Fluid Mechanical R&D Engineer to Älvkarleby

Staff Function R&D, within Strategic Development, is searching for a Fluid Mechanical R&D Engineer.
The position is located in Älvkarleby. You will report to the Head of Infrastructure Laboratory Holger Ecke.


Who are we?
Vattenfall R&D is responsible for conducting business driven technical development that creates value for the company and helps realizing our strategy. We develop cost-effective, safe & sustainable solutions to improve the infrastructure of Vattenfall assets including Hydro, Wind, Nuclear, SKB, Heat and Distribution. The recruitment of a Fluid Mechanical R&D Engineer will further strengthen the team Fluid Mechanics. The latter supports several BA/BU and in particular BA Wind in mathematical modeling of physical phenomenon involving fluid flow and solving it numerically using computational processes.
At Vattenfall R&D we go from ideas to real projects in short time. We know that our employees change the future of Vattenfall, and their ideas are extremely important.


What do we offer?
We offer you a flexible and warm work environment, a diverse group in age, gender, and nationalities where everyone is on an equal footing, a team of considerable freedom to shape your own day-to-day activities and the opportunity to work in an exciting and changing technical field of strategic importance to the company. At Vattenfall, we put high priority to enable a good balance between work and private life.


Your responsibilities and tasks as a Fluid Mechanical R&D Engineer
Analysis of fluid phenomena followed by mathematical modeling using CFD tools.
Evaluation of fluid structure designs to support decision making.
Execute fluid mechanical calculations in support to business units Offshore Wind and Hydro.
Contribute to design improvements.



Your qualifications as a Fluid Mechanical R&D Engineer
Relevant University degree within Engineering, e.g. MSc Civil Engineering, MSc Applied Physics or equivalent.
Work experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and thermodynamics with applications in utility assets.
Software skills in OpenFoam
Moderate knowledge of Ansys Fluent



Fluent in English, Swedish skills are advantageous
On a personal level, the position requires that you work well with your R&D colleagues. You are a considerate listener with analytic skills expressing your reasoning clearly as well as succinctly. You are creative and often bring new ideas and approaches in work-related issues that can be transformed into action and added value for the company. When encompassing setbacks or disappointments, you remain motivated, vigorous and efficient and work on until a solution is achieved.


More information
For questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Head of Infrastructure Laboratory Holger Ecke, at +46 76 134 35 93.
For questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Recruiter Anna Uppström at anna.uppstroem@vattenfall.com
Trade Union representatives in Sweden: Shahriar Badiei (Akademikerna), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO), Anders Bohlin (Unionen). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.


We look forward to receiving your application with CV and cover letter through the portal, no later than 2022-09-15


Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.
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