Jotun is looking for a CFD Expert

As the CFD Expert you will contribute to understanding the skin-friction drag in a turbulent flow around a ship. You will work together with an experimental hydrodynamicist and surface scientist to ensure focused research efforts. This includes identifying respective surface properties using computational fluid dynamics on different scales and upscaling experimental results to full ship scale. You will furthermore support experimental validation. You will also contribute to cross-functional R&D projects, developing such surfaces on a large scale, to ensure that the potential of the surface effects is realized in the most efficient way. 

You will contribute professionally, internally and externally as CFD expert and support hydrodynamic challenges, ensuring the overall goals of the R&D department are achieved. This position will be part of an interdisciplinary team with the main objective to identify and develop low friction surface solutions for ship owners, leading to lower fuel consumption, reduced operational costs and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

The department you will be working in a large team of people with diverse backgrounds and nationalities and is responsible for the development and in-service performance of anti-fouling products for the world-wide market. The department has access to a high standard measurement equipment park including hydrodynamic testing. You will be mainly working in a team of 5 people but will act as an expert within the whole department and be included also in department overlapping functions.

Duties and responsibilities

• Act as computational hydrodynamic expert
• Continuously identify and refine target surface properties for improved hydrodynamic properties, using simulation tools
• Contribute to cross-functional R&D projects related to hydrodynamics, surfaces, and real data use
• Contribute to experimental validation as part of assigned R&D projects
• Maintain and establish new contacts to external partners at universities and research institutes
• Report on results
• Build and transfer competence internally within simulation and programming
• Communicate to the public (research articles, conference contributions)

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD with deep knowledge in hydrodynamics (boundary layer theory, turbulence, ship hydrodynamics)
• Education field: Scientific subjects, such as: Naval Architecture, Ship Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Physics
• Open Foam knowledge
• Programming skills (C, Python)
• Linux knowledge
• Hardware interest

Personal qualities

• You are a problem solver and are motivated by challenges and solutions
• You produce original and creative ideas and solutions, challenge conventional thinking, and support change and innovation
• You work well with others, exchange knowledge, experience and information, and support in achieving team goals
• You act independently, create, and take responsibility for the results
• You are organised and plan well, set clear goals and use available resources effectively
• You quickly understand issues and problems, and make logical decisions based on your analysis
• You express yourself clearly, speak confidently and persuasively, and present well 

We can offer

• Extensive opportunities for professional and personal development, both through on-the-job training and Jotun Academy
• A continuous focus on reinventing and innovating high quality products
• An international Corporate Culture founded on our four values; Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness
• Insurance and Pension schemes