# Postdoc position at MIT for FESTIM

**URL:** <https://festim.discourse.group/t/postdoc-position-at-mit-for-festim/127>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://festim.discourse.group/t/postdoc-position-at-mit-for-festim/127 "2025-07-14T15:43:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![remidm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/festim.discourse.group/remidm/32/4_2.png) [@remidm](https://festim.discourse.group/u/remidm)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://festim.discourse.group/t/postdoc-position-at-mit-for-festim/127/1 "2025-07-14T15:43:41Z")

</div>

🚨 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗜𝗧!

Join us at the [MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center](https://www.psfc.mit.edu/) to help advance [𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗠](https://github.com/festim-dev/FESTIM)!

We’re looking for a postdoc passionate about verification & validation (V&V), multiphysics modelling, and scientific software development. You’ll be designing high-fidelity benchmark cases, collaborating with international experimental teams, and contributing to the future of fusion fuel cycle modelling.

📌 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆  
📍 Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA  
🧑‍🎓 Ideal background: Nuclear engineering, computational physics, scientific computing, or similar  
🛠 Python, FEniCS/DOLFINx, V&V expertise  
🤝 Open science and international collaboration at the core

📝 Apply [here](https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=32618&localeCode=en-us)

Feel free to reach out if you have questions or want to know more about FESTIM and the role!