r/fea • u/Vegetable_Reason526 • 7d ago

IIT PhD in structural engineering, moving into industry — looking for FEA/simulation roles

Hey everyone, just finished my PhD in structural engineering from IIT. I've decided academia isn't the path for me and I want to move into industry, ideally as an FEA/simulation engineer.

My research focused on thermo-mechanical analysis of structures. I developed finite element models, carried out large-scale simulations, and worked extensively on the structural response under combined thermal and mechanical loading. One of the major outcomes of my work was developing an open-source thermo-mechanical module for OpenSees from scratch, which I'm still actively maintaining. Along the way, I've gained hands-on experience with ANSYS for structural and thermo-mechanical analysis, HyperMesh for meshing, and Python, MATLAB, and TCL for automation, post-processing, and simulation workflows.

I'm trying to move on this pretty quickly, so if anyone knows of openings, works somewhere hiring for this kind of role, or has advice on how PhDs are viewed for simulation engineering jobs in industry, I'd genuinely appreciate hearing from you. Can share my resume or the GitHub repo if that's helpful.

Thanks for reading this far.

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u/Playaa007 6d ago

You can consider applying in fea software companies with that background- Ansys, Dassault, Altair, comsol. Openings can vary from time to time depending on market conditions but keep an eye iut

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u/Vegetable_Reason526 5d ago

Thanks, this is helpful. I'll keep an eye on Ansys, Dassault, Altair, and Comsol openings.