Intern, Computational Aerodynamics - Turbulence Modelling (Summer 2026)

In Advanced Aerodynamics, we design and develop high-quality aircraft aerodynamic configurations and provide aerodynamic support to all functions involved in the design, development, certification and support of Bombardier aircraft. Particularly, you will learn the development of state-of-the-art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods for solving real-world problems, in conjunction with High Performance Computing (HPC) techniques.

What are your contributions to the team?

• Developing/improving a correlation-based laminar-turbulence transition model for airframe flows;
• Developing robust, efficient and accurate numerical algorithms for solving the transport equations of the transition model;
• Performing CFD Verification & Validation (V&V) exercises and documenting the results.

During your internship, you will learn:

• The implementation of numerical methods for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) involved in the transition model;
• Best practices in industrial CFD development, validation and software repository/version control;
• Large-scale CFD simulations, from preprocessing, flow solve to postprocessing on modern HPC platforms.

How to thrive in this role?

• You are currently enrolled in a Canadian academic institution for a Master’s/Ph.D. degree in engineering;
• You have theoretical knowledge in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, aerodynamics, and boundary layers;
• You have theoretical knowledge of compressible Navier-Stokes numerical methods (CFD), boundary-layer transition and turbulence associated with airframes;
• You have experience with coding in C++/Python and with CFD development for simulating transitional flows;
• You have good communication skills in both French and English;