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BAC (Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.) lists this Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications opportunity in jessup, Maryland. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
POSITION PURPOSE
The Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications serves as a key technical resource within Global Advanced Thermal Applications team responsible for supporting complex internal/external customer requests related to thermal, fluid dynamics, and airflow analyses and for defining, maintaining, and continuously improving the processes and analytical standards to perform those studies.
This role is focused on thermal analysis of heat rejection equipment to address the customer specific technical questions, validate product application limits, and support technical decision making. The incumbent is expected to work with minimal supervision, exercise sound engineering judgment, and provide a prompt response to the customer's heat rejection needs.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Perform complex thermal and fluid mechanics analyses to support the customer heat rejection needs, site layout evaluations, and advising the best heat rejection solutions for the given application.
Support special technical inquiries from the customers where standard selection tools or guidelines are insufficient or analysis is complicated.
Evaluate heat rejection equipment airflow distribution, unit to unit interaction, airflow recirculation effects, and thermal performance impacts due to layout, wind, and surrounding structures.
Advise the customers about the project testing needs, objectives and timelines.
Effectively communicate the analysis results to all the stakeholders (Customers, Applications Engineering, etc.) and ensure that BAC provides the most practical technical solutions to meet the customer heat rejection needs.
Assist with the CFD analysis of heat rejection equipment site layouts, interpreting the CFD results and communicating it to the internal and external customers.
Interact with the BAC's global customer base located in different regions of the world
Collaborate with Product Engineering, Research and Development, Applications, and Sales teams to ensure analytical approaches align with product capabilities and published guidance.
Establish documentation and reporting standards to ensure consistency, traceability, and appropriate use of analysis results.
Propose improvements to the analytical tools to ensure that the customer needs can be met in a timely manner.
Stay up to date with developments in the heat rejection industry
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Required
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
Strong fundamentals in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
5+ years of experience working in the HVAC industry, with analyses for air flow, thermal, or HVAC related applications
Ability to work with minimal supervision, prioritize work, and exercise sound engineering judgment on open-ended problems
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex results to the internal and external customers.
Collaborate with local, regional, and international teams
Preferred
Experience with HVAC, evaporative cooling, or heat rejection equipment
Experience with phase-change heat transfer simulation
Experience defining or enforcing engineering standards or analytical best practices
Familiarity with experimental validation concepts or interaction with laboratory/testing teams
Experience supporting customer specific engineering analyses
NATURE & SCOPE
This position functions as a key technical resource within the Advanced Applications team. Work is primarily analytical and office-based, with limited travel expected. The Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications is expected to operate with minimal supervision, providing guidance on customer thermal selections, site layout, CFD analysis and contributing to continuous improvement of BAC's analytical capability.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Working hours are the standard BAC 40 hours per week with flexible start and finish times allowed. Work is primarily sedentary and office based with extensive computer use. Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities or job sites may occur and may involve exposure to weather, noise, heat, and industrial environments. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required.
BAC Hiring Compensation Range $90,000-$154,100
BAC offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401k, employee stock ownership plan, and more. Please see additional details on the BAC website at
BAC Employees are eligible to participate in an annual bonus incentive program.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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Worksite address
jessup, MD, 20794, US
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