Senior CFD Engineer

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Our offer

Capgemini Engineering are looking to recruit a Senior CFD Engineer with particular focus on simulating airflow around aircraft designs and engines to optimize performance, handling, and safety.

Your profile

As a CFD engineer you will be involved in using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to analyse aerodynamic behaviour, generate aerodynamic models, and provide data for various stages of aircraft as well as engine development. Key skills include expertise in CFD software, meshing, data analysis, and a strong understanding of aerodynamics and flight dynamics.

• A degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, with a specialization in aerodynamics.
• Proficiency in CFD software, meshing techniques, and turbulence modelling.
• Strong understanding of aerodynamic principles, flight mechanics, and aircraft performance.
• Ability to analyse, interpret, and present CFD results effectively.

Your role

If any of the below sounds like experience you've had, please apply.

• Working with 3D CAD models (e.g., 3DX, CATIA, SolidWorks) to prepare geometries for CFD simulations.
• Preparing CFD meshes (e.g., Fluent Meshing, ICEM CFD, ANSA or CADfix).
• Using CFD software TAU and CODA (also Ansys Fluent, OpenFOAM, STAR-CCM+) to simulate airflow and analyse aerodynamic performance.
• Post-processing the CFD solutions (e.g., python scripts, Tecplot, Paraview).
• Creating aerodynamic models and databases based on CFD and experimental data (wind tunnel, flight tests).

What you'll love about working here

• Hybrid working
• Open access to digital learning platforms

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
• Please opt in during the application process.

Need to know

• All roles will require a level of security clearance; This role requires SC clearance
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusivefuture is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We havebuilt a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.