Fidelis has worked hand in hand with PEs since it’s inception back in 2019. We’ve gone above and beyond to provide on-demand engineering simulation solutions to PEs that just don’t have the capability or capacity that they require and, in turn, our PE partners have provided stamp and seal services where we are not covered ourselves.
Professional Engineers are asked to do more with less: tighter schedules, broader scopes, higher substantiation expectations, and increasing reliance on simulation to defend safety and performance. At the same time, PEs remain accountable for work performed under their seal and must exercise competent engineering judgment to protect public welfare.
That combination—high responsibility plus fluctuating analysis workload—is exactly where on-demand FEA/CFD support becomes a strategic advantage.
The Reality Facing PEs
Across civil, mechanical, aerospace, industrial, and energy projects, simulation has moved from “nice-to-have verification” to expected evidence. FEA and CFD are now standard tools for predicting structural stress, stability, vibration, heat transfer, and fluid behavior before physical testing or construction.
But in many PE organizations, analysis demand is bursty:
- A proposal lands and needs rapid feasibility numbers.
- A design review uncovers a risk and demands a deeper nonlinear check.
- A client adds a load case (wind, seismic, thermal, fatigue, transient flow).
- A field issue requires root-cause forensics on short notice.
Maintaining full-time advanced simulation staff for those spikes is often impractical. Yet turning down or delaying analysis is also not an option when your seal—and public safety—are on the line.
Why “On-Demand” Simulation Is a Great Fit For PEs
FEA/CFD is not a commodity button-push. It’s a structured engineering process:
- Modeling with the right fidelity (materials, contacts, turbulence, boundary conditions).
- Verification (mesh convergence, timestep independence, numerical stability).
- Validation/correlation to codes, tests, or known benchmarks.
- Engineering interpretation that supports defensible decisions.
PEs know this—but it’s precisely why on-demand resources help. When workloads surge, it’s not always a case of just “extra hands.” You need extra competence in the specific physics and solver craft relevant to the issue at hand
Having a partner who does this daily across industries lets you scale capability without diluting technical rigor.
How Fidelis Can Help Professional Engineers
Fidelis operates as an extension of the PE’s responsible engineering practice—not a replacement. You keep technical control and final judgment; we supply high-fidelity analysis capacity exactly when you need it, aligned to your requirements, codes, and documentation standards. PEs remain ethically bound to practice within competence and hold public safety paramount; our job is to help you meet that bar efficiently.
1) Rapid, Defensible Simulation When Schedules Spike
We routinely support short-notice needs such as:
- Bid-phase sizing and feasibility studies.
- Design-review “deep dives.”
- Late-stage code compliance checks.
- Field-failure root-cause and retrofit validation.
Because we maintain ready infrastructure and workflows, we can stand up new models quickly while still executing proper verification and peer-level QA.
2) Specialized Physics Without Permanent Headcount
Many PE firms are experts in their domain but don’t need every analysis specialty full-time. We cover the high-skill corners in most physics:
FEA specialties
- Material nonlinearity (plasticity, creep, hyperelasticity, composites).
- Large deformation and contact.
- Modal, harmonic, random vibration, shock.
- Fatigue and fracture mechanics.
- Explicit dynamics for impact/blast/short-duration events.
CFD specialties
- Turbulence-driven separation and unsteady flows.
- Rotating machinery (fans, pumps, compressors).
- External/internal aerodynamics.
- Conjugate heat transfer and thermal management.
- Multiphase or particle-laden flows where needed.
This lets your team tackle broader scopes without overextending beyond competence, consistent with industry ethical expectations.
3) Qualification-Ready Reporting for Your Seal
PEs don’t just need answers; they need traceability. We deliver reports structured for professional review and sealing: clear problem statements, boundary conditions, solver settings, mesh/time independence evidence, and explicit conclusions tied to requirements.
4) A True Engineering Partnership
We work in the way PEs actually practice:
- You define governing requirements and acceptance criteria.
- We propose modeling strategy and fidelity levels.
- We review intermediate results with you (not just final plots).
- You make the final engineering judgment and decide what gets sealed.
That keeps responsible charge where it belongs—while still giving you the simulation depth needed to make safer, faster decisions.
Where This Creates Immediate ROI
PEs who use on-demand simulation well see consistent wins:
- Fewer redesign loops by catching failure modes early.
- Reduced test burden by narrowing what must be physically validated.
- Higher confidence in sealing because margins are quantified, rigorously.
- Ability to bid more aggressively knowing analysis capacity is scalable.
- Better client communication with defensible, physics-based evidence.
Final Thoughts
Professional Engineers carry the ultimate obligation to protect public safety and deliver competent, defensible work. Advanced simulation is now central to that mission—but the workload and specialty demands don’t justify permanent staffing for every spike and every physics niche.
Fidelis provides on-demand FEA and CFD depth that integrates cleanly into PE practice: fast when you need speed, rigorous when you need proof, and always structured so your engineering judgment remains the final authority. If you’re interested in learning more about how we can augment your PE analyses, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
