SIAM: Where Can I Work?

Where Can I Work?

Many different types of organizations, from governmental research organizations to independent consultants, hire mathematicians and computational scientists. Experience gained through internships and work-study opportunities can help you determine personal preferences in a workplace, such as an organization’s size, whether you prefer working for a non-profit or for-profit company, whether you prefer to work independently or on a team, and how much customer contact you prefer to have. You can easily search the websites of organizations and corporations that interest you to learn more about their locations, mission statements, objectives, history, and job requirements.

Here are some examples of organizations, corporations, and research institutions that hire mathematicians and computational scientists:

Aerospace and transportation equipment manufacturers such as The Aerospace Corporation; Boeing; Ford Motor Co.; General Motors; Lockheed Martin; and United Technologies.
Chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers such as DuPont; GlaxoSmithKline; Kodak; Merck & Co., Inc.; Pfizer; and Wyeth.
Communications service providers such as Clear Channel Communications; Qwest Communications; and Verizon.
Computer service and software firms such as Adobe; Google, Inc.; Kuberre Systems; The MathWorks, Inc.; Mentor Graphics; Microsoft Research; Mosek; MSC Software Corporation; Palo Alto Research Center; ThomsonWest; and Yahoo Research.
Consulting firms such as Daniel H. Wagner Associates and McKinsey & Company.
Electronics and computer manufacturers such as Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent; Hewlett-Packard; Honeywell; IBM Corporation; Motorola; Philips Research; and SGI.
Energy systems firms such as Lockheed-Martin Energy Research Corporation and the Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC).
Engineering research organizations such as AT&T Laboratories – Research; Exxon Research and Engineering; NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Schlumberger-Doll Research; and Telcordia Technologies.
Federally funded contractors such as the Mitre Corporation and RAND.
Financial service and investment management firms such as Citibank; Moody’s Corporation; Morgan Stanley; and Prudential.
International government agencies such as the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, DSTO (Australia); French Atomic Energy Commission, CEA/DAM; and National Research Council Canada.
Medical device companies such as Baxter Healthcare; Boston Scientific; and Medtronic.
Nonprofit organizations such as the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) and SIAM.
Producers of petroleum and petroleum products such as Amoco; Exxon Research and Engineering; and Petróleo Brasileiro S/A, Petrobras.
Publishers such as Birkhauser and Springer.
University-based research organizations such as the Institute for Advanced Study; the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA); and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).
U.S. government agencies such as the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA); NASA’s Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); National Security Agency (DIRSNA); Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division; Supercomputing Research Center; and the U.S. Department of Energy.
U.S. government labs and research offices such as the Air Force Office of Scientific Research; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; and Sandia National Laboratories.

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