Flexcompute Ambassador Program

Responsibilities

• Promote Flexcompute tools within your academic network
• Provide product feedback based on user experience
• Help peers get started with Tidy3D
• Answer technical questions on the community forum, Slack, and email
• Cover FDTD setup, meshing, boundary conditions, photonic and RF device design, and Python workflows
• Guide users through best practices for common workflows, including geometry setup, sources, monitors, materials, meshing, boundary conditions, convergence checks, and post-processing
• Host office hours, demos, workshops, or walkthroughs for students and research groups
• Create or improve short technical resources, examples, FAQs, or notebook-based tutorials
• Share user feedback, documentation gaps, common questions, and product suggestions with the Flexcompute team
• Escalate complex technical issues to Flexcompute with clear context and reproducible examples
• Build awareness of Tidy3D within relevant academic communities, labs, and student organizations

Requirements

• Current master’s or PhD student in electrical engineering, photonics, optics, applied physics, semiconductor engineering, computational science, or a related technical field
• Hands-on experience with Tidy3D or another EM simulation tool (Lumerical, HFSS, COMSOL, CST, MEEP, FEKO, or similar)
• Comfort with Python (Tidy3D is Python-first)
• Strong written communication and self-direction in a remote setting
• Active in relevant academic communities, labs, student groups, or research networks
• Familiarity with GitHub, documentation, technical writing, or example-notebook creation
• Prior experience as a teaching assistant, research mentor, club leader, workshop organizer, or technical community builder