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AI / Simulation Engineer - Fire and Explosion

UL Solutions

Location
Hybrid (Northbrook, IL)
Compensation
$100k - $130k/yr
Employment
Full-time
Level
Mid Level
Posted 1 week ago

About the Role

UL Solutions is a global leader in applied safety science, transforming safety, security, and sustainability challenges into opportunities. This role applies advanced computational modeling to evaluate fire and explosion hazards, supporting critical safety designs and compliance projects.

Skills

Computational Fluid Dynamics Fire Dynamics Simulator FLACS Thermal Sciences Combustion Modeling Heat Transfer CAD Python Technical Writing Gas Dispersion Analysis Battery Energy Storage Systems Performance-Based Design ANSYS Fluent OpenFOAM CFX Fire Safety Engineering

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Mental health benefits
  • Financial health benefits
  • 401K retirement savings
  • Paid time off
  • Vacation days
  • Holiday and personal days
  • Sick time off

Full job details

The UL Solutions Research and Development team and Modeling and Simulation team is seeking a Simulation Engineer with a strong CFD, fire dynamics and thermal sciences background to support fire and explosion hazard modeling. This role applies advanced computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and combustion modeling to evaluate battery fires, gas explosions, and performance-based fire safety designs.
The engineer will primarily work with Flame Acceleration Simulator (FLACS) for deflagration explosion and gas dispersion analysis and Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), fire dynamics, smoke, and thermal impact modeling. The position supports large-scale battery fire testing, performance-based design (PBD), code compliance, and customer-facing engineering projects within the energy and built-environment sectors.
This role is intended for engineers trained in thermal-fluid sciences or CFD, who wish to specialize in fire and explosion safety engineering.


A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.