We are excited to share our job openings with you. We pride ourselves on the strong culture we have created and providing the best work environment possible for our team.
Now hiring in Columbus
Operations Leader
Lead technical excellence. Develop people. Drive growth.
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
- Schedule
- Full-time, minimum 40 hours per week. Standard hours 8:00am – 5:00pm
- Work arrangement
- Onsite – Columbus, OH
- Travel
- Up to 10%
- Reports to
- Kyle Koppenhoefer, President
Why this role
We are seeking an experienced Operations Leader to lead our engineering and project delivery organization while remaining actively engaged in technical project work. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced engineering professional who enjoys both solving complex technical challenges and developing people and teams.
The Operations Leader will be responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across our simulation consulting projects while helping shape the systems, culture, and capabilities that support continued organizational growth. This role works closely with engineers, clients, Sales, Finance, Marketing, and other organizational leaders to translate strategic goals and sales commitments into reliable, repeatable project outcomes.
Where this role sits
- First accountability
- Leading AltaSim’s engineering and project delivery organization – developing engineers, owning the project portfolio, and building an operation that scales.
- Technical contribution
- Continues, on selected client projects, as a senior technical voice. Second priority, not the first.
- Where it sits
- Head of the operations team, reporting to Kyle Koppenhoefer, President.
To be direct about it: this is not a C-suite or COO appointment, and it is not a senior individual-contributor role with a title attached. It is the person accountable for how engineering and project delivery run.
You won’t be one person in a large organization where decisions take months and ideas get lost in layers of management.
Working for AltaSim means you can break free from rigid structure and bureaucracy, giving you the opportunity to influence how the company operates, bring new ideas to the table, experiment with better ways of doing things, and see your contributions make a meaningful difference. Your experience and ideas won’t simply be welcomed – they’ll have a direct influence on the company’s future.
We value continuous learning, professional development, collaboration, and thoughtful leadership. The Operations Leader will play a key role in developing both our people and the systems that enable our technical team to do its best work.
Who we are
At AltaSim Technologies, we harness tomorrow’s technology to enable our customers to capture today’s markets. We are committed to providing lasting value to our customers, enhancing the capabilities of our customers, and making an ongoing technical contribution to society. We apply our understanding of efficiencies to tackle complex Multiphysics problems that others cannot solve. We offer services in the areas of simulation and analysis, training, and consulting.
Take a look at our case studies and see firsthand how we have made actionable differences for our clients.
What you’ll do
Leadership and culture
- Lead and develop Principal, Senior, and Research Engineers through coaching, feedback, mentoring, and meaningful professional development opportunities.
- Oversee resource planning, workload balancing, and project assignments to align employee expertise with project needs while maintaining sustainable utilization.
- Create and maintain a collaborative, high-performing culture built on trust, accountability, continuous learning, and employee engagement.
- Participate as an active member of the leadership team and contribute to strategic planning, organizational initiatives, and annual planning activities.
- Provide leadership with insight into staffing capacity, project portfolio health, operational performance, organizational risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Finance and other business functions to support organizational initiatives and promote operational alignment.
Project work and operational excellence
- Own the successful execution of AltaSim’s project portfolio, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and consistent with customer expectations.
- Monitor project performance, resource allocation, project risk, schedule adherence, and delivery effectiveness.
- Serve as a senior technical interface with clients on assigned projects and ensure exceptional project delivery.
- Apply simulation to solve complex engineering challenges, including multidisciplinary and Multiphysics problems.
Customer success
- Monitor customer satisfaction throughout project execution and proactively address concerns before they negatively impact project outcomes.
- Support long-term customer relationships as senior operational contact through responsiveness, professionalism, and consistent project delivery excellence.
What we’re looking for
- An advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in an appropriate technical field.
- At least 10 years of experience applying simulation to engineering problem-solving.
- Demonstrated expertise solving complex engineering challenges in at least two areas of technical specialization.
- Demonstrated experience solving Multiphysics challenges through simulation.
- At least five years of experience leading technical teams, managing project portfolios, mentoring engineers, and supporting customer-facing engineering activities.
Benefits
Make your mark
If you are an experienced simulation engineer and technical leader looking for a role where you can truly shape the future of a company – not just manage within an existing structure – this is an opportunity to make your mark.
AltaSim Technologies, 250 W. Old Wilson Bridge Road, Suite 320, Worthington, Ohio 43085.