Research Scientist - Hydrogen Safety CFD Simulation

at  HighSpeed Dynamics ErnstMachInstitut

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 800 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.0 billion euros.
The Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI offers you challenging and varied tasks with responsibility and creative flexibility. We conduct research on behalf of our customers from a wide range of economic and political sectors and apply the latest findings from science and research to concrete projects. The applications are in the fields of defence, security and resilience, automotive, aerospace and aviation.
With us, you can work in the future today
Would you like to contribute your expertise to innovation in Hydrogen Safety?
We are looking for you to strengthen our development team of the »APOLLO Blastsimulator«, a specialized CFD-tool dedicated to the simulation of explosions, blast waves, and gas dynamics. The development team is part of our »Materials and Simulation Methods« department in Freiburg..

YOUR QUALIFIKATIONS AND SKILLS

• You have completed a university degree (Master/Diploma) in Engineering, an applied natural science or a related STEM subject, PhDs welcome.
• You have profound knowledge in both fluid and thermo dynamics as well as in numerical methods for CFD and structural mechanics.
• You are able to conduct simulation studies on HPC systems on your own, ideally with OpenFOAM or Ansys Fluent, you have experience in programming (Fortran, C++) and you know relevant IDEs and parallelization strategies.
• You use your ability to think and work analytically and conceptually in a results-oriented manner.
• With your independent, communicative and structured way of working, you enrich the interdisciplinary teamwork of our department.
• German and English language skills of at least C1 level in spoken and written round off your profile.

Please refer the Job description for details