S&T Leadership Program Professional - Building Sciences Modeling (2026)

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

Location: Participants are based in Granville, OH.

About The Program:

The Science & Technology Leadership Program (STLP) provides you with a powerful development journey and opportunities to make significant business impact. This is a three-year development program with projects focused on building and enhancing technical expertise and capabilities in critical business areas. The program prepares you for future success and development with a 1-year training curriculum, senior technical level mentors, and connections to senior leadership.

We are seeking an engineer with a background in fundamental/applied building science and have capabilities with hygrothermal and CFD modeling to join our Building Science and Advanced Modeling team.  This is a key role that works in conjunction within our broader Enterprise Products & Solutions Innovation team.  This role will work across early evaluation of new system concepts, aid in evaluating risk and performance of prototype innovations and provide key data and analysis to understand how those final solutions will best perform in various climates across North America and Europe.  The ideal candidate will have a blend of capabilities in material property evaluation, advanced systems modeling and actual lab/field testing to validate outcomes.  Your work will directly contribute to delivering a capability to model, test and deliver high-performing digital twins that aid in delivering Transformational Enterprise Innovations.

Job Responsibilities: 

Advanced Modeling:

• Execute advanced modeling via WUFI®, COMSOL Multiphysics®, THERM, etc. software to evaluate the efficacy of materials, products and systems from a perspective of moisture, thermal, durability and occupant comfort. 
• Through advanced modeling, you will provide key risk analysis and mitigation strategies for materials, products and systems thus enabling key project decisions. 
• Provide guidance on how products and solutions perform in models by climate zone
• Work across multiple businesses to provide analytics guidance for innovations (Insulation, Roofing, Doors, North America and Europe).   

Lab & 3rd Party Testing Validation & Digital Twin Development:

• You will collaborate with our lab technicians and field applications engineers to sensor, test and validate key products and systems by various climate zones.
• This testing will include some time onsite in our Granville, OH building science lab testing apparatus and some additional time in the field validating assemblies and building performance of various customer projects across North America.     
• Utilize the testing data to validate the effectiveness of inputs and outputs from advanced models that will ultimately enable highly reliable digital twins for specific applications.  

Demonstrate a Commitment to Safety:

Commit to our safety stand: all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, and working safely is a condition of employment.

• Ensure rigorous compliance with standard safety procedures and OC corporate policies.
• Proactively identify and resolve hazards in the workplace and improve the safety of our processes.
• Actively participates in team safety activities and incorporates safety into all trials and installations.
• Conduct risk and safety assessments on new processes and equipment.

Strategic Integration & Thought Leadership:

• Contribute to the evolution of Owens Corning’s digital twin advanced modeling capabilities.
• Author internal white papers, participate in external publications, and represent the team in cross-functional and industry forums.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics plus Building Science curriculum
• Advanced Simulation Modeling in WUFI®, COMSOL Multiphysics® and/or THERM
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable strategies.
• Willingness to travel as needed (15-30%) to support project work.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Capable in REM/Rate™, Ekotrope RATER, EnergyGauge® USA/SUMMIT, REScheck™, COMcheck™ & BEopt™ systems
• 2+ years with Fundamental or Applied Building Science experience (or Graduate level project experience)  
• HVAC system knowledge
• Electrical engineering knowledge

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About Owens Corning  

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com. 

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.