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Senior Aerodynamics Systems Engineer-Motorsports


Company : MSCCN


Location : Columbus, OH


Created : 2026-04-20


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job Description The Team: GMu2019s Motorsports Platform & Systems team analyzes, defines, and delivers next generation groundbreaking Motorsports IT software solutions. Using both innovative cloud-based infrastructure and software development standards, these solutions enable innovative interactions between GM Global Engineering, GM Motorsports, and our Race teams that accelerate our drivers to the finish line first Our combined team of analysts, architects, developers, data engineers, testers, and project managers work with GM Motorsports Engineering and Race teams to ensure podium wins for GMu2019s NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, and now Formula 1 sportscar teams The Role: This position is a Senior Aerodynamics/CFD Systems Engineer to support development of a new Software team focused on Aero & Computational Fluid Dynamics. For this role you will expected to have progressive, demonstrated success in software development experience developing applications using a variety of tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies. What You'll Do (Responsibilities): + Implement and maintain GM Motorsports aero-thermal applications including CFD model construction, visualization, and analysis using microservices architectures to creatively integrate loosely coupled systems. + Define a templated approach to integrate dependent systems in a functional programming model. + Scrum story delivery. + Playbooks, implementation architectures, interfaces, build frameworks, code, testing, deployment for your story. + Participation in solution architectures. + Working with other members to collaborate, support, and otherwise work together. Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications): + 5+ years handsu2011on fullu2011stack or backendu2011focused development experience, with strong emphasis on serveru2011side architectures supporting batch processing, multiu2011stage pipelines, and computeu2011intensive workloads (e.g., CFD workflows, large numerical simulation pipelines, HPC job orchestration). + 2+ years designing and developing backend web services (REST/GRPC) including serveru2011side batch execution engines, distributed compute orchestration, asynchronous task processing, and workflow automation for CFD or similar computational pipelines. + Demonstrated experience building highu2011performance serveru2011side processing frameworks, including parallelized job execution, distributed scheduling, queueu2011based workloads, and faultu2011tolerant pipeline management. + Strong experience with pipelineu2011oriented architectures, such as CFD postu2011processing chains, multiu2011stage data conditioning workflows, large model computation pipelines, or batchu2011driven scientific/engineering processing systems. + Proficiency in two or more backendu2011focused languages or ecosystems: Java, Python, Scala, C#/.NET, or equivalent, used to build distributed compute services and processing automation. + Experience with containerized compute environments (Kubernetes, Docker), especially for scaling simulation services, HPC workflow endpoints, or computeu2011heavy microservices. + Solid understanding of software development best practices, DevOps, CI/CD, observability (metrics/logging/tracing), and reliability engineering for longu2011running, highu2011load backend systems. + Experience working in an agile/scrum environment, especially on teams delivering simulation pipelines, compute orchestration services, or backend system components. People Skills + Demonstrated ability to articulate sound technical decisions and deep understanding of distributed, eventu2011driven, or batchu2011processing architectures, especially those powering HPC, CFD simulations, or multidisciplinary compute workloads. + Highly collaborative mindset with strong communication skills, especially when working with simulation engineers, aerodynamicists, data engineers, and HPC platform teams. What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) + Bacheloru2019s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical disciplineu2014CFD or scientific computing experience is a strong plus. + Experience with VR frameworks (Unity, Unreal Engine) for simulation or CFD visualization. + Experience with distributed compute or streaming frameworks such as Akka, MQTT, Pulsar, Kafka, or Azure Event Hubs, especially for orchestrating compute pipelines. + Integration experience using RPC, REST, GRPC in highu2011throughput, latencyu2011sensitive backend workflows. + Background with Azure or other cloud HPC/PAAS/SAAS platforms, particularly for distributed compute scaling, cluster workloads, or simulation hosting. + Team leadership or architecture experience in simulation platforms, highu2011performance compute systems, or large distributed backend infrastructures. + Knowledge of stateless or functional system design, especially beneficial for scalable pipeline processing. + Familiarity with efficient serialization formats (Avro, Protocol Buffers) for large scientific or simulation datasets. + Advanced knowledge of AI/ML, especially applied to surrogate modeling, simulation acceleration, or processing pipeline optimization. + Passion for Motorsports and fastu2011paced engineering environments where CFD and simulation pipelines accelerate performance development. Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. _The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington._ The expected base compensation for this role is: $125,200 - $192,700. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position. Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. Benefits : GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. 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