What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wind Tunnel Support - Digital Twin Control System Development Intern (Summer 2025) position at Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.?
Job Description:
Position Summary:
Digital twin capability development for wind tunnel controls and training environment.
Description:
Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) is seeking an intern to support lead a project, with facility engineering oversite, to build and integrate a pseudo-physical environment of a simulated high-speed wind tunnel facility interfacing with a digital twin of facility controls. This digital twin control system will serve as a surrogate for operational training and troubleshooting of the programmable logic controller (PLC) interface. It will also provide the opportunity to evaluate changes to the facility controls without the need to energize the various electrical, fluid, and pressure systems; thus, providing a safe approach for assessing and validating the programming logic.
This assignment is scheduled to start on June 2, 2025 and last for 10 weeks for a total of 400 labor hours.
The digital twin is a hybrid between ideal, logic-based behavior and model simulation of the physical environment, capturing accurate fluid flow fields, pressure drops and flow rates. MATLAB Simscape has been identified as a capable modeling environment, and the Simscape Fluids package will serve as a key component.
Requirements:
Relevant engineering or mathematics background in PLC development at the junior or senior level. (Graduate students are also eligible to apply).
Authorization to work in the United States
Familiarity with the following software will facilitate software development:
MATLAB
Simulink
Simscape
Simscape Fluids
Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers
ControlLogix Simulation Interface
U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residence Required
Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA) is proud of our customer relationships, our diverse and dynamic work environment, and our employees' career satisfaction. AMA is a small business with a wide reach; headquartered in Hampton, VA, AMA has operations in Greenbelt, MD; Huntsville, AL; Dallas and Houston, TX; Denver, CO; Mountain View, CA; and Edwards Air Force Base, CA. With over 60 years of experience, AMA specializes in aerospace engineering, science, analytics, information technology, and visualization solutions. AMA combines the best of engineering, science, and mathematics capabilities with the latest in information technologies, visualization, and multimedia to build creative solutions. We offer competitive salaries and a substantial benefits package, including but not limited to paid personal and federally recognized holiday leave, salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting, tuition reimbursement, short/long term disability plans, and a variety of medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
AMA is committed to the professional growth of every employee, understanding that the successes of our employees drive our success. We provide a work environment that is engaging, collaborative, and supportive. To learn more about our company, please visit our website at www.ama-inc.com/careers and follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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