Modeling & Simulation Engineer (Internship or PT)

Role overview

Build and use electromagnetic and multiphysics models to guide the design of plasma-enabled antennas and communications hardware. This part-time role, suitable for an advanced engineering intern or early-career modeler, connects simulation with laboratory results so a multidisciplinary team can make informed prototype and design decisions.

Responsibilities - Develop coupled electromagnetic and plasma models for antenna chambers, matching networks, and enclosures. - Run frequency-domain, time-domain, and coupled-physics analyses, with careful meshing, boundary conditions, and convergence checks. - Plan parameter sweeps and design trade studies across geometry, materials, plasma properties, control approaches, and packaging constraints. - Create reusable, scriptable analysis workflows; quantify uncertainty and turn results into practical design recommendations. - Work with RF, electrical, mechanical, and test colleagues to plan experiments and compare predictions with measurements such as S-parameters and radiation patterns. - Investigate differences between model predictions and hardware measurements, document assumptions and confidence, and communicate findings in technical notes and design reviews.

Requirements - Currently pursuing or recently completed an advanced degree in electrical, applied physics, mechanical, aerospace, computational science, or a related field. - Coursework or project experience in electromagnetics, antennas, RF engineering, numerical methods, plasma physics, or physics-based modeling. - Substantial hands-on experience with at least one finite element modeling environment. - Ability to meet requirements for work on U.S. government and national-security programs. - Careful, reproducible approach to analysis, with the ability to explain findings and limitations clearly.

Nice to have

Experience with COMSOL Multiphysics Plasma Module; antenna, RF, plasma, resonator, high-voltage, or coupled multiphysics modeling; and knowledge of low-temperature RF glow discharge physics. Familiarity with RF lab equipment, S-parameters, impedance matching, radiation patterns, solver convergence, uncertainty, and model validation is useful.

Benefits and work setup

The position is part-time. Listed benefits include employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, 14 weeks of paid parental leave, flexible paid time off subject to management approval, professional development, and optional retirement, FSA, and equity programs.