CFD Engineer Contractor

Stirling Dynamics is recruiting a CFD Engineer – Contract Position to join the team. Stirling Dynamics is seeking to recruit an experienced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Engineer – Contractor Position to support a range of current and upcoming programmes of work. The Contractor will work within a small team to deliver a variety of CFD modelling activities and analyses. The role will best suit an individual with significant industry experience within the aerospace domain. The ideal candidate will hold UK citizenship. Responsibilities

• Interact with internal and external customers on a technical and programme level.
• Develop suitable new methodologies and conduct CFD analyses at a consistently high standard.
• Quickly acclimatise to current projects/programmes and progress ongoing tasks with existing methodologies.
• Preparation, presentation of technical reports and proposals.
• Support the preparation of project management planning documentation including quality and technical plans.
• Maintain the project documentation in accordance with the company's Quality Management System.
• Manage multiple tasks and deliver within agreed timescales.
• Interact with other engineers and customers on a technical and project level Qualifications Candidates will ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent), in a related discipline. Essential Skills
• Experienced in aircraft OML design activities (within industry).
• Highly proficient in CFD modelling with ANSYS toolsets including SPACECLAIM, DISCOVERY and FLUENT.
• Steady and unsteady external aerodynamic flows of civil and/or military aircraft.
• Extensive hands‑on experience working in low‑speed, subsonic, and transonic regimes, including performance optimisation.
• Self-motivated, professional candidate with the ability to proactively problem-solve independently.
• An ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Working efficiently and accurately, with attention to detail and the discipline to self-check results.
• Good interpersonal skills, including a professional approach when dealing with internal and external customers.
• The confidence and desire to gain a full understanding of issues.
• Good organisational skills, including record keeping.
• Able to act in a customer facing position. Desired Skills
• Familiarity with requirements, generation and use of aerodynamic CFD data for certification purposes.
• Experience in analysis of aircraft performance, stability and control, flight dynamics would be beneficial.
• Programming language experience in use of HPC and automation of ANSYS CFD tasks is desirable. Benefits A competitive rate will be agreed based on the contractor's experience.