Materials Process Engineer - Metals
Core
Build and validate computational models of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, electromagnetic behavior, and mechanical response to optimize metal manufacturing processes.
Role type
Materials Process Engineer (Computational Modeling)
Builds
Rare-earth permanent magnets for defense, aerospace, and automotive industries
Domain
Advanced manufacturing / Materials Science / Computational Mechanics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Heat transfer modeling, Mechanical stress/strain analysis, Commercial simulation platforms (ANSYS, COMSOL), Scripting (Python, MATLAB), Process optimization
Preferred skills
Metal manufacturing process modeling (sintering, casting, forging), Particle-level interactions (DEM), Electromagnetic modeling, Phase-field/CALPHAD modeling, Multiphysics coupled simulations, HPC/GPU computing
Technologies
ANSYS (Mechanical, Maxwell, ROCKY, Fluent), COMSOL Multiphysics, Python, MATLAB
Responsibilities
Model thermal conditions during sintering, heat treatment, and casting; Create representative models for fluid dynamics, mechanical behavior, and electromagnetic phenomena; Use models to support process improvement and optimization; Build and refine simulations using ANSYS or COMSOL; Collaborate with process and materials engineers to integrate simulation outputs; Design simulation studies to evaluate process sensitivities and failure modes; Document modeling assumptions, boundary conditions, and validation results; Support development of custom scripts for simulation data pre/post-processing
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC