Software Engineer (Textile Composite Modeling)

Location: Mont Saint Guibert, Belgium. Travel is less than 10%, primarily to industry conferences and customer sites within Europe.

Company

hirify.global develops computational software, hardware, and intellectual property for electronic design and engineering applications, including the DIGIMAT simulation product suite.

What you will do

• Design and implement multiscale material models for woven, braided, NCF, and 3D woven textile composites in DIGIMAT.
• Develop virtual manufacturing workflows covering draping, infusion, RTM, compression molding, and curing effects.
• Build and validate homogenization, continuum mechanics, damage, and failure models.
• Create automated workflows for model generation, characterization, and correlation with experimental data.
• Lead R&D work from algorithm development through industrial deployment and customer validation.
• Integrate simulation capabilities into production software using testing, version control, Docker, and CI/CD.

Requirements

• PhD in engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, or a related discipline, or equivalent research and industry experience.
• 5–8 years of post-doctoral or industrial R&D experience in composite materials modeling and multiscale simulation.
• Advanced knowledge of composite modeling, homogenization, continuum mechanics, and damage and failure behavior.
• Strong understanding of textile composite architectures and their relationship to manufacturing processes and structural performance.
• Proficiency in at least one of C++, C#, or Python, plus experience with simulation software development and validation.
• Familiarity with finite element platforms such as Abaqus, Marc, LS-DYNA, or Nastran, and with Git or SVN, Docker, automated testing, and CI/CD.

Nice to have

• Experience with WiseTex, TexGen, DFCA, PAM-RTM, or equivalent textile and process simulation tools.
• Exposure to AI/ML for materials modeling or simulation acceleration.
• Experience developing ICME workflows and publications in composite materials or computational mechanics.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary DIGIMAT R&D group with materials scientists, manufacturing engineers, and software developers.
• Collaborate with internal product and engineering teams, industrial partners, and DIGIMAT end-users.
• 26 days of annual leave, group pension plan, and hospitalization insurance.
• Homeworking allowance, lunch vouchers, five paid volunteer days, and employee stock purchase plan.