Climate Comfort CFD Engineer

Volvo Car Corporation creates the safest and most exciting car experience for today's modern families all over the world. At Volvo Cars, we are proud of our products and of the values that Volvo Cars embodies - quality, safety and care for the environment. Consequently we bring these values to our customers through our employees. At Volvo Cars we understand the value of a balance between work and leisure in life, and we offer many diverse opportunities within an international company that is ethically sound. We further offer our employees an adventurous job experience around the world, with plenty of scope for the imagination and lots of room to grow. Volvo Car Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets Volvo Cars all over the world. Its research and development mostly takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden. The main production currently occurs in Belgium and Sweden. The number of employees is approximately 25 000 people. Volvo cars are sold in more than 100 countries around the world.


The Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD) group, belonging to Research & Development, has a long tradition in using CFD as a tool for engineering and design process. We are currently 12 persons working with the areas of aerodynamics, thermodynamics, climate comfort, aero acoustics and contamination.

In all areas we work in teams with attribute responsible, test engineers, stylists and designers to develop and verify the attributes and systems in our future products. An important part of our work is to continuously improve our working processes and methods. Cooperation with the other brands within Ford Motor Company is done on virtually everyday basis, both in shared vehicle projects and method development. Furthermore, close cooperation with universities and participation in global research programs are an essential part of our long term development.

Job description:

As a climate comfort CFD engineer you will be involved in planning, preparing and carry out CFD analysis in all phases of vehicle programs.
This includes for example development and evaluation of defrosters, ventilation ducts, complete HVAC systems and overall thermal comfort in the passenger compartment.
You will work closely with the development engineers at the climate comfort system engineering department. An important part of your work is to communicate the CFD results in the organization and also make
recommendations for climate comfort improvements.

Qualifications:

Higher technical education, preferably Master in Science or Ph.d. in fluid mechanics or equivalent
Proven industrial and/or academic experience in CFD will be highly valued
Fluent in speaking and writing Swedish and/or English, preferably
Today our main tools is ANSA, Harpoon, Tgrid, Fluent and Ensight and
skills in all or some of them will be highly valued.

Personal profile:

Strong interest in affecting the product using CFD
Driven and Self-motivated
Self-starting characteristics with good analytical skills
Creative interest in developing methods and processes
Positive mindset with an understanding for cooperative processes
Team player
High communication skills