Maritime Drone Impact Engineer (FEA & Surrogate Models)

Aimlroles; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) invites applications for a Research Engineer in Structural/FEA for Maritime Drone Operations. The role focuses on developing and executing finite element analyses of drone–vessel impacts to assess structural damage on vessel subsystems.

You will translate simulation outputs into damage severity classifications and work with PhD students and project partners to advance the Maritime Digital Twin.

Qualifications

• Strong background in finite element analysis and crash/impact simulations.
• Experience in maritime/naval structures or impact studies is advantageous.
• Ability to translate engineering simulations into risk matrices and decision-support outputs.

Responsibilities

• Develop FEA frameworks to estimate damage from drone–vessel collisions in maritime environments.
• Define impact problems including trajectories, weights, geometry and material properties.
• Run nonlinear/explicit dynamic simulations (Abaqus/LS-DYNA/ANSYS) across vessel types.
• Translate damage outputs into functional-impact and risk classifications for subsystems.
• Create data-driven or physics-informed surrogate models to speed up predictions.
• Integrate damage estimates with crash-area prediction and separation-assurance models.
• Collaborate with project partners to ensure integration, testing and validation.
• Prepare technical reports and publications for stakeholder review.

Skills

FEA experience

Python scripting

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Abaqus Explicit

LS-DYNA

ANSYS Explicit Dynamics

Job description

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) invites applications for a Research Engineer in Structural/FEA for Maritime Drone Operations. The role focuses on developing and executing finite element analyses of drone–vessel impacts to assess structural damage on vessel subsystems.

You will translate simulation outputs into damage severity classifications and work with PhD students and project partners to advance the Maritime Digital Twin.