R&D Engineer II - High-Speed Flow Model Development

RESPONSIBILITIES

The position involves developing and maintaining functionality related to the Ansys CFD in high-speed flow modeling capabilities.  Areas of work for this position may include improvements to existing capabilities and/or implementation of new advanced features and solution algorithms. Responsibilities include:

• Development of infrastructure and numerics for Density-Based solver and DSMC methods
• Performs moderately complex bug investigation, release testing, and beta support for assigned products.
• Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develop solutions
• Develops and maintains solver infrastructure for parallel/HPC computations
• Employs programming models for algorithms on GPU
• Understands and employs best practices
• Understand the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria, and competitive issues
• Works under the general supervision of a development manager

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical), Applied Mathematics, or related thermal sciences with 2 years experience or Master's Degree
• Experience in CFD code development.
• R&D and practical experience in DSMC method development
• R&D and practical experience in density-based solution methods
• Working experience with C/C++ programming languages

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related thermal sciences is preferred
• Experience in high-speed flow simulation
• Familiarity with a variety of CFD solver techniques is desirable
• Familiarity with various aspects of parallel and high-performance computing is a plus
• Experience with GPU, Shell scripting, Python, Scheme, Compilers, and Git
• Experience with large-scale commercial software development environment
• Highly motivated with a strong work ethic
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team