Materials Modeling & Simulation Intern (Summer)

General Motors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Research and Development invites applicants for an Intern position in the Mechanics, Materials, and Process Research Lab. You will advance continuum-scale computational materials science, linking composition, microstructure, processing and performance to accelerate discovery and deployment of advanced materials for next-generation GM products.

You will develop physics-based models, apply continuum and mesoscale simulations, and integrate data-driven workflows to guide experiments

Qualifications

• Requires pursuit of an Advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or closely related field.
• Must be a current student.
• Strong foundation in materials thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanics, transport, numerical methods, and structure-property relationships.
• Experience developing or applying continuum-scale models to materials, manufacturing processes, or engineering systems.
• Experience with numerical algorithms, high-performance computing, version-controlled software, and reproducible computational workflows.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute collaborative research in computational materials science, focusing on continuum-scale materials behavior and materials discovery.
• Develop physics-based models for composition-process-structure-property relationships, including constitutive behavior, phase evolution, transport, damage, fracture, fatigue, thermal response, and multiphysics phenomena as appropriate.
• Build and apply continuum and mesoscale simulation methods such as finite-element, phase-field, crystal-plasticity, computational fluid dynamics, reaction-diffusion, cellular automata, or related approaches.
• Integrate thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanics, processing science, and materials data into predictive computational workflows.
• Use simulation, high-throughput computation, optimization, and data-driven methods to screen candidate materials, compositions, processing conditions, and architectures.
• Partner closely with experimental researchers to define informative experiments, interpret results, quantify uncertainty, and accelerate materials down-selection.
• Establish model verification, validation, calibration, uncertainty quantification, and sensitivity-analysis practices appropriate for research and engineering use.
• Connect computational materials insights to manufacturing processes and vehicle-relevant performance requirements.
• Drive internal and external collaborations with GM engineering teams, universities, national laboratories, software developers, and research partners.
• Maintain awareness of the state of the art in continuum mechanics, computational materials science, materials informatics, scientific machine learning, and related disciplines.
• Prepare timely, high-quality technical reports, presentations, publications, software documentation, and invention disclosures.
• Generate intellectual property to protect new inventions, computational methods, and research results.
• Assist and mentor other employees in accomplishing project and research goals.

Job description

General Motors Research and Development invites applicants for an Intern position in the Mechanics, Materials, and Process Research Lab. You will advance continuum-scale computational materials science, linking composition, microstructure, processing and performance to accelerate discovery and deployment of advanced materials for next-generation GM products.

You will develop physics-based models, apply continuum and mesoscale simulations, and integrate data-driven workflows to guide experiments