Research and Development - PhD - Senior Biomechanical Application Analyst

Job description

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.

Job Duties:

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is seeking a Senior Biomechanical Application Analyst for our Boston, Massachusetts location.

Responsibilities: Research and development in Modeling & Simulation for Product Design and Development Group, specializing in anatomical modeling and biomechanical applications. Develop new virtual methods to evaluate product performance in usage. Quantify hand grip ergonomics and evaluate muscle forces and joint torques for optimal product performance. Build high fidelity musculoskeletal models of human hand, arm, shoulder, leg, and other sections of the body. Perform various finite element based structural analyses including human-tissue to product interaction.

Desired profile

Requirements: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (or completed all requirements toward a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering) plus one year of pre- or post-doctoral research experience. Experience must include: anatomical modeling and biomechanical applications of product-human interaction, including hand fatigue from tool usage; Advanced Finite Element Modeling; Musculoskeletal Modeling; Human Ergonomics; Structural Analysis; Biomechanics; Human Centric Product Modeling; Mechanics & Dynamics; Hand-Arm Vibration and using software including Abaqus, Python Scripting, Abaqus Scripting, Ansys, LifeModeler, Matlab, Simulink, and NI-Labview . Up to 10% travel required per business need.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, citizenship, HIV/AIDS status or any other legally protected factor.

No immigration sponsorship is available for this position. Procter & Gamble does not sponsor candidates for permanent residency except in some areas that in Procter & Gamble's sole discretion require highly specialized backgrounds.

Procter & Gamble participates in e-verify as required by law.

Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.

**Please include your resume and a brief summary of your research in the resume text field (maximum characters 64,000).**

To apply for this position, please respond to Requisition Code RND00003105 at www.pg.com (or http://www.pg.com/en_US/careers/index.shtml ). Alternatively, applicants may mail resume and cover letter to the following address referencing Requisition Code RND00003105: The Procter & Gamble Company, Attn: Robbin Rolfes, 2 Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202.