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Senior Engineer, Thermal Hydraulics
15800 Northup Way Bellevue, WA 98008 US
Posted: 09/22/2025
2025-09-22
2026-02-12
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Number: 30953
Job Location: Remote
Industry: SVCS - Services
Job Description
Position Title: Senior Engineer, Thermal Hydraulics
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Engineer, Thermal Hydraulics opportunity.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Qualifications:
Job Details:
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
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About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Engineer, Thermal Hydraulics opportunity.
Job Responsibilities:
- Interface with test engineering and CFD modeling teams to design and conduct experiments for CFD model validation
- Identify key figures of merit for model validation and how they may be measured experimentally
- Support the development of test plans to isolate cause and effect for key figures of merit by varying experimental variables such as boundary conditions and operating states
- Support the test engineering team by specifying data collection requirements, instrumentation, and procedures in support of model validation needs
- Quantify/propagate measurement uncertainty into model inputs and outputs
- Process and analyze raw experimental data:
- Filter and organize raw data
- Extract key metrics (e.g. pressure drop, heat flux, temperature maps) for direct model comparison
- Iterate with modeling and simulation leads: propose new test points, update models, and re?validate
- Perform code benchmarking and validation analyses to support code qualification and methodology development
- Perform calculations using first principles of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics to support and validate analysis results
- Develop and apply other thermal-hydraulic analysis methods as needed, including steady state and transient scaled one-dimensional and three-dimensional methods
- Integrate with other engineering groups performing aspects of component, system, fuel, and control system design and related thermal-hydraulic testing
- Develop and implement custom software tools for the purposes of standardizing, organizing, and controlling things like project thermophysical properties or experimental datasets
Job Qualifications:
- PhD in Mechanical, Chemical, or Nuclear Engineering +3-5 years of related experience OR MS degree plus 6-8 years of related experience OR a Bachelor’s degree with 10-15 years of related experience
- Experience implementing experimental methods in thermal-fluid systems, model validation, or interfacing with experimental teams
- Experience with modeling dynamic thermal fluid systems
- Proficiency with MathCAD or equivalent tool (MATLAB – Live Editor, Jupyter, Julia + Pluto, etc.)
- Experience with Conjugate Heat Transfer tools and methods, including STARCCM+ or ANSYS CFX and/or Fluent is highly desired
- Proficiency in package development using Python and GitHub
- Experience with analysis of high temperature thermal-fluid systems is desired
- Strong communication skills desired.
- The service provider will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
Job Details:
- Contract
- Pay Rate Range: $69 - $115/hr (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education, and experience.)
- Location: Bellevue or Everett, WA or 100% REMOTE
- Travel Required: 0-5%
- Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
#TerraPro
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
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