Thermal Hydraulics Engineer

Job description

About Aalo Atomics Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future. About the role: We are seeking a skilled CFD Analyst / Thermal-Fluid Engineer to perform high-fidelity thermal-fluid simulations supporting nuclear and energy-related applications. This role focuses on applying advanced CFD tools to complex heat transfer and fluid flow problems, often in support of reactor components, experiments, or coupled multi-physics analyses. What you'll do: - Develop and execute CFD models for thermal-fluid analysis. - Perform simulations involving conjugate heat transfer, turbulence modeling, and single- or multi-phase flows. - Apply sound numerical methods to ensure solution accuracy, stability, and convergence. - Conduct mesh generation, sensit...