Additive Manufacturing Engineer

<p>We want an Engineer with a deep understanding of optimization. Someone who understands the fundamentals, can write a piece of code without using pre-existing tools and is familiar with the packages that are out there for commercial use and government sector (Defence). Someone who can drive optimization, analysis and inspection to increase performance.&nbsp;</p>

West Lafayette, IN

Sentient Science

Sentient Science is a company that credits our collaborative, innovative and frankly brilliant teams with our success. We are the kind of company where your work makes a difference and serves a purpose bigger than ourselves. Right now, the work we are doing is helping make the world a better place. It&rsquo;s technology with a purpose. http://sentientscience.com/

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Experienced

Overview: <p>At Sentient Science, it&rsquo;s not just that our toys are cool, which they are, it&rsquo;s that our tech can benefit the environment and can change the world we work in. It&rsquo;s that the work you&rsquo;ll do here is unbelievably unique and incredibly rewarding. We make the unpredictable, predictable and we do it by bringing data, materials science, physics, and software together.</p> <p>We build physics-based, DigitalClone models that predict and improve the lifespan of rotating machine parts from wind turbines to helicopters to rail tracks. Our models reduce costs through prognostics. If you&rsquo;re flying a helicopter over the ocean, you are going to want to know well in-advance if the rotator is going to give out. That&rsquo;s where we come in.</p> <p><strong>The opportunity</strong></p> <p>Based out of our R&amp;D office at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana we have a newly created opportunity for an <strong>Additive Manufacturing (AM) Engineer</strong>. This is a role for a researcher and an innovator. Someone who can focus on conducting thorough internet searches, literature reviews and fundamental theory reviews. And then, apply this information to develop code. Someone who can jump from coordinating meetings and writing official government reports right back into the height of greenfield research and solving complex issues through applied learning.</p> <p>We want an Engineer with a deep understanding of optimization. Someone who understands the fundamentals, can write a piece of code without using pre-existing tools and is familiar with the packages that are out there for commercial use and government sector (Defence). Someone who can drive optimization, analysis and inspection to increase performance. An Engineer to work on:</p> <ul> <li>Computational modeling of the build process.</li> <li>Defect detection using inspection during and after build process.</li> <li>Research and development for optimization of the build process and part performance.</li> <li>Commercial software development and validation, in collaboration with the Sentient team.</li> </ul>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>What&rsquo;s in it for you</strong></p> <p><em>A rare opportunity</em>. This is an opportunity to work like an academic but with more recognition, freedom and compensation. This is an exciting area of research with new, well funded projects every year. With our Headquarters based on the University of Buffalo campus, you will have access to their network, their library and research and their super computer.</p> <p><em>Exposure</em>. This is #PredictiveAnalytics gone live. It&rsquo;s #EnergyTech and #Physics at its most exciting. Your career will grow as you gain exposure to every major wind turbine manufacturer in the world. But more importantly, this is fundamental research where you can apply your own findings to build the product that if successful, will be applied towards dramatically change the way manufacturers approach the build process and the inspection process. We are an elite company working on a global scale, the experience of witnessing your brainchild come to life is a huge level of professional satisfaction and personal pride.</p> <p><em>Team membership</em>. You will be part of a team of problem solvers. Academics who can apply their knowledge. Programmers who can innovate solutions to complex issues. People who will drop what they are doing to excitedly work on a challenge together.</p> <p><em>Superpowers</em>. Not really. But our head office in Buffalo does bear a striking resemblance to the X-Men Mansion.</p>
Requirements: <p><strong>So, how do we know that&rsquo;s you? You have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Background in Additive Manufacturing. You have a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science or a Masters and 2+ years hands-on experience. You have expertise in the research and practical application of additive manufacturing materials and processes.</li> <li>Practical experience the following: <ul> <li>Optimization analysis, algorithms and methods.</li> <li>Inspection simulation and modeling.</li> <li>Inspection methods and types for in-process (during AM build) and field (in-service) inspection.</li> <li>Finite element analysis.</li> <li>Programming languages such as Python and C.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Knowledge. You have familiarity with working on government projects. Your writing skills are outstanding. You thrive in an autonomous role yet you are highly collaborative and a strong team player.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Need any more reasons to join us?</strong></p> <p>Not very many companies can say their first project was a life and death situation. Sentient Science Corporation started out over ten years ago working on a model to predict when the rotating motors on American Armed Forces helicopters would give out. From there, we took our theories, our processes and our solutions and applied them to wind turbines and clean energy. Whatever our next stop is, we guarantee it will be just as momentous!</p> <p>Recognized by the White House in 2014 with the Tibbetts Award and Bloomberg New Energy Finance Pioneers Award in 2016, we are far from sitting back and enjoying our success. Sentient Science engages more than a dozen Ph.D.s as part of our well-funded R&amp;D team. To date, one of our greatest accomplishments is being the first company to map the material genome. Our competition is years behind us and we are moving at a pace that suggests they aren&rsquo;t going to catch us any time soon.</p> <p>Sentient Science is a company that credits our collaborative, innovative and frankly brilliant teams with our success. We are the kind of company where your work makes a difference and serves a purpose bigger than ourselves. Right now, the work we are doing is helping make the world a better place. It&rsquo;s technology with a purpose. If you want to be part of that, you are passionate and you think you might have the skills to contribute to our progress, send us your qualifications here and we promise to consider them. To keep up with what&rsquo;s going on at Sentient, follow us on LinkedIn.</p> <p>All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.</p>