Senior CFD Combustion Engineer

## Senior CFD Combustion EngineerApply: Mossville, Illinois: Full time: Posted Today: R0000398599Career Area:Engineering

Job Description
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.About IPSDCaterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L engines that not only power Caterpillar machines, but also power over 5000 other applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future. Job Summary:The Senior CFD Combustion Engineer on the IPSD-L Thermo-Fluids Team is primarily an individual contributor role. This engineer will be accountable for contributing to the identification, complex analysis, and resolution of problems in combusting Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), for which the incumbent is beginning to build a reputation as an expert. The major focus of the job is on technical delivery. In this role you will collaborate with design, simulation, test, and platform teams to analyze and optimize combustion systems. The engineer in this role will also champion existing simulation best practices and new tools/processes to continuously improve simulation efficiency. Finally, this engineer will provide mentoring and indirect leadership to internal and external team members. What You Will Do:* Partners with component and platform design teams to evaluate and optimize the combustion systems to meet customer and emissions requirements.
* Ensure timely and quality boundary conditions for downstream analysis including Head & Block FEA and Piston simulations.
* Leverage technical expertise and engine system understanding to troubleshoot issues through combusting CFD simulation.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of combusting CFD simulation best practices, which includes leading iModel projects to close critical gaps, improving accuracy and reducing throughput time.
* Communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner.
* Manage multiple priorities and multiple customers at the same time.
* Demonstrate initiative and customer service. Degree RequirementMasters in engineering with at least 5 years of industrial combusting CFD analysis experience, or PhD with a minimum of 2 years experience. Expertise

Requirements:
* Direct injection sprays and spray-wall interaction
* Combustion: including kinetics, emissions and soot
* Non-diesel combustion
* Transient simulations (i.e. pulsed flow engine simulations, cycle-to-cycle variations, etc)
* DOE methodology and execution; optimizing combustion performance
* Combustion wall heat transfer
* Testing or experimental experience
* Cross-functional teamwork; providing recommendations to design and test engineers
* Non-reacting CFD and tools (e.g. OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent, etc)
* Significant peer reviewed papers in leading journals What You Will Have:Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
* Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
* Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
* Productively balances speed and accuracy.
* Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
* Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
* Employ techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals. Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
* Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
* Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
* Identifies many possible causes of a problem based on prior experience and current research.
* Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
* Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
* Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation. Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of