CFD Engineer - Contamination

CFD Engineer - Contamination
At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation outstanding luxury cars from Volvo. Together with other engineers around the world, you and your team will create innovative human-centric car technology that makes life less complicated and more enjoyable for people. Are you interested in design and connected car technology? Do you share our passion for people, the environment and our urge to create a superior driving experience? Research and Development is the place for you to prosper.
The Contamination and Core CFD section, belonging to Environment & Fluid Dynamics department, has a long tradition of using CFD as a tool for engineering and design processes. We are currently 16 persons working within the areas; contamination (exterior soiling) & cleaning (windscreen wiper and washer system), CFD climate comfort and CFD aero acoustics. We also support our sister sections Thermodynamics and Aerodynamics with analysis and method development know-how. The Cleaning/Contamination part of the section are responsible for attribute requirements, planning and performing both CFD analysis and physical test in all phases of vehicle programs, both individually and in teams.
As CFD Engineer within the Contamination section you will be involved in planning and performing CFD analysis in all phases of vehicle programs as well as support and involvement in our physical testing. You will also be the contact person in a number of Contamination vehicle projects towards our Department Program Office and support the department's method development projects to meet our future challenges. You will establish and develop relationships with representatives from many areas of the vehicle meaning you will build and maintain a wide personal network within Volvo Car Group. As part of our team, you get access to long term development opportunities in a continuously growing field!
Main responsibilities

* Plan and perform Contamination CFD simulations and give recommendation of design changes to reach Cleaning/Contaminations requirement targets
* Develop CAE working processes, CFD methods and tools within the area cleaning/contamination (wiper and washer system, windscreen and head lamp cleaning)
* Contact person within Contamination Vehicle projects
* Supervising thesis workers and act as a mentor for new employees
* Plan and carry out CFD analysis within the cleaning and contamination attribute
* Strengthen the product impact by means of CFD

Required qualifications

* MSc within Fluid Dynamics or Applied Physics Engineering or equivalent experience in combination with a BSc. A Ph.D in Fluid Dynamics are meritorious
* At least 1-3 years of industrial and/or academic experience in CFD

* Experience in more than one of the following softwares: OpenFoam, Fluent, STAR-CCM+, Harpoon, EnSight, ANSA, Matlab
* Experience from automotive CFD including at least one of the following attributes are highly meritorious; contamination, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, climate comfort and aero acoustics
* Experience in programming/scripting is meritorious
* Drivers license B (car)

Personal qualities

* High level of communication skills and teamwork
* Capability and willingness to teach, coach and mentor others
* Have a genuine interest in cars
* Customer focused
* Be involved and encourage others

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired premium car brand". And we believe our global success will be driven by making life less complicated for people, while strengthening our commitment to safety, quality and the environment. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.
Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Stina Sörensen at +46 729 88 94 47 or by e-mail stina.sorensen@randstad.se.
Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later then August 28th, 2015.