Materials Modeling Engineer - R&D & Digitalization

Sandvik; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandvik in Stockholm invites you to join our R&D team as a materials modeling and simulation expert. You will develop and validate numerical models, analyze material behavior, and contribute to digitalization and data-driven approaches in a research-driven environment.

Based on-site in Västberga, you will collaborate with colleagues across R&D, production and quality, bringing theory to real-world applications through FEM, DFT and related methods, using Python, SQL or MATLAB.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Applied Mathematics or similar.
• Strong expertise in numerical modeling and simulation (FEM/DFT) and related methods.
• Experience with data handling, statistics and large datasets.
• Proficient programming in Python, SQL, MATLAB or similar.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate and apply advanced numerical models to support R&D decision‑making.
• Build and manage data structures for simulation parameters, outputs and metadata.
• Apply methods such as DFT, FEM and statistical modeling to analyze material behavior and processes.
• Contribute to digitalization through model integration, automation and data‑driven approaches.
• Collaborate with experts across R&D, production, quality and application.

Skills

Numerical modeling

FEM/DFT

Data analysis

Programming

Education

MSc/PhD in Engineering/Physics/Materials Science/Applied Mathematics

Tools

Python

SQL

MATLAB

Job description

Sandvik in Stockholm invites you to join our R&D team as a materials modeling and simulation expert. You will develop and validate numerical models, analyze material behavior, and contribute to digitalization and data-driven approaches in a research-driven environment.

Based on-site in Västberga, you will collaborate with colleagues across R&D, production and quality, bringing theory to real-world applications through FEM, DFT and related methods, using Python, SQL or MATLAB.