CFD Engineer

Overview

GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems. We fabricate custom designed, purpose-built enclosures and skids for our customers and perform mechanical and electrical integration in-house, delivering a true turn-key product. Our scope spans engineering, prototype builds, through full production, requiring teams that can move fast, adapt, and execute with precision. GTI Values:
Safety | Quality | Customer Obsession | Speed | Agility

• CFD Modeling & Thermal Analysis
  • Lead CFD analysis and thermal modeling activities for enclosed industrial systems and modular infrastructure products
  • Develop airflow simulations for BESS enclosures, modular data centers, power electronics, electrical rooms, and integrated equipment platforms
  • Analyze airflow distribution, pressure drop, temperature gradients, recirculation zones, hot spots, and thermal rejection performance
  • Validate system performance under worst-case operating and ambient conditions
  • Optimize thermal architectures to improve cooling efficiency, reliability, acoustics, and manufacturability
• Cooling System Design & Airflow Management
  • Design and integrate cooling systems based on actual equipment heat loads and operational requirements
  • Develop enclosure airflow strategies including intake/exhaust placement, ducting, baffles, plenums, circulation paths, and pressure balancing
  • Select and integrate off-the-shelf cooling equipment including HVAC units, heat exchangers, fans, chillers, and thermal management systems
  • Design for real-world operating environments including dust, humidity, vibration, solar loading, and extreme ambient conditions
  • Ensure designs meet thermal performance targets without excessive cost, noise, or packaging complexity
• Mechanical System Design & Product Development
  • Support mechanical packaging and enclosure design activities related to thermal system integration
  • Coordinate thermal system layouts with structural, electrical, and manufacturing constraints
  • Develop CAD models, engineering drawings, and BOMs supporting thermal and mechanical integration
  • Ensure designs support manufacturability, serviceability, maintenance access, and production scalability
• Testing, Validation & Product Performance
  • Support prototype testing, heat runs, thermal validation, and system troubleshooting activities
  • Correlate CFD models with physical testing data and refine simulations accordingly
  • Analyze field performance data to identify opportunities for thermal improvement
  • Participate in root cause analysis for overheating, airflow imbalance, thermal failures, or reliability concerns
• Cross-Functional Engineering Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, NPI, and Operations teams
  • Support customer technical discussions related to cooling performance and thermal design strategy
  • Work with manufacturing teams to ensure thermal solutions align with fabrication and assembly capabilities
  • Support supplier selection and technical evaluation of cooling system components and technologies
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) & Continuous Improvement
  • Drive DFM initiatives focused on scalable thermal system integration and assembly efficiency
  • Reduce unnecessary complexity while maintaining thermal performance and reliability targets
  • Standardize cooling architectures, airflow strategies, and thermal design methodologies where appropriate
  • Contribute to engineering standards, calculation templates, and best practices for CFD and thermal analysis
• Technical Leadership
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for CFD analysis, airflow management, and thermal systems engineering
  • Mentor junior engineers and support development of internal thermal engineering capability
  • Influence system-level product architecture and cooling strategies across multiple programs

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline
• 6-12+ years of experience in thermal systems engineering, CFD analysis, or mechanical product development
• Strong hands-on experience performing CFD analysis for enclosed industrial systems or thermal-critical products
• Experience sizing cooling systems based on actual heat loads and thermal performance requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting BESS, modular data centers, power systems, or energy infrastructure products
• Experience validating CFD models through physical testing and heat-run correlation
• Background in enclosure design, sheet metal, weldments, or industrial packaging
• Familiarity with UL requirements, environmental testing, and thermal compliance standards
• Experience operating in high-growth manufacturing or engineered-to-order environments
• Master’s degree with concentration in thermal sciences, heat transfer, or fluid dynamics preferred
• Experience designing cooling systems for battery systems, power electronics, industrial skids, generator enclosures, modular data centers,…