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Lead CFD/Wind Engineer

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a high-performing Computational Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics team to drive technical excellence and growth across complex projects in Buildings/Defence, Water, and Transport sectors.

Role type

Senior leader, hands-on IC

Builds

Production ML models | product features

Domain

Engineering Sciences, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Team leadership, People development, Business development, Physical and computational modelling, Gas and liquid systems expertise, Multiphase flows expertise, Cloud-based HPC environment experience, Coding and scripting, Open-source CFD tools (OpenFOAM, FastEDDY), Commercial CFD packages (ANSYS)

Preferred skills

Post-graduate qualifications (PhD, Masters), Consulting experience, Cross-sector exposure, National engineering leadership experience

Technologies

OpenFOAM, FastEDDY, ANSYS, Cloud-based HPC

Responsibilities

Lead a high-performing group of engineers, Mentor and develop junior engineers, Collaborate across disciplines, Engage with industry through conferences and thought leadership, Utilize in-house cloud-based HPC facility, Champion innovation in research directions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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