Research Engineer in Decarbonation of Hot Rolling

You will be attached to Downstream Processes (DP), a multi-cultural cluster composed by 25 engineers and 11 technicians, organized in three teams, working on development and deploying process solutions for ArcelorMittal.
In short term, you will take in charge R&D projects as project leader, propose new ideas, competitors and suppliers survey, university partnerships to generate new solutions in our plants. Business travels will allow you to work with partners in a worldwide perimeter and to experience different working cultures.

You will be in charge of developing & deploying Hot Strip Mill process solutions, mainly designed to:

- adapt and/or reinvent existing processes to pursue the ArcelorMittal progress towards carbon neutral steel;
- adapt the process to design new steel products aligned with company's environmental committment and the market trends (light weighting & electrification of vehicles)
- participate actively of the digital transformation of ArcelorMittal
- improve the productivity & reliability of ArcelorMittal production lines.

Immediately, you will be involved in following activities:

- R&D projects dedicated to the decarbonation process for all hot strip mills within the ArcelorMittal group. The target is to reach 30% of CO2 emissions in 2030 and to be net-zero carbon in 2050.
- Projects related to the flatness defects during the cooling of the coil with numerical simulations based on Finite Element Analysis, (semi)-analytical models or based on artificial intelligence
- Be the Hot Strip Mill representative in two working groups that deal with current industrial problematics.
- Technical assistances to improve process conditions in Hot Strip Mills (capability, reliability, costs) composed by industrial trials, numerical simulations and process analyses for different sites of ArcelorMittal, in a worldwide perimeter.
- To participate to the digitalization process of the company with the development of cutting-edge tools
- To support new product and sensor developments to improve the process.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Knowledge in Solid Mechanics and Finite Element Method
- Knowledge in Thermal transfers
- Programming skills (especially Python, another language is a plus)
- Autonomous, innovative,curious and results oriented
- Excellent social skills to work in project teams within a multi-cultural environment
- Ability to travel worldwide.

**Other requirements**:

- Experience in metallurgy or forming process
- Knowledge in Machine Learning algorithms and Deep Learning frameworks (TensorFlow) will be a plus
- Experience with Abaqus
- Advanced communication skills
- PhD will be a plus

**According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values**:

- You agree to comply with health and safety rules
- You are respectful, transparent, honest and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others
- You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity
- You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, You strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything You do.
- You recognize that diversity, varied skills and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal
- You know that learning changes minds and lives, so You are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success
- You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment