Overview:
Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a CFD Engineer – Contract Position to join the team.
Stirling Dynamics is seeking to recruit an experienced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Engineer – Contractor Position to support a range of current and upcoming programmes of work. The Contractor will work within a small team to deliver a variety of CFD modelling activities and analyses.
The role will best suit an individual with significant industry experience within the aerospace domain. The ideal candidate will hold UK citizenship.
Responsibilities:
- Interact with internal and external customers on a technical and programme level.
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Develop suitable new methodologies and conduct CFD analyses at a consistently high standard.
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Quickly acclimatise to current projects/programmes and progress ongoing tasks with existing methodologies.
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Preparation, presentation of technical reports and proposals.
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Support the preparation of project management planning documentation including quality and technical plans.
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Maintain the project documentation in accordance with the company’s Quality Management System.
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Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales.
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Interact with other engineers and customers on a technical and project level
Qualifications:
Candidates will ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent), in a related discipline.
Essential skills:
- Experienced in aircraft OML design activities (within industry).
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Highly proficient in CFD modelling with ANSYS toolsets including SPACECLAIM, DISCOVERY and FLUENT.
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Steady and unsteady external aerodynamic flows of civil and/or military aircraft.
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Extensive hands‑on experience working in low‑speed, subsonic, and transonic regimes, including performance optimisation.
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Self-motivated, professional candidate with the ability to proactively problem-solve independently.
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An ability to manage multiple tasks.
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Working efficiently and accurately, with attention to detail and the discipline to self-check results.
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Good interpersonal skills, including a professional approach when dealing with internal and external customers.
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The confidence and desire to gain a full understanding of issues.
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Good organisational skills, including record keeping.
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Able to act in a customer facing position.
Desired skills:
- Familiarity with requirements, generation and use of aerodynamic CFD data for certification purposes.
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Experience in analysis of aircraft performance, stability and control, flight dynamics would be beneficial.
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Programming language experience in use of HPC and automation of ANSYS CFD tasks is desirable.
Benefits:
A competitive rate will be agreed based on the contractor's experience.
