Senior Thermal Simulation Engineer

The Koenigsegg R&D team is a small, agile hub of highly talented individuals, where the sum is greater than the parts. Koenigsegg is committed to hiring and developing top talent from across the world for any given discipline. Our world-class team operates with a non-conventional, ‘Lean Development’ philosophy of high inter-disciplinary collaboration, flat organisational structure, and technical contribution at all levels. You will be expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate.

For this role we are looking for someone with a genuine passion for engineering the best vehicles in the world. You will be working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company, leading the way in the hypercar business. You’ll work alongside accomplished, world-renowned engineers on perhaps the most exciting automotive programs in existence today.

We are looking for a Senior thermal simulation engineer to strengthen our CFD team in Ängelholm. As a Senior thermal simulation engineer at Koenigsegg you will build, run, and interpret results from various thermal models ranging in complexity from a single component to complex full vehicle systems. These would include air flow and thermal management around the vehicle, in the engine, e-motor, battery systems as well as passenger compartment and underbody area. You will join a small team of engineers working in a fast-paced environment with short decision paths. As a person you work well both in teams and on your own, while being an energetic and adaptive person that contributes strong technical expertise to a fast-paced engineering team. You are ambitious, curious and have a genuine passion for technology and vehicles.

Responsibilities

- CFD simulations to estimate heat rejection and determine air and water flow requirements for automotive type cooling systems.
- Understand sizing an air conditioning system and determine cooling capacity required.
- Evaluate passenger compartment comfort using CFD models.
- Perform flow analysis of complete underhood geometries, cooling systems, e-motor, battery packs and electronics.
- Develop methodologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our thermal tools and workflow.
- Clearly post-process and interpret simulation results to identify current performance and develop areas of improvement.
- Communicate results, conclusions and provide insights for design changes.
- Daily use of several commercial CFD codes, 1D solvers and supporting software in Windows, Linux/Unix and HPC environment.
- Fully engage in vehicle development activity and proactively take ownership of simulation activity to best guide the design team.
- Interaction with prototype/test teams, setting validation methods and parameters.

The Koenigsegg R&D team is a small, agile hub of highly talented individuals, where the sum is greater than the parts. Koenigsegg is committed to hiring and developing top talent from across the world for any given discipline. Our world-class team operates with a non-conventional, 'Lean Development' philosophy of high inter-disciplinary collaboration, flat organisational structure, and technical
contribution at all levels. You will be expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate.
Need to have

- MSc in mechanical/aerospace engineering with strong emphasis in thermal management (PhD would be an advantage)
- >5 years working experience as a thermal engineer in Automotive/Motorsports is required.
- Strong understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics principles.
- Comfortable working with technical teams and program managers.
- Experience in 1-D modelling, heat transfer and cooling systems.
- Advanced skills setting up thermal simulations with Star-CCM+, ANSYS, Altair.
- Good knowledge of Catia V5 would be advantageous.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and strong analytical ability.
- Fluent in English both spoken and written.

Availability

- According to agreement
- Full time


Koenigsegg is most known for building some of the fastest cars in the world; with almost all of our megacar technologies that are patented and made in-house by our almost 500 world-class technicians, engineers, sourcing experts, production craftsmen, and communicators.

What we’ve created is a unique proving ground of engineering creativity that makes use of our breakthrough megacar development and legacy to push the boundaries of sustainable mobility technology.

So, what’s next?

We are on a universe-denting mission to develop the next generation of breakthrough tech and products. We are looking for outstanding, impactful, and authentic individuals to grow with us. Our ambitions are inspiring but will push the limits of what is possible – requiring one to work efficiently amid our cross-functional teams to execute at high-quality levels.

The goal is clear: innovate and transform.