HPC Simulation Engineer – Multiphysics & Performance

Michelin; Clermont-Ferrand; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled HPC Simulation Engineer to drive advanced finite element simulations and scalable HPC workflows. You will work across Linux-based HPC clusters, optimize CPU/GPU performance and parallelize workloads, collaborating with infrastructure and development teams to expand HPC capabilities.

The role emphasizes industrial R&D experience, strong Python proficiency, and fluency in French and English for cross-functional communication.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in finite element simulation.
• HPC environments hands-on experience.
• Strong fundamentals in mechanics and scientific computing.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Fluency in French (C1) and English (B2).
• Parallelization (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA) highly valued.
• Performance optimization highly valued.
• Scientific software development highly valued.
• Experience in industrial R&D highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Push the boundaries of numerical simulation in R&D: HPC & performance.
• Optimize computations on HPC clusters (Linux environments).
• Improve scalability and performance (CPU/GPU, parallelization).
• Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to increase HPC capabilities.
• Create and enhance finite element simulations (Abaqus, Ansys, Comsol…).
• Adapt models to complex multiphysics problems.
• Strengthen validation and robustness of numerical models.
• Develop tools and scripts (Python, Bash) to industrialize workflows.
• Optimize simulation workflows.
• Support R&D teams in the use of HPC.
• Promote best practices (documentation, training).
• Encourage adoption of large-scale simulations.

Skills

FEM simulation

HPC environments

Mechanics

Scientific computing

Python

French (C1)

English (B2)

MPI

OpenMP

CUDA

Perf optimization

Industrial R&D

Sci software dev

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled HPC Simulation Engineer to drive advanced finite element simulations and scalable HPC workflows. You will work across Linux-based HPC clusters, optimize CPU/GPU performance and parallelize workloads, collaborating with infrastructure and development teams to expand HPC capabilities.

The role emphasizes industrial R&D experience, strong Python proficiency, and fluency in French and English for cross-functional communication.