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Southwest Research Institute · 3 months ago

ENGINEER - RESEARCH ENGINEER - Computational Materials Integrity

San Antonio, TX

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

0+ years exp

Southwest Research Institute is focused on developing advanced computational methods for engineering materials. They are seeking a Research Engineer specializing in Computational Materials Integrity to perform research, develop software for fatigue crack growth assessments, and enhance existing software programs.

Innovation ManagementMarket ResearchMechanical EngineeringNon ProfitProduct Research

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Join our team to perform fundamental and applied research through the development of advanced fatigue crack growth for material and structural integrity assessments

Become an expert with our established software codebase and the technical solutions to solve problems related to practical fatigue crack growth, fracture, and structural integrity assessments

Work within a large team and a managed software operations framework to write source code, integrate it, compile it, test it, and debug it as needed to support long-term, commercial software programs

Apply principles in advanced continuum mechanics, numerical methods, materials science, and applied mathematics to solve unique problems using the modern Fortran programming language

Learn business development skills to support contract research programs and assist developing new technology areas, and to interact with government and commercial clients as needed

Extend and maintain the fatigue crack growth software programs: NASGRO® and DARWIN®

Ensure accuracy, precision, and consistency of predictions implemented within high-criticality commercial software

Develop new user-friendly and practical methods to perform damage tolerance assessments

Accelerate methods by reducing the memory footprint, reducing computational costs, or handling large datasets efficiently

Troubleshoot user issues in a timely manner by fixing bugs and generating reports

Interact with a larger development team to coordinate issue resolution within a large, interconnected, and legacy codebase

Document results in appropriate repositories. Provide guidance for software use

Communicate effectively with colleagues, collaborators, and customers

Prepare proposals, reports, and technical papers

Manage tasks and projects to completion within scope, budget, and schedule constraints within a team environment

Qualification

Fracture mechanicsFatigue crack growthComputational mechanicsSoftware developmentContinuum mechanicsMaterials scienceApplied mathematicsProgramming languagesCustomer issue resolutionTechnical communication

Required

Requires a Masters or a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Structural Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, or similar engineering degree

0-3 years: Experience and/or training in fracture mechanics, fatigue crack growth assessment, continuum mechanics, materials science, applied mechanics, applied mathematics, and mechanical behavior of engineering metals

0-3 years: Experience and/or training in software development processes for scientific computing, including version control, optimization, software verification, relevant programming languages, and programming assisted by ML/AI tools

0-3 years: Experience in stress-intensity factor solutions, weight function methods, fatigue crack growth algorithms, time-dependent crack growth, small-crack growth mechanisms, threshold, shakedown, rain flow, environmental fatigue, and multi-point computational fracture mechanics

0-3 years: Experience in customer issue resolution, supporting for legacy code and application programming interfaces, and using ML/AI tools to streamline software development, sustainment, documentation, and verification

A valid/clear driver's license is required

Must be a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to ITAR work in section