About the Role
The Role
Researches, plans, designs and develops mechanical products and systems such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines and mechanical, thermal hydraulic or heat transfer systems for production, transmission, measurement, and use of energy. Applies research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) seeks a motivated and enthusiastic individual who would like to apply their Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) experience and talents to developing and advancing US Navy ships (submarines and aircraft carriers).
Typical responsibilities include:
• Grid generation for complex internal/external geometries
• Develop, apply, and validate CFD solutions
• Develop design of experiments
• Use critical thinking skills for problem solving and troubleshooting
• Informal and formal report generation
• Validation and verification of new or improved software.
Must Have
Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience;
Master’s Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience;
Ph.D. and 0 years of experience.
Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program.
Nice to Have
• Experience with StarCCM+, OpenFoam
• Experience in C/C++, Java, Matlab, Python
• Experience with turbulence and multiphase flows
• Experience with machine learning
• Experience using high performance computing systems (HPCs)
• Familiarity with manipulation and processing of large datasets
• CAD software literacy for model cleanup and meshing