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CAE Engineer CFD

Cambridge Semantics Inc.
Livonia, MI Contractor
POSTED ON 11/17/2025 CLOSED ON 12/17/2025

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CAE Engineer CFD

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City Livonia, MI

Job ID # 47758

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Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

CAE Engineer CFD

Job Summary

Our client in Livonia, MI is looking for a CAE Engineer CFD. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do

We are an innovative company specializing in automotive engineering and system design. Our Underbody System team plays a critical role in developing cutting-edge solutions for electric motors, power units, transmissions, axles, and related systems. We are seeking a talented and motivated CFD Engineer to join our team and contribute to the advancement of our virtual tools and methodologies. As a CFD Engineer on our Underbody System team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods to support system design and testing. This role requires a strong technical background, a passion for problem-solving, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

  • Prepare CAD for CFD Modeling: Develop high-quality CAD models for CFD simulations, ensuring accuracy and relevance to system requirements.
  • Plan CFD Methods Development: Design and implement CFD methods as virtual tools for systems such as electric motors, power units, transmissions, axles, and more.
  • Interpret Systems Team Requirements: Translate system team requirements into CFD method development plans, ensuring alignment with testing methodologies.
  • Conduct Advanced CFD Simulations: Perform simulations for complex physics applications, including two-phase flow, conjugate heat transfer (CHT), and turbulence modeling.
  • Plan Physical Tests for CFD Correlation: Coordinate with testing teams to plan physical tests that validate CFD methods and ensure accuracy.
  • Correlate CFD Methods: Compare simulation results with physical test data, refine methods, and document best practices.
  • Automate Processes: Develop and implement automation scripts using languages like Java and Python to streamline CFD workflows and improve efficiency.
  • Prepare Presentations and Communicate Regularly: Share findings, updates, and recommendations with the Systems team through clear and concise presentations and reports.

Basics

  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Transmissions.
  • Java.
  • CCM .
  • Teamcenter.
  • CAE.
  • Scripting.
  • CAD/Meshing tools.
  • Python.
  • Project Support.
  • CFD.
  • Two phase flow modeling.
  • Turbulence modeling.
  • SPH.
  • STAR-CCM .
  • CFD correlation.
  • 1D modeling.
  • 1 to 5 years of automotive industry or related.
  • 5 years of experience with CFD modeling and method development.
  • 5 years of experience with two phase flow modeling.
  • Hybrid position. 3 days/wk. in the office and switching to 4 days/wk.

Preferred

  • Master's Degree.
  • 1 to 3 years of experience with 1D modeling.

How You Will Be Successful

  • Envision the Future
  • Communicate Honestly and Broadly
  • Seek Technology and Business “First”
  • Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer

  • Competitive Salary
  • Comprehensive Benefit Package
  • 401(k) with matching contributions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Discounts
  • Free training on all Altair products

Why Work With Us

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD

At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.

Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.

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