Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Postdoc

** What You Will Do*
* Are you ready to begin a career assessing predictive confidence of computational physics codes? If so, we encourage you to learn more about our Postdoctoral Research Associate openings in the Computational Physics:
Verification & Analysis group (XCP-8) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). We are looking for several highly motivated post-doctoral candidates in the areas of verification, validation (V&V) and uncertainty quantification (UQ).  In this role you will apply analysis methods, including V&V, UQ, Automatic Differentiation, and/or surrogate models to assess computational physics simulations of materials under extreme conditions. A background in a relevant field of physics is preferred (e.g. hydrodynamics, fluid dynamics, shock physics, turbulence, solid mechanics, material strength, material failure, plasma physics, radiation transport, and/or magneto hydrodynamics).  

You will have the opportunity to publish results in peer-reviewed journals and present at top tier conferences.

** What You Need*
* ** Minimum

Job Requirements:

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* Technical Background

A background in computational physics in a relevant or closely related field, e.g. hydrodynamics, plasma physics, shock physics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and/or material dynamics and advanced analysis of simulations, including but not limited to verification, validation, uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, optimization, inverse problems or a closely related focus area.

Numerical Modeling and Simulation

Demonstrated experience in development, setup, execution, and/or postprocessing of numerical models and simulations. You will need the ability to run export-controlled codes which generally requires US Citizenship or Permanent Residency.

Research Expertise

You will need to have conducted high level research in one or more of the following areas: simulation, verification, validation, uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, optimization, inverse problems or a closely related focus area.

Programming

For this role you will need to be familiar with at least one of:
Fortran, C++ and/or Python. Alternately experience programming in Matlab and R may be substituted.

Journals/Conferences

You will need to show that you have the ability to publish research in peer-reviewed journals or conference proceedings, communicate research to an interdisciplinary audience and work on an interdisciplinary team. This should be demonstrated by being the first author, or among a small set of co-authors, on at least one paper published, or accepted for publication, in a peer reviewed journal or in a major peer reviewed conference proceedings.

Education/

Experience:

PhD in mathematics, physics, materials science, chemistry, engineering, statistics or a closely related discipline.  The candidate must be within 5 years of completion of PhD at time of being proposed for review by the committee, or will have completed all PhD requirements by commencement of the appointment.

Desired

Qualifications:

+ Experience working with both numerical modeling and experimentation.

+ Familiarity using High Performance Computing clusters.

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Experience with one or more of these subject areas: radiation transport, high-energy-density physics, equations-of-state, shock physics, high explosive modeling, material failure, material strength under high strain rates, magneto hydrodynamics.

+  Proficient with software engineering tools like: version control systems; web-based software repository systems; issue trackers; online collaboration platforms; and continuous integration systems.

Note to Applicants:

To be considered for the position, applicants should submit a CV/resume and a detailed cover letter addressing how their experience relates to each of the required and desired skills as applicable. Regular post-doctoral appointments are for two years and are renewable for a third year. Outstanding candidates may be eligible for a LANL Director's Fellowship. For specific inquiries regarding the position, please contact Dr.

Brandon Wilson (bwilson).

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* Work Location:

** The work location for this position is onsite and located in Los Alamos, NM. All work locations are at the discretion of management.

** Note to Applicants:*
* Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.

** Where You Will Work*
* Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution…