Job Description

This research engineer position is responsible for developing and supporting the engineering components of AIR’s wind vulnerability models that cover multiple regions and perils, including perils such as straight-line wind, tornadic wind, hail, snow, and freezing temperatures.  General responsibilities include identifying the impact that these perils can have on the built environment, including physical damage which can result in monetary loss to buildings/infrastructure, contents, and loss of use (downtime).  In this role, you will work closely with a team of structural engineers and atmospheric scientists to perform probabilistic risk assessments for the built environment.  You should have a desire to use your problem-solving skills in applying sound engineering principles to solve unique and challenging problems in the fields of civil/structural engineering and risk assessment.  It is expected that you will be highly motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized, able to perform high-quality self-directed research, have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and be team-oriented.

As a member of our Atmospheric Perils Vulnerability Team, your day-to-day responsibilities will include the following:

·       Data acquisition and analysis for the purpose of understanding building inventory and its vulnerability subjected to atmospheric-based hazards in multiple regions worldwide

·       Analytical analyses and research aimed towards the development of vulnerability functions and monetary loss curves for structural and non-structural building and infrastructure components subjected to hazards such as wind, tornadoes, hail, and snow for several regions of interest worldwide

·       Implementation of research into AIR’s portfolio risk analysis models, including programming loss simulation codes and analysis tools, and probabilistic assessment validation

·       Use of GIS tools for data visualization and analysis

·       Real-time and virtual building damage assessments due to natural catastrophes during and after significant events

·       Preparation and presentation of work at staff internal and client external meetings as well as technical writing for internal and external publications and client-facing documentation

Qualifications

·       Ph.D. in Wind Engineering, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and/or other relevant fields

·       Experience in probabilistic and stochastic risk assessment and modeling, particularly in the field of structural engineering

·       Proficient in C/C++, MATLAB, R, and/or FORTRAN

·       Demonstrated data mining skills (SQL and/or statistical analysis)

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·       Excellent documentation skills

·       Deep knowledge and experience associated with the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in wind engineering to investigate wind effects on buildings is a plus

·       Knowledge of structural design and nonlinear structural analysis, and/or computational fluid dynamics using tools such as ANSYS, OpenFOAM, or FLUENT is a plus

·       Knowledge of GIS applications (e.g. ArcView) and SQL server is a plus

·       Industry experience is a plus

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Additional Information

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