Stirling Dynamics

CFD Engineer – Contractor

Stirling Dynamics

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Location Type: Office

Location: Bristol • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Interact with internal and external customers on a technical and programme level.
  • Develop suitable new methodologies and conduct CFD analyses at a consistently high standard.
  • Quickly acclimatise to current projects/programmes and progress ongoing tasks with existing methodologies.
  • Preparation, presentation of technical reports and proposals.
  • Support the preparation of project management planning documentation including quality and technical plans.
  • Maintain the project documentation in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System.
  • Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales.
  • Interact with other engineers and customers on a technical and project level.

Requirements

  • Candidates will ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent), in a related discipline.
  • Experienced in aircraft OML design activities (within industry).
  • Highly proficient in CFD modelling with ANSYS toolsets including SPACECLAIM, DISCOVERY and FLUENT.
  • Steady and unsteady external aerodynamic flows of civil and/or military aircraft.
  • Extensive hands‑on experience working in low‑speed, subsonic, and transonic regimes, including performance optimisation.
  • Self-motivated, professional candidate with the ability to proactively problem-solve independently.
  • An ability to manage multiple tasks.
  • Working efficiently and accurately, with attention to detail and the discipline to self-check results.
  • Good interpersonal skills, including a professional approach when dealing with internal and external customers.
  • The confidence and desire to gain a full understanding of issues.
  • Good organisational skills, including record keeping.
  • Able to act in a customer facing position.
  • Familiarity with requirements, generation and use of aerodynamic CFD data for certification purposes (desired).
  • Experience in analysis of aircraft performance, stability and control, flight dynamics would be beneficial (desired).
  • Programming language experience in use of HPC and automation of ANSYS CFD tasks is desirable (desired).
Benefits
  • A competitive rate will be agreed based on the contractor's experience.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CFD modellingANSYSSPACECLAIMDISCOVERYFLUENTaerodynamic analysisperformance optimisationHPCautomation of ANSYS CFD tasksaircraft performance analysis
Soft Skills
problem-solvinginterpersonal skillsorganisational skillsattention to detailself-motivationprofessionalismtime managementcommunicationcustomer-facing skillsindependence
Certifications
degree in related discipline