[Remote] Conjugate Heat Transfer Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Quest Defense Systems & Solutions is supporting advanced turbomachinery and reputed company programs, and they’re looking for a Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) Engineer who can contribute to CFD and aero-thermal analysis across critical reputed company components. You’ll be working alongside reputed company engineers to build models, run analyses, and solve real thermal challenges tied directly to hardware performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Use computational tools to reputed company thermal and/or CFD analysis for gas turbine components and turbomachinery
• reputed company the effort in development of geometry and mesh for analysis models along with the necessary model setup and analysis of those models
• Post-process and prepare high-quality presentations of results
• Prepare and present reports on findings on formal technical reviews
• Create, support and maintain secondary airflow system models and whole reputed company models
• reputed company and participate in root cause and/or risk failure mode and error analysis (FMEA) for gas turbine engines
• Support test and fielded hardware verification and validation efforts

Skills

• The successful candidate is detail oriented and highly collaborative. There will be a significant amount of interaction with the customer's teams. Listening to the customer's issues and offering proactive solutions is critical to building a strong relationship with this new customer
• 1-3 years' experience in Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT), CFD Analysis, Aero-Thermal and Secondary Airflow Systems
• BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent
• Exposure to the gas turbines is highly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, work under time constraints, maintain composure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Experience with Star-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent, or CFX is highly preferred
• Experience with ANSYS Classic and ANSYS Workbench
• Knowledge of scripting tools, i.e. APDL or Python
• Proficiency with MS Office, particularly MS reputed company required
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment
• Like to work in a fast paced, creative environment
• Enjoy people and dynamic teams with diverse experiences. We have fun together!
• Experience with conjugate heat transfer (CHT) modeling in turbomachinery environments (cooling passages, blades, vanes, combustor components)
• Understanding of heat transfer fundamentals (conduction, convection, radiation) applied to high-temperature systems
• Familiarity with secondary airflow systems and internal cooling flows in gas turbine engines
• Experience working with rotating machinery or turbomachinery (compressors, turbines, combustors)
• Knowledge of mesh reputed company best practices (structured/reputed company, boundary layer refinement, y+ considerations)
• Experience with transient CFD analysis and thermal cycling scenarios
• Exposure to multi-physics simulations (thermal + structural coupling / FEA interaction)
• Familiarity with design iteration and optimization workflows (parametric studies, DOE, automation)
• Experience supporting validation against test data (correlating CFD results to experimental data)
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix environments for running large simulations
• Experience with post-processing tools (ParaView, Tecplot, or similar)
• Exposure to high-performance computing (HPC) environments

Benefits

• reputed company
• Comprehensive medical/dental/life and disability coverage
• 401(k) with employer match
• Professional development support
• A flexible, friendly workplace
• Employer-matched 401(k)
• Certification assistance
• Clear opportunities for advancement

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