Join Volution Ventilation UK in Crawley and be part of a team dedicated to innovation in ventilation solutions, where your skills can thrive and make an impact every day.
At Volution Ventilation UK, we are passionate about creating high-quality air movement and ventilation solutions that improve comfort and air quality across homes and workplaces. Based in Crawley, we offer a collaborative environment where innovation, technical expertise, and professional growth are encouraged. If you are motivated, eager to contribute, and want to work with a team that values creativity and excellence in the HVAC and ventilation industry, we would love to hear from you.
CFD Design Engineer
Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 8.45am – 4.55pm, Friday 8.45am – 4.25pm (37 hours)
Package: Salary dependent on experience, Technical Bonus, Annual leave 25 days plus bank holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance, EAP
High-level role responsibilities
- Develop and continuously improve the company’s CFD capability, methods, tools and best practices.
- Plan and conduct CFD studies across ventilation products, including fans, air-movement systems and heat-recovery units.
- Develop robust simulation models covering airflow, pressure distribution, heat transfer and product performance.
- Provide accurate performance predictions and clearly communicate modelling assumptions, limitations and risks.
- Translate simulation results into practical engineering recommendations for product optimisation and compliance.
- Work closely with design engineers to influence product geometry and performance from the concept stage.
- Integrate CFD into the new product-development process to reduce technical risk and physical prototyping.
- Correlate CFD predictions with experimental data and develop robust verification and validation methods.
- Plan and deliver CFD activities across multiple concurrent projects in line with agreed priorities.
- Communicate technical findings clearly and share CFD knowledge across engineering and non-specialist teams.
Essential skills and Experience
- A 2:1 bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Product Design Engineering or a closely related discipline.
- 2 years minimum applied Experience
- Strong industrial or product-development experience in CFD analysis.
- Practical application of fluid mechanics, aerodynamics and thermodynamics to engineering problems.
- Proficiency with CFD software such as ANSYS Fluent, CFX, Star-CCM+ or an equivalent package.
- Strong understanding of meshing, turbulence modelling, solver selection and simulation setup.
- Experience verifying and validating CFD models against experimental or test data.
- Ability to interpret complex simulation results and translate them into clear, evidence-based engineering recommendations.
- Strong planning and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple analyses and work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.