Vulcan Elements
Modeling and Simulation Manager
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with COMSOL, Fluent, or equivalent; experience leading or mentoring a small technical team is also required, with no years specified.
- Education
- Ph.D. or M.S. in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related quantitative field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Leads a multidisciplinary modeling and simulation team and performs hands-on computational work to improve permanent-magnet performance, production yields, and process efficiency.
What you'll do
- Build and manage a matrixed modeling team, including its hiring roadmap, structure, and capability milestones.
- Translate R&D priorities into modeling deliverables and establish standards for model validation, documentation, and peer review.
- Present findings and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders, clearly communicating uncertainty and model limitations.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with COMSOL, Fluent, or equivalent, including building and validating coupled multiphysics models and FEA.
- Ph.D. or M.S. in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related quantitative field.
- Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Nice to have
- Direct experience with DFT codes such as VASP or Quantum ESPRESSO, or ability to direct and interpret DFT studies.
- Background in rare earth processing, hydrometallurgy, or magnet manufacturing.
Tools
COMSOL, Fluent, finite element analysis (FEA), Python, MATLAB, Git, VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO
AI focus
Machine learning is mentioned as an approach for analyzing materials characterization data and as a preferred knowledge area; no other AI work is specified.
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