Gridware
Senior Research Engineer, Solid Mechanics
San Francisco, CA · Senior
No sponsorship$185k-$200kDetected 104 days ago
PythonMATLABAlgorithmsStatisticsFEAStructural AnalysisMechanical DesignLoad TestingResearchExperimental DesignGISLeadershipCommunicationGeotechnical Engineering
About the role
- failure modes, material nonlinearity, creep, damage progression, soil-structure interaction, and regulatory strength standards.
- Investigate alternative measurement principles that could improve accuracy or add interpretability.
- Mentor team members on structural mechanics fundamentals and raise the rigor of the team's scientific work.
Responsibilities
- Design physics-based measurement algorithms.
- Design and execute field validation studies: develop the protocol, sample size, acceptance criteria, and ground truth measurement methods to evaluate our measurement products.
- Collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders to operationalize new capabilities from measurement to customer delivery.
- Scientific computing: comfortable developing mechanics models and writing experimental analysis pipelines in Python, MATLAB, or equivalent.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in solid mechanics: beam theory, stress-strain constitutive models, failure criteria, fracture mechanics, fatigue.
- Experience with nonlinear material behavior-specifically wood, composites, biological materials, or other anisotropic/viscoelastic materials.
- Track record of designing and analyzing physical experiments or validation studies with quantitative rigor-defining acceptance criteria, characterizing uncertainty, and drawing defensible conclusions.
- Strong technical judgment, communication, and ability to translate complex mechanics into actionable engineering recommendations.
- Experience leading technically complex work across multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
- Strong candidates will usually bring deep experience in several of these areas.
- Experience designing controlled loading experiments.
Compensation
- Benefits Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) Paid parental leave Alternating day off (every other Monday) "Off the Grid", a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) Paid parental leave Alternating day off (every other Monday) "Off the Grid", a two week per year paid break for all employees.
- Commuter allowance Company-paid training
Company info
- Required Skills
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, or a closely related field plus 3+ years of relevant industry experience, or MS in one of those fields plus 6+ years of relevant industry experience with a demonstrated track record of leading structural mechanics work end-to-end.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, Gridware is unable to provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this role.
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