At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
The Principal/Lead CFD Application Engineer role offers an opportunity to join an exciting and highly motivated team, where your knowledge of CFD will be used to help our customers succeed in advanced CFD simulations in the aerospace, automotive, turbomachinery, industrial, marine industries and more. Using Cadence’s suite of CFD tools you will develop creative and innovative solutions for customers, benchmark product capabilities for a wide range of flow regimes and phenomena, advocate for best practices, and collaborate with members of the sales and product teams.
Job Duties
• Develop technical solutions for industrial CFD applications in aerospace, automotive, turbomachinery, and marine
• Develop integrated workflows with multiple tools to facilitate optimization and process enhancements
• Workflow development includes scripting, geometry preparation, mesh generation, and RANS/DES/LES CFD simulations in Cadence CFD products
• Develop skills/knowledge to become multi-product specialist, able to provide expert consultancy and work directly on pre-sales and post-sales customer projects
• Participate in support meetings at customer sites and virtually
• Deliver customer training classes in-person or virtually
• Recognize and identify opportunities to proliferate Cadence products
• Communicate customer requirements and feedback from support engagements to the Research and Development and Marketing organizations for product direction/improvements
• Author technical publications related to Cadence CFD solutions and participate in relevant conferences
• Author knowledge collateral and documentation related to customer education
• Assist with technical presentations internal and external to our organization
Qualifications:
• Education: MS, PhD in mechanical, aerospace, marine, or equivalent
• Languages: Fluent in English
• Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and via email.
• Experience with CFD mesh generation and solver software in aerospace, automotive, industrial, turbomachinery, or marine applications is required
• Experience with Cadence CFD tools is a plus
• Experience in scripting languages like Python and Tcl
• Customer service oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to organize and prioritize
• Team player with a positive attitude, willingness to offer and execute ideas and solutions to enhance processes within an evolving environment
• Prepared to travel and work at customer sites throughout China
Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems. Our design solutions, based on Cadence’s Intelligent System Design™ strategy, are essential for the world’s leading semiconductor and systems companies to build their next-generation products from chips to full electromechanical systems that serve a wide range of markets, including hyperscale computing, mobile communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, life sciences and robotics. In 2024, Cadence was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s top 100 best-managed companies. Cadence solutions offer limitless opportunities—learn more at www.cadence.com.
