Mechanical Designer - CFD Analyst
- Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Full Time
Mechanical Designer - CFD Analyst
Our Mechanical Engineering team is looking to add an experienced team member to our group of talented engineers and designers. The Mechanical Designer - CFD Analyst - is a seasoned contributor with advanced CFD modeling expertise, proven documentation skills, and growing leadership capability.
About HED
We are a team that is full of ideas, experience, creativity, passionate opinions, insatiable curiosity, uncompromising integrity, commitment, and skill. Our culture is about aspiration, embracing change and challenges, listening to (and learning from) each other, encouraging continual learning, and inspiring collective growth. As an inclusive, integrated architecture and engineering practice, we value the diversity of perspectives, experiences, abilities, and expertise that advance both the work we do, and the world we share.
Position Summary
This role balances deep technical contributions with oversight responsibilities, including mentorship, QAQC, and project coordination. The Mechanical Designer III operates independently on complex tasks, delegates work to others, and acts as a key resource for system integration and design strategy across the team. This individual will be primarily focused on CFD analysis, however may also support direct HVAC system layouts based on project requirements.
Essential Functions:
Lead the development of medium-to-large scale CFD analysis, for both internal and external scenarios.
Develop and enforce CFD analysis standards and workflows across teams.
Have a working ability to use Revit for navigating models, viewing systems, completing takeoffs and extracting information for use in CFD analysis.
Create mechanical system layouts and modeling tasks independently.
Oversee drawing production, ensuring code compliance and graphic clarity across all mechanical documents.
Generate and review technical documentation including specifications and report narratives as related to CFD requirements.
Work with lead designer to validate mechanical equipment sizing and load calculations in conjunction with CFD analysis results.
Manage mechanical portions of the project scope independently, delegating drafting or research tasks to staff.
Estimate, track, and manage hours for self-performed and delegated work.
Train and mentor mechanical team members on design practices, tools, and standards.
Delegate work strategically based on skill level and workload capacity of team members.
Lead QAQC efforts on both self-produced and delegated work, ensuring conformance to HED standards.
Provide constructive feedback and contribute to mechanical staff development through mentorship.
Act as the lead mechanical representative in client meetings related to CFD analysis, confidently presenting technical design intent.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual with disability.