Staff Engineer, Advanced Thermal

Staff Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications Locations

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Jessup, MD 20794, USA

• Full-Time

POSITION PURPOSE

The Staff Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications serves as a key technical resource within Global Advanced Thermal Applications team responsible for supporting complex internal/external customer requests related to thermal, fluid dynamics, and airflow analyses and for defining, maintaining, and continuously improving the processes and analytical standards to perform those studies.

This role is focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis of external heat rejection equipment site layouts, including the effects of air recirculation, cross winds, obstruction induced flow distortion, and multi-unit interactions. In addition, the position supports non-CFD related complex thermal and fluid mechanics analyses as required to address the customer specific technical questions, validate product application limits, and support internal decision making.

The incumbent is expected to work independently, exercise sound engineering judgment, and act as a technical authority for how customer-facing analyses are scoped, executed, documented, and interpreted. The incumbent is also responsible for interacting with the customer’s counterparts to discuss the details of the CFD and thermal analyses and ensure that technical analyses are properly understood and interpreted.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Customer Technical Support & Analysis

• Perform CFD analyses to support customer specific heat rejection site evaluations, including but not limited to:
• Translate customer requests into appropriate analytical scope, defining assumptions, boundary conditions, and success criteria
• Evaluate airflow distribution, unit to unit interaction, airflow recirculation effects, and thermal performance impacts due to layout, wind, and surrounding structures
• Provide recommendations to reduce the impact of the above parameters on thermal performance.
• Communicate results professionally and clearly to internal and external stakeholders (Customers, Applications Engineering, etc.), when required
• Support special technical inquiries from the customer where standard selection tools or guidelines are insufficient or analysis is complicated.

Standards, Methods, and Best Practices

• Define and maintain CFD modeling standards, including geometry simplification rules, meshing strategies, modeling approaches, boundary condition conventions, validation methods, and sensitivity checks
• Establish documentation and reporting standards to ensure consistency, traceability, and appropriate use of analysis results
• Stay up to date with developments in the CFD industry and evaluate capabilities of assorted commercial CFD simulation providers
• Support internal training efforts by clearly articulating how and why CFD studies are performed, and how results should (and should not) be used

Non-CFD Analytical Support

• Perform or support other forms of thermal and fluid mechanics analysis as needed, which may include:
• Simplified thermal or fluid mechanics calculations
• Back of the envelope or reduced order models for screening studies
• Provide engineering judgment regarding when CFD is required versus when simpler methods are appropriate

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as a technical point of contact for customer studies within Advanced Applications team.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering, BPI, Research and Development, Applications, and Sales to ensure analytical approaches align with product capabilities and published guidance

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field, advanced degree is preferred.
• Strong fundamentals in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
• 8+ years of experience working in the HVAC industry, with minimum 5 years of experience performing complex CFD analyses for external flow, thermal, or HVAC related applications
• Ability to work independently, prioritize work, and exercise sound engineering judgment on open-ended problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex results to the internal and external customers.

Preferred

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