Senior Engineer - CMP Modeling & Simulation Lead

Qnity Electronics, Inc.; Newark, Northern (DE, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Qnity Electronics, Inc. seeks a Senior Engineer/Scientist to lead CMP fundamentals modeling and simulation efforts. You will build physics-based models, optimize solvers, and validate simulations against experimental data to guide product development.

Responsibilities include leading investigations, collaborating with research, applications, manufacturing, and data science teams; translating scientific insights into design guidance and published work while advancing CMP process understanding.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in a relevant field.
• Less than 5 years of industrial experience applying scientific and engineering principles.
• Experience in mathematical modeling of physical systems and experimental method development.
• Strong background in computational modeling, data analysis, and scientific computing.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python, Maple, or similar environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex investigations requiring deep CMP fundamentals knowledge and scientific problem solving.
• Build physics-based simulation models from first principles and validate them with experiments.
• Collaborate with research, applications, product development, manufacturing, and data science teams.
• Communicate findings through technical reports, presentations, patents, and publications.
• Translate scientific understanding into actionable design guidance for product development.

Skills

Transport phenomena

Fluid mechanics

Polymer mechanics

Contact mechanics

Tribology

Surface characterization

Materials characterization

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related discipline

Tools

ANSYS

Abaqus

COMSOL

HPC

Job description

Qnity Electronics, Inc. seeks a Senior Engineer/Scientist to lead CMP fundamentals modeling and simulation efforts. You will build physics-based models, optimize solvers, and validate simulations against experimental data to guide product development.

Responsibilities include leading investigations, collaborating with research, applications, manufacturing, and data science teams; translating scientific insights into design guidance and published work while advancing CMP process understanding.