Get to Know Climeworks
Climeworks is a leading provider of high-quality carbon removal solutions, merging decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with a comprehensive approach to carbon management.
Climeworks advises companies on their carbon removal strategies and offers customized portfolios that integrate both nature-based and engineered solutions, delivering end-to-end services to help achieve net-zero goals. The company operates the world's first two DAC plants in Iceland, showcasing its commitment to high-quality carbon removal, supported by more than 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment.
By advancing the most reliable solutions in the market, Climeworks accelerates the global transition to net zero, unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society.
We promote a dynamic environment and are building a globally purpose-driven team. We seek disruptive thinkers, passionate achievers, and inspiring leaders who are ready to take on the world’s greatest challenge.
Will you join us?
Your Mission
Job description:
- Process Development: You will play a vital role in developing the next generation of Direct Air Capture technology. As a specialist in fluid and heat flow dynamics, you will support the Process Development team in modeling, validating, and optimizing the Climeworks carbon capture process.
- CFD Analysis: You will perform CFD analysis to predict and optimize fluid and heat flows across various scales—from small-scale modeling of our filter structures to large-scale atmospheric dispersion modeling that informs plant architecture and enhances the CO2 removal capacity of our technology.
- Collaboration with Mechanical Design: You will work closely with your mechanical design colleagues across departments, contributing to the design of new structures, vessels, and plant architectures. You will provide temperature, velocity, and other boundary conditions to our design engineers.
- Model Development: You will drive the improvement roadmap for our CFD models. In collaboration with external partners, you will develop new techniques to enhance the accuracy and applicability of our simulations, including complex multiphase and multiphysics flows.
- Validation & Measurement: You will plan, execute, and evaluate validation measurements, drawing meaningful conclusions from your findings. Collaborating with our Testing teams, you will ensure our models are robust and well-calibrated.
- Communication & Presentation: You will communicate results, findings, and observations clearly and concisely to peers, and present them during technical reviews.
Your Story
Requirements:
- Experience & Expertise: You are a proactive and innovative process or mechanical engineer with at least 5 years of experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics. You possess a strong technical background in thermodynamics, porous media, fluid mechanics, and/or thermal energy modeling. Experience with multiphase systems is a plus.
- Technical Proficiency: You have proven experience in running CFD simulations and a solid understanding of fluid mechanics, as well as experience evaluating heat transfer behavior through thermal analysis.
- Software Skills: You are proficient in ANSYS FLUENT and various geometry meshing tools (Workbench, Fluent Mesher, Discovery, Space Claim, etc.).
- Collaboration & Working Style: You are a collaborative team player with an innovative yet structured approach to work.
- Language Skills: You are fluent in English.
What We Offer:
- Time Off: Enjoy 25 paid vacation days each year, plus public holidays.
- Flexibility: Work in a manner that suits you best with a hybrid setup and up to 4 weeks of remote work annually within any EU country.
- Ownership: A fair base salary complemented by an equity package—because your contributions matter.
- Family Support: Inclusive parental leave policies.
- Continuous Learning: A dedicated budget to invest in your professional growth.
- Referral Rewards: Help us expand our team and earn bonuses for successful referrals.
Formalities:
This position is based in Zurich, and we require you to work onsite at least three days per week.
Only applications matching the job profile will be considered. Apply online using the form below.