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Postdoctoral Appointee – Mechanical Engineering
Lemont, IL USA · Junior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$73k-$121kDetected 97 days ago
Mechanical DesignResearchCommunication
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About the role
- The Applied Materials Division at Argonne National Laboratory has an immediate opening for a Postdoctoral Appointee.
- This involves working with various continuum damage mechanics models and statistical reliability models.
- The goal is to enhance engineering methods for designing safer and more reliable components.
Requirements
- Recent or soon-to-be-completed PhD (typically completed within the last 0-5 years) in mechanical engineering, materials science, civil engineering, structural engineering, or a closely related field.
- Experience with finite element simulations and developing constitutive models.
- Knowledge of high temperature creep crack growth.
- Coding experience in Python.
- Skilled in oral and written communications, with the ability to present research at all levels of organization.
- Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
Nice to have
- Background in fracture mechanics-based reliability modeling.
- Familiarity with the basic structure-property relations for metallic and ceramic materials.
- Experience with the MOOSE finite element simulation framework.
- Postdoctoral Appointee
- Long-Term (Fixed Term)
- The expected hiring range for this position is $72,879.00-$121,465.00.
- Argonne encourages everyone to apply for employment.
- Argonne is committed to nondiscrimination and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
Compensation
- Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only.
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