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Digital Twin Principal Scientist
Focused Energy Inc.. Serve as the most senior technical authority on the Digital Twin team .
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPythonRayC++
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as the most senior technical authority on the Digital Twin team
- Integrate physics modeling efforts across laser, target, chamber, target injection/tracking, and manufacturing subsystems
- Lead scientists developing and owning simulation codes for major IFE subsystems
- Validate subsystem code physics and rigorously quantify and report model uncertainty
- Set scientific direction, modeling standards, and validation philosophy for the Digital Twin team
- Lead development of an integrated IFE plant model
- Conduct trade-off analyses across design candidates and identify parameters affecting plant viability
- Work with experimental physics teams to validate simulation codes against shot data from Focused Energy, NIF, OMEGA, ELI, and others
- Collaborate with the Digital Twin team, national labs, and the broader IFE community
- Present modeling work to executive leadership, program management, and investors
Requirements
What you’ll need- Master’s degree in Physics with a specialization in Plasma, Laser, Nuclear, or related field
- Ph.D. strongly preferred
- Deep expertise in IFE/ICF physics, such as target implosion design, laser-plasma interaction, hydrodynamic instability, burn physics, or chamber/neutronics
- Track record developing, validating, and publishing physics simulation codes, including hydrodynamic, radiation-hydrodynamics, PIC, ray tracing, or Monte Carlo neutronics codes
- Strong programming skills in Python, Fortran, C++, or equivalent
- Experience with HPC and large-scale simulation workflows
- Experience with integrated, systems-level modeling, including coupling physics domains, managing code interfaces, uncertainty propagation, and sensitivity analysis
- Familiarity with Digital Twin methods, reduced-order modeling, or physics-informed ML is desirable
- Published or patented work in IFE/ICF or related plasma/laser physics is desirable
- Experience with requirements flow-down, performance budgeting, or margin analysis is desirable
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary
- Company ownership in the form of stock options
- Medical, dental, and vision plans active from the 1st day of employment for employees and enrolled dependents
- Unlimited PTO
- Healthy snacks and drinks
- 401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match
- State-of-the-art Windows or Apple laptop
- Keyboard, mouse, and headset
- Regular team-building and company events
- Career development opportunities
- Collaborative international work environment