Researcher III – Computational Fluid Dynamics
National Laboratory of the Rockies · Posted Jul 24, 2026
- Golden, Colorado, United States
- Full-time · Senior
- $84K–$151K per year
- 3+ years
Lead advanced computational fluid dynamics research and develop high-fidelity simulation tools for energy technologies.
Compensation
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week) Job Profile: Researcher III / Annual Salary Range: $83,600 - $150,500
Responsibilities
- Developing and applying high-fidelity simulation cases in tools like PeleLMeX for studying combustion in various burner geometries.
- Learning, maintaining, and enhancing the Kynema suite of incompressible solvers, including contributing new capabilities for complex applications like estuary flows, underwater turbines, and power lines.
- Implementing advanced numerical methods such as immersed boundary methods to model intricate geometries and bathymetry in flow simulations.
- Developing and refining property prediction models within computational frameworks such as FuelLib, utilizing experimental data to enhance accuracy and predictive capabilities.
- Maintaining and ensuring the functionality of critical codebases and managing shared repositories for knowledge transfer and collaborative development.
Requirements
- PhD
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Nice to have: HPC systems
- Nice to have: mentoring