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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # OpenFOAM CFD Engineer - **Company:** Insight Global - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computational Fluid Dynamics, System Configuration, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), Linux Commands, Reference Data, Scripting, Git - **Published:** August 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/FEBC8A6946C8451B92130C097A6AB5A1/job/ ## About the Role * CFD SME (framework - OpenFOAM) * SME in application to solve ( they are building environments virtual worlds that models interact ) openFOAM to solve CFD problems, models are graded * Deep, hands-on OpenFOAM experience, including independently building, configuring, running, debugging, and analyzing cases-not primarily using GUI wrappers. * Ideally 1-2 minimum (less about experience more about capabilities) * Strong CFD and numerical-methods fundamentals, including turbulence modeling with hands-on RANS experience; spatial and temporal discretization schemes; solver stability, residuals, and convergence assessment; initial and boundary-condition selection; mesh dependence; numerical error; and physical interpretation. * Practical meshing expertise, including blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, or equivalent meshing workflows. (--> frameworks to create meshes: create 3d (nice to have) * Experience performing solver verification and validation against analytical, experimental, benchmark, or other trusted reference data. * Strong Linux command-line skills and experience creating reproducible simulation workflows. ---> MUST HAVE * Basic Git and pull-request workflow experience. * Solid Python ability for scripting, automation, and writing deterministic evaluation/scoring logic. * Ability to reason rigorously about what makes an engineering solution correct, including appropriate tolerances, acceptable solution variants, and disqualifying errors. ## Description Design/advise on simulation environments (cases, boundaries, solver configs) so that models receive meaningful, learnable training signals. * Help author, review, and tune graders that evaluate model outputs; ensure graders measure meaningful physical correctness and learning signal quality. * Review candidate-contributed tasks and graders; recommend fixes and calibrations for learnability and correctness. * Occasionally implement or debug OpenFOAM cases and scripts (hands-on capability expected at least at a basic-to-moderate level). * Work collaboratively with forward-deployed engineers to translate CFD pedagogy into software "curriculum" and grading approaches. * Provide documentation or brief notes explaining why a given solution is correct/incorrect (so engineers can convert that into automated assessments) We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/. ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [JavaScript? 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