**Specialist CFD Engineer**
**Description**
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**What awaits you**:
- Perform CFD simulations for fuel systems, battery systems, and related components.
- Define simulation scope, assumptions, and boundary conditions.
- Prepare CFD models, including geometry cleanup and meshing.
- Set up, run, and monitor CFD analyses in ANSYS Fluent.
- Execute CFD projects according to Kautex standards and industry best practices.
- Post-process and interpret simulation results.
- Provide engineering recommendations based on CFD findings.
- Support fuel and battery system development through CFD analyses including fuel slosh, refueling, venting, battery cooling, thermal runaway, two-phase immersion cooling, camera cleaning/nozzle spray, and flow distribution assessments.
- Correlate simulation results with physical testing data.
- Develop and improve CFD methodologies and workflows.
- Select appropriate CAE tools and modeling approaches.




- Collaborate with peers and junior CAE engineers.
- Support customer projects with CFD expertise.
- Maintain simulation documentation and project records.
- Ensure compliance with customer and internal requirements.
- Support collaboration within general engineering teams.
- Continuously develop technical knowledge and skills.
**Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Aerospace, or related Engineering.
- 2-4 years of experience in CFD or CAE engineering.
- Mandatory experience with ANSYS Fluent.
- Fluent English required
- Experience in the automotive industry is preferred.
- Willingness to travel as required
- Master's degree is a plus
Technical knowledge of:
- Knowledge of fluid flow, turbulence, heat transfer, and multiphase flow.
- Understanding transient and steady-state simulations.
- Experience correlating simulation results with physical testing.
- Experience with ANSYS Workbench and Altair SimLab is a plus.
- Moldflow/Moldex3D experience is a plus.
- Basic understanding of FEA is a plus.
- Knowledge of polymers and manufacturing processes is a plus.
**Recruiting Company**: Kautex
**Primary Location**: Mexico-Puebla-Puebla
**Job Function**: Engineering
**Schedule**: Full-time
**Job Level**: Individual Contributor
**Job Type**: Experienced
**Shift**: First Shift
**Job Posting**: 07/24/2026, 4:11:42 PM
**Job Number**: ******

📌 Specialist Cfd Engineer (Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza)
🏢 Kautex
📍 Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza