Senior CFD Combustion Engineer (CFD/Combustion)

Location: Full-time onsite at the Technical Center in Mossville, Illinois; working onsite five days a week. Up to 10% travel is required. Domestic relocation assistance is available. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible applicants.

Salary: $112,710.00–$169,060.00 per year.

Company

hirify.global manufactures construction and mining equipment, off-highway engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives, with a focus on sustainable power systems.

What you will do

• Analyze and optimize combustion systems to meet customer and emissions requirements.
• Use combusting CFD simulations and engine-system expertise to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Provide accurate boundary conditions for downstream Head & Block FEA and piston simulations.
• Improve combusting CFD best practices, including leading iModel projects to increase accuracy and reduce simulation throughput time.
• Collaborate with design, simulation, test, and platform teams while managing multiple priorities and customers.
• Mentor internal and external team members and communicate technical findings clearly.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering with at least 5 years of industrial combusting CFD analysis experience, or a PhD with at least 2 years of experience.
• Expertise in direct-injection sprays, spray-wall interaction, combustion kinetics, emissions, soot, and non-diesel combustion.
• Experience with transient engine simulations, including pulsed-flow simulations and cycle-to-cycle variation analysis.
• Experience with DOE methodology, combustion-performance optimization, combustion wall heat transfer, and testing or experimental work.
• Knowledge of non-reacting CFD tools such as OpenFOAM or ANSYS Fluent.
• Ability to perform analytical problem solving, communicate technical information, and collaborate with design and test engineers.

Nice to have

• Significant peer-reviewed publications in leading journals.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid time off, holidays, and volunteer time.
• 401(k) savings plan, HSA, and FSA options.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, and incentive bonus opportunities.
• Life, disability, parental leave, adoption, and employee assistance benefits.

Hiring process

• Employment is conditional on successfully completing a drug screen.