Digital Twin Modelica Engineer

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University invites a PREP Research Associate to support digital twin research for NIST PREP. You will work on Modelica modeling for a Building Digital Twin and expand models with Guideline 36 controllers, tuning parameters, and co-simulation workflows.

The role requires an undergraduate degree in CS or Engineering, plus experience with Buildings library and OpenModelica; MATLAB/Python skills preferred. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders is expected.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in CS or Engineering.
• Experience with Modelica using Buildings library.
• OpenModelica preferred with FMUs and Python co-simulation.
• Familiarity with MATLAB or Python; strong comms skills.
• Master's or PhD in engineering or physics.

Responsibilities

• Review existing models and understand their structure.
• Identify parameters to tune for alignment with goals.
• Modify or develop models as needed for tasks.
• Add Guideline 36 controllers to the model.
• Present results at internal and occasional external meetings.
• Archive results, protocols, software and docs to the organization.

Skills

Modelica modeling

OpenModelica

FMU co-simulation

Python

MATLAB

Strong communication

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's or PhD in engineering or physics

Tools

Buildings library

Job description

Johns Hopkins University invites a PREP Research Associate to support digital twin research for NIST PREP. You will work on Modelica modeling for a Building Digital Twin and expand models with Guideline 36 controllers, tuning parameters, and co-simulation workflows.

The role requires an undergraduate degree in CS or Engineering, plus experience with Buildings library and OpenModelica; MATLAB/Python skills preferred. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders is expected.