Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer (CO, Denver)

The Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer position will support Starfire Energy?s development of ammonia production and cracking technologies.

Primary responsibilities include heat transfer modeling and contributing to the design of heat transfer apparatus within the ammonia synthesis reactor and the ammonia cracking reactor.

Additional responsibilities include fluidized bead bed flow analysis, heat transfer modeling, pressure deferential prediction, and bead bed design for ammonia production adsorption and desorption apparatus.

Modeling subjects will include fluid flow distribution and thermal analysis, heat transfer, and possibly surface chemical reactions.

Other duties requiring CFD modeling and/or finite element analysis (FEA) not listed above may be required from time to time.

The position will make technology improvement recommendations based on model results.

The candidate will work in a team environment to support conceptual design through product implementation.

• Collaborate with CTO and the engineering team to discuss open design challenges.
• Model apparatus fluid flow and heat transfer in OpenFOAM.
• Iterate the model to get to desired results.
• Work with engineering team to validate mechanical feasibility of the model.
• Work with team to plan the physical build and test of the model.

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have appropriate background in thermal and fluid flow modeling.
• Must be proficient in OpenFOAM or be willing to learn its use in a Linux computing environment.
• Must be able to present written and spoken results to the engineering team.
• Must have knowledge of CFD algorithms and know how and when to apply them to different systems.