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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a researcher/engineer for our Computational Methods Development Department, located in the Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Office. ARL/Penn State’s purpose is to develop innovative solutions to challenging national problems in support of the Navy, DoD, and Intel communities engineering and technology needs. 

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

In this role you will:

• Perform physics-based code development, verification, and validation in new and existing business areas, including overset grid methods, unstructured and adaptive grid algorithms, multiphase flows, vehicle maneuvering, fluid-structure interaction, ship hydrodynamics, and turbo-machinery; mature and develop business relationships and programs with other ARL offices, industry, and government
• ​You will be involved in all aspects of existing HPC implementations and administration, both in-house and at other leading institutions while working with top researchers in their fields to execute state of the art software, with end-goals of transitioning and fielding systems for the U.S. Department of Defense

Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline (Master’s degree preferred) plus 5 years of related experience. 

​Required skills include:

• Strong skills in C++, version control systems, and parallel programming
• Will contribute substantially to the development of state-of-the-art DES/LES and fluid-structure interaction codes.
• Completion of a MS or MSc in an engineering, IT, or scientific discipline.
• Experience conducting computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and/or have experience with the development of CFD algorithms or models
• Experience creating computational meshes for use in CFD analyses
• Must be competent and comfortable producing scientific reports and giving presentations of findings/conclusions resulting from CFD and engineering analyses

Preferred skills an experience include:

• Additional knowledge of the commercial codes, especially StarCCM+ is highly desirable, as is familiarity with Pointwise and post-processing tools.
• A Ph.D. is preferred

Your working location will be fully on-site, located in State College, PA.

ARL at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and s