Senior Engineer: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (Finite Element Modeling)

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Salary: $115,494.60–$156,257.40 annually

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing, manufacturing, and delivering medicines for serious illnesses across oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease.

What you will do

• Develop explicit and implicit finite element structural models for drug delivery devices and combination products.
• Apply kinematic, structural, tolerance, and material characterization methods to model device behavior during use, assembly, and transport.
• Improve the lifecycle management, efficiency, and trustworthiness of in-silico models and computational workstreams.
• Simulate complaints and real-world product issues to support root cause investigations, design robustness, and complaint reduction.
• Deliver predictions and technical insights for production and customer problems in a multi-project, cross-functional environment.
• Own the modeling project backlog, communicate model assumptions and limitations, and mentor other simulation experts.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree; or a master’s degree and 2 years of engineering experience; or a bachelor’s degree and 4 years of engineering experience; or an equivalent combination of education and engineering experience.
• Experience with finite element modeling using a commercial platform such as SIMULIA, ANSYS, ALTAIR, or COMSOL.
• Experience with explicit FEM, nonlinear structural models, contact modeling, large deformations, plasticity, and hyperelasticity.
• Knowledge of statistical and robustness analysis, including modeling variability in processes and device dimensions.
• Programming experience in Python and/or MATLAB, with scripting or user-subroutine experience for model automation preferred.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across engineering and scientific functions.

Nice to have

• Experience with combination products, medical device development, design controls, regulatory requirements, and process controls.
• Experience with Abaqus user subroutines or Tcl/Tk for automating model creation and post-processing.
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn new concepts, algorithms, and technologies rapidly.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based working environment.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Annual bonus program and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Paid time off and career development opportunities.
• Flexible work models where applicable to the work location type.