Senior Engineer, Modeling & Simulation

Position : Senior Engineer, Modeling and Simulation

Department : Technology

Reporting To : Senior Manager, Modeling and Simulation

Job Location : LIFT, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII)

Scope of Work & Purpose : LIFT is seeking a digital engineering specialist to lead our computational and software-driven approaches to ceramics and composites development. The ideal candidate will build and implement digital frameworks that accelerate materials innovation while working closely with our experimental test and manufacturing teams to validate and refine computational models.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop computational models and simulation for predicting ceramic and composite material properties and performance.
• Create digital workflows for materials design, leveraging multi-scale modeling from atomistic to component-level simulations.
• Implement materials informatics approaches to discover new ceramic and composite formulations.
• Design and optimize virtual testing environments to reduce physical testing requirements.
• Develop digital twins of materials, manufacturing, and components to predict performance and degradation over time.
• Build software platforms that connect materials design, simulation, and physical testing data.
• Develop APIs and integration methods for seamless data exchange between computational tools.
• Create visualization tools and dashboards for materials data exploration and analysis.
• Partner with physical test teams to validate computational models and calibrate simulations.
• Work with manufacturing engineers to digitize and optimize production processes and implement data-driven quality control.
• Translate fundamental materials understanding into computational frameworks.
• Lead digital transformation initiatives across the materials development lifecycle.
• Document digital workflows to enable knowledge sharing across teams.
• Operate, with other team members, ceramics and CMC manufacturing equipment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

Customer Focus, Learning on the Fly, Intellectual Horsepower, Action Oriented, Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust, Functional / Technical Skills, Forward Thinking.

About LIFT

LIFT, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), is a nonprofit, public-private partnership, national advanced manufacturing innovation institute. As the national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, LIFT is an accelerator convening and connecting government, industry and academia in the fields of advanced materials, manufacturing processes, systems engineering and talent development to enhance America's manufacturing competitiveness, national economy and national security.

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