Microsoft
Simulation Engineer - Mechanical & Thermal Systems
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 1+ year with a doctorate, 4+ years with a master's, or 6+ years with a bachelor's in industry or R&D; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred qualifications include additional degree-dependent technical engineering experience and 3+ years of relevant simulation experience.
- Education
- Doctorate, master's, or bachelor's degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads mechanical, structural, thermal, and coupled multiphysics simulations for cryogenic hardware and laboratory systems, using model verification and test correlation to guide design decisions across the product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain finite element and multiphysics models in COMSOL Multiphysics and ANSYS Mechanical; analyze structural, thermal, and coupled responses.
- Translate requirements into analysis plans, verify and correlate results with test data, and communicate design recommendations, risks, and margins.
- Create reusable simulation workflows and automation, and support design reviews and root-cause investigations.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or related field plus 1+ year of industry or R&D experience; OR Master's plus 4+ years; OR Bachelor's plus 6+ years; OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status for export-control eligibility assessment; citizenship will be verified with a valid passport, with other documents allowed for certain statuses.
Nice to have
- 3+ years performing mechanical, structural, thermal, or coupled multiphysics simulation for complex hardware systems.
- Experience with cryogenic systems, simulation-to-test correlation, advanced simulation tools, scripting, and/or AI-enabled engineering workflows.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
COMSOL Multiphysics, ANSYS Mechanical, MATLAB, Python, APDL, Java
AI focus
Use AI tools in an AI-first environment to improve simulation workflow automation, reduced-order modeling, optimization, research synthesis, results analysis, and everyday task automation.
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