Roush
Title CFD Analyst I
Location Livonia, MI
Category Engineering & Design
Hiring Type Full Time

At Roush, we fuse technology and engineering to provide product development solutions to customers in a diverse range of industries. Widely recognized for providing engineering, testing, prototype, and manufacturing services to the transportation industry, Roush also provides significant support to the aerospace, defense and theme park industries. With over 2,400 employees in facilities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America, our unique combination of creativity and tenacity activates big ideas on a global stage. We want motivated, ambitious people who put the needs of our customers first, bring creativity to their work and will do whatever it takes to achieve success. If you share our passion for providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, we want you on our team.

Roush is seeking a CFD Analyst I to join our team. The CFD Analyst performs computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and thermal simulation analyses to solve real
world engineering problems in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial segments. The CFD Analyst builds finite volume CFD models and runs CFD simulations. This position is located in Livonia, MI.

Responsibilities:

• Build finite volume CFD models for various applications in the automotive, aerospace, and industrial segments using commercial solvers such as Ansys Fluent or Star-CCM+.
• Run CFD simulations to convergence, postprocess results, and provide engineering analysis.
• Develop detailed reports to support customer presentations.
• Develop scripts for workflow automation.
• Learn new CAE tools quickly.
• Manage analysis files according to company data-retention policies.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with coursework in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), thermal analysis, or numerical methods.
• Knowledge of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, finite volume methods and turbulence modeling.
• Good attention to detail and ability to use hand calculations to validate input and results.
• Ability to communicate verbal and written technical information.
• Knowledge of basic engineering principles.
• Excellent problem-solving ability.

Preferred skills:

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.
• 1 year of Computational Fluid Dynamics experience.
• Experience in 3D fluids and thermal modeling.
• Experience in writing scripts and process automation.
• Experience with writing automation scripts such as function hooks, UDF or subroutines.
• U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident allowing for International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (C++, Java and/or Python).
• Knowledge of pre-processors such as ANSA and HyperMesh.

To apply, please visit the Roush careers page by clicking on this link: https://jobs.roush.com/us/en

Our Full-Time benefits include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, earned sick time, STD, LTD, 401K, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonus, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

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Roush is an EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

If you need reasonable accommodation for our employment application process due to disability, please contact Roush Talent Acquisition at 734-779-7087.