochester, United States Simu Tech Group Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

At SimuTech Group, we truly believe that we are driving innovation and changing the world through the power of engineering simulation. Our growing team of energetic, tech savvy professionals work hard every day to inspire our clients to push the boundaries of innovation and deliver transformational products. If you are motivated and driven by a culture where excellent work ethic and passion are rewarded, then a career with SimuTech Group may be for you

Looking for your next career move? Help today’s engineers build tomorrow’s products by providing solutions and guidance with the power of simulation.

We are looking for a mechanical engineer with 3 to 5 years of experience to join a world-class CFD Support and Consulting team. This position will be based out of either office in Rochester, NY, Toronto, Ontario, or Montreal, Quebec.

The right candidate will become a key member of our technical staff, working in an exciting and challenging technical environment. Success of the Mechanical Engineer will be measured by helping grow SimuTech’s CFD business and developing your own technical skills by solving challenging problems in a wide variety of industries. Each member of our staff is a CFD expert who also maintains expertise in one or more specialized fields. Many of our engineers hold advanced degrees with extensive experience in the engineering consulting business. We maintain a high level of professionalism in a friendly, cooperative, flexible environment.

Essential Job Functions/Accountabilities:

You will use software such as ANSYS Fluent and CFX to provide:

1. Technical Support

  • Provide support to end-users of ANSYS software by phone, e-mail, or in person

2. Pre-sales support

  • Work with our account managers to determine the customer's software needs, answer customer questions during the sales process, and provide software demos/presentations on a variety of subjects

3. Consulting

  • Work with customers to determine their analysis requirements and expectations
  • Develop quotes/proposals by determining scopes, costs, and schedules
  • Perform all aspects of analysis (meshing, assigning boundary conditions, solving, post processing, conclusions)
  • Work with customers to propose alternative design ideas
  • Write analysis reports and other technical documents requested by the customer

4. Technical Training

  • Teach ANSYS classes at client sites, on-line, and in SimuTech offices across the US and Canada.

Desired Skills/Experience:

  • Must be permanently authorized to work in the US or Canada
  • Professional appearance and presentation required.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office.
  • Must be able to work well in a group and independently.
  • Excellent English-based communication skills, technical writing and verbal skills required.
  • Excellent English-based technical writing and verbal skills
  • Documented industry experience with enterprise level CFD analysis tools ANSYS Fluent and/or CFX (preferred)
  • Ability to communicate with customers on a technical pre-sales basis to help drive software and services sales
  • Creativity
  • Superb problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Solid theoretical background in fluid mechanics, heat transfer and numerical methods backed up by real-world, production-level experience
  • Documented experience (as evidenced by industry experience and/or publications in reputable journals) in at least one of these areas: heat transfer, combustion, turbomachinery, multiphase flow, aerodynamics, fluid structure interaction (FSI)
  • Familiarity with grid generation and meshing techniques (Workbench Meshing, ICEM, Fluent Meshing/T-Grid, Gridgen, Hypermesh)
  • Personable attitude with an ability to work well with clients and other staff
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering required; master's or PHd preferred
  • For Canadian candidates only: eligible and willing to apply for a professional engineering license within 2 years of starting

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (NOT REQUIRED):

  • Programming skills in C, Fortran, and Python, and experience with User Defined Functions (UDF's) and /or CFX Expression Language (CEL)
  • "Whole System" mindset including aspects such as: Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI), Electromagnetic and Fluid interaction (ex.: Solenoids)
  • Simplorer/Simulink system level analysis
  • Academic background or work experience in structural mechanics (FEA), electromagnetics (EM) or controls
  • Ability to use 3D CAD to modify parts and assemblies (SpaceClaim Direct Modeler, DM, Solidworks, ProE or Unigraphics preferred)
  • Practical ANSYS experience manipulating and/or modeling complex 3D assemblies
  • Experience with optimization and DOE methods
  • Teaching experience

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

We have a 35+ year relationship with ANSYS and we are their largest Elite Channel Partner in North America. We provide world-class ANSYS engineering simulation software as well as support, training, consulting and physical testing services. We are headquartered in Rochester, NY with additional offices in Cleveland, Seattle, Montreal, and Toronto. We also have additional remote sales and engineering personnel throughout North America. SimuTech Group employs over 140 people with nearly half being engineers; most holding Master's or PhD degrees.

SimuTech Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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