2025 Summer Fellowship — Wildfire & Reliability Fellow

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is seeking fellows to join our team this summer. As an IBHS fellow, you’ll contribute to our mission of strengthening homes, businesses, and communities against severe weather—which means making a difference in the lives of real people. You’ll also work for a world-class organization where integrity and hard work are valued and where crash-testing homes and buildings is all part of the plan for discovering better building methods. 
Learn more about IBHS at ibhs.org and hear what former fellows have to say about their experience at ibhs.org/fellow-with-ibhs. 

What You’ll Learn 
As a Wildfire & Reliability Fellow, you’ll get experience in supporting IBHS’s research including, but not limited to:

• Learn about the research and experiments on Wildfire hazard applied to buildings and building components carried out at IBHS
• Analyze data from experiments on wind-driven building to building fire spread
• Push the boundaries of research in fire dynamics and wildfire hazard using reliability engineering concepts

Successful candidates must have:

• Strong interest and knowledge in reliability engineering
• Sound background in MATLAB or Python

Preferred Majors: 

• PhD in Civil Engineering​​​​​

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Commitment to Diversity 

IBHS is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. 

Applicants should be authorized to work in the US.  All positions are located on site, five days/week at the named location. This is approximately a 10-week program working 40 hours/week.

​​​​​Drug‐free Workplace, Equal Opportunity Employer & E‐Verify Employer 

Job Types: Full-time, fellowship 

Ability to commute/relocate: Richburg, SC. Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location