Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Section of Solid Mechanics at the Technical University of Denmark seeks a skilled consultant for programming of exa-scale fluid solvers and optimization algorithms for 1 year and 4 months.

The Section of Solid Mechanics conducts research and teaching in the fields of structural and materials mechanics, vibration and their active control, as well as machine elements and design optimization. The research rests on theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations of phenomena that are most often highly cross-disciplinary and span many length scales, from the sub-micron range of material micro structures to the structural scale.

The academic officer is associated with the TopOpt-group that is world-leading within development and application of systematic optimization approaches for structural and multidisciplinary optimization and is funded through the research project CEEC: Center of Excellence For Exascale CFD, a four-year EU-Horizon 2020 Joint Undertaking project. The project is a close collaboration with top universities and researchers situated in Sweden, Spain, Greece and Germany. The overarching goal is to develop advanced transient thermofluidic topology optimization tools to help design more efficient products across all industries.

The job
As an academic officer, you will be responsible for programming, analysing and optimizing static mixers through the development and extension of the state-of-the-art spectral element CFD code Neko from KTH, Sweden. You will also contribute to developing methodologies and software that will mature and adapt current state-of-the-art topology optimization techniques for transient fluid flow and thermal transport. You will work close together with project partners and the researchers employed in the project.

Our expectations of you
The candidate should have a deep technical insight and experience in high performance computing, programming and structural optimization. The candidate must be an expert within object oriented fortran, CUDA, HIP, build systems such as CMAKE and Autotools, the Github CI/CD platform and schedulers such as SLURM and LSF10. The candidate should hold a MSc in Computer Science and a PhD or equivalent within structural optimization. Preference will be given to candidates with experience within large-scale topology and/or shape optimization and HIP based clusters such as LUMI-G.

We envision that: 

• You have an open mind and can think creatively in a mathematical, mechanical and programming context and is solution oriented
• You are eager to elaborate and collaborate on the newest research results, improve the ideas, and test them by implementation and application to static mixers.
• You contribute to the development of the state-of-the-art CFD code Neko from KTH in Sweden using object oriented fortran, CUDA and HIP.
• You know and have experience within shape or topology optimization of fluid flows and thermal transport
• You are able to work independently and to reach out for establishing and maintaining a close collaboration with the project partners 

What we offer in return
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. In this job you will work independently but also in close collaboration with dedicated researchers.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The position is a full-time position but time limited. Starting date is 1 October 2025 end date 31 December 2026.

The workplace is DTU Lyngby Campus. 

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than the 15 June 2025 (23:59 Danish time) .  Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates. 

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact Associate Professor, Niels Aage on +45 45 25 42 53 or naage@dtu.dk .

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

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