Software Development Engineer - Computational

Software Development Engineer - Computational

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Emp Status Regular Full time

Work Shift Day (United States of America)

Compensation Range The base pay scale for this position is $82,500.00 - $. In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation.

The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

What You Will Be Doing Software Engineer - High Performance Computing.

The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in high-performance computing to support technical development projects within its new Institute for Technology Development (HSS ITD). The role will initially focus on technical development within our groundbreaking Digital Twin Platform in Orthopedics project for our Digital Twin Platform in Orthopaedics project. This fully funded 4-year initiative will develop infrastructure to build patient-specific orthopedic digital twins to transform surgical planning and personalized care.

Within this project, you will collaborate with expert scientists to deploy and optimize biomechanical simulation engines. This work will deploy physics-based knee models to a production cloud compute environment, optimize computational algorithms for real-time performance, and create the simulation backbone that enables surgeons to virtually test surgical strategies.

Location: Remote/Hybrid

Reports To Kevin Koch, PhD, Director, HSS Institute for Technology Development

• Implement and optimize physics-based biomechanical models of knee joint mechanics in cloud HPC environment
• Port existing Open Sim-based models to scalable, cloud-based simulation engines using GPU-accelerated solvers and parallel computing frameworks
• Create production-level automated mesh generation pipelines from AI-segmented anatomical models
• Engineer surgical planning modules allowing interactive parameter adjustment and outcome prediction
• Build libraries of reusable model components and pre-computed solutions for common scenarios
• Optimize algorithms for speed without compromising simulation accuracy or clinical validity

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in scientific computing and numerical simulation development
• Strong proficiency in C++, Python, and parallel programming (OpenMP, MPI, CUDA)
• Experience with GPU computing and high-performance computing environments
• Understanding of numerical methods, optimization algorithms, and data visualization tools
• Experience with Docker containerization and distributed computing
• Experience with version control and collaborative software development

• Experience with Open Sim or similar biomechanical simulation tools
• Experience with finite element analysis and computational mechanics software
• Knowledge of biomechanics principles and musculoskeletal modeling
• Knowledge of orthopedic anatomy and surgical procedures
• Experience with cloud HPC platforms (AWS Parallel Cluster, Azure HPC)
• Background in mesh generation and computational geometry
• Understanding of software optimization and performance profiling

You will work within our technology development institute in close collaboration with biomechanics researchers, orthopedic surgeons, and clinical engineers. This unique environment provides direct access to clinical expertise and validation opportunities for your computational models.

Your simulation engines will enable surgeons to predict surgical outcomes…