Staff Computational Materials Scientist, Fusion Materials

Lever, Inc.; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity package

13 company-wide holidays

Flexible vacation days

10 sick days

Parental leave

Job summary

Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Devens, MA, is seeking a Staff Computational Materials Scientist to advance materials modeling for fusion energy deployment. You will develop physics-based simulations, generate synthetic data, and collaborate with design engineers to optimize materials under extreme conditions.

You will apply ICME methods across length scales, validate models against experimental bounds, and help shape specifications while keeping pace with evolving modeling techniques in a

Qualifications

• Background in computational materials science methods and materials science/physical chemistry.
• Experience with ICME tools to answer questions across length scales.
• Code development for calculation and analyses of material properties and microstructures.
• Validation with experimental data or physical mechanism bounds.
• Understanding process-structure-properties-performance in extreme environments.
• Ability to work effectively cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Use and build computational toolsets to generate predicted material properties in extreme environments with uncertainty bounds.
• Identify microstructural features impacting performance and quantify relationships for engineering optimization.
• Inform design of experiments for materials in extreme environments and high fields/light conditions.
• Develop material design curves to determine minimum properties for tokamak applications.
• Identify gaps in knowledge and experimental capability to be filled via simulation.
• Collaborate to capture, store, and visualize data within the materials domain.

Skills

Materials modeling

ICME tools

Physics-informed modeling

First-principles methods

High-performance computing

Education

Materials science/related field degree

Tools

Atomistic modeling

Molecular dynamics

DFT

Monte Carlo

Phase-field

Crystal plasticity

Dislocation dynamics

Computational thermodynamics

Finite element

Job description

Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Devens, MA, is seeking a Staff Computational Materials Scientist to advance materials modeling for fusion energy deployment. You will develop physics-based simulations, generate synthetic data, and collaborate with design engineers to optimize materials under extreme conditions.

You will apply ICME methods across length scales, validate models against experimental bounds, and help shape specifications while keeping pace with evolving modeling techniques in a