Correla are looking for a Heating Systems Modelling Engineer to join our R&D team.
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: circa £54,000 (advertised salary achievable for a candidate fulfilling all role criteria)
About us
In March 2021, Correla was created, as an independently owned business to bring in private investment to fuel innovation in the centre of the energy market and beyond.
Correla is derived from correlation, because we’re all about exploring and enhancing relationships between data, people, and processes. Our SaaS products and Managed Service solutions combine to power industry innovation, simplify an increasingly complex market, and deliver cost and operational efficiencies.
Our goal is to support industry transformation, to move to a net-zero future and to positively impact the end-consumer.
Team Purpose
Give every heating professional the confidence to design, size and sign-off air-source-heat-pump systems in minutes, not days—meeting MCS and CIBSE standards first time and accelerating the UK’s switch to low-carbon heating.
About the Role
- Convert standards into code – turn MCS-020, MCS-3005-D, EN 12831-1 and CIBSE equations into reliable sizing logic for radiators, UFH, pipework and pumps.
- Ship a robust calculation engine – deliver tested modules (Python + FastAPI or Node + TypeScript)
- Validate every release – benchmark outputs against live-install data and legacy spreadsheets; publish evidence decks for auditors.
- Partner for usability – work with the Building-Services Application Engineer and UX/UI team to present results clearly inside Aireo.
About You
BEng/MEng (or higher) in Building-Services, Mechanical or Thermal Engineering.
Track record translating standards tables into automated tests and explaining results to non-engineers.
3 + years HVAC/energy modelling experience: fluent in Python (NumPy/SciPy, Pandas, pytest) o.r TypeScript (Node 20+, mathjs / worker_threads, Jest).
What we offer
- Locate for your day
- Uncapped annual leave
- 6-12% Pension Contribution
- Private Healthcare
- 26 weeks’ full pay equal parent leave
- Wellbeing Services
- And more!
At Correla, we are committed to working towards being a more diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can truly be themselves. We recognise the benefits of having talented people from a range of backgrounds and cultures who bring different perspectives, life experiences and diversity of thinking.
Our aim is to attract and retain the very best diverse talent to help create an exciting, innovative, and successful business that enables us to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers. We would therefore like to encourage applications from people with varied skillsets and experience and from different backgrounds and sectors to help shape our future.
Correla is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender re-assignment, age, record of offences, marital/civil partnership status, family status, pregnancy, maternity and paternity, religion/belief or disability. We promise that your opportunity for employment with us depends solely on your qualifications and relevant experience.