Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Aluminum Modeling Engineer Co-op

Company Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together,” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview

The Modeling team, located in Kennesaw, is seeking a Computational Modeling Co-op. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing physics-based and data-driven models enabling the research and development of aluminum alloys, guiding process improvements and optimizing product design. In addition, they will aid in upgrading existing Novelis models by extending them to other applications or accelerating them to speed up design iterations. This position will help take the modeling efforts within Novelis R&D to the next level, enabling aluminum alloy, process and product design. Must be available May 2026 to December 2026.

Responsibilities

• Develop finite-element models accounting for material microstructure and properties with product/process information
• Develop python scripts to parametrize and automate model creation geared towards intelligent experimentation/design optimization
• Leverage experimental and simulation data to build data-driven models aimed at accelerated prediction
• Collaborate with other R&D teams to enable model-driven design guidance
• Prepare technical reports and presentations to share knowledge and findings across R&D

Minimum qualifications

• Student pursuing B.S., M.S., or PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years into program if in B.S.
• 2+ Years of experience with Python

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with mechanical engineering software (e.g. FEM such as Abaqus/LS Dyna/AutoForm, Solidworks, etc.)
• Machine learning and data science experience.
• Experience with tools leveraging GPUs for accelerated computing.
• Experience with advanced AI methods – GANs, VAEs, Reinforcement Learning, RNNs, etc.
• Experience or knowledge of metals industry or sheet metal applications
• Experience with leadership and interpersonal roles

Novelis’ Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cutting-edge full-service research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including world-class engineers metallurgists chemists scientists technologists and technicians. The facility includes state-of-the-art lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural opportunities and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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