CAE NVH Lead Engineer

Hitachi • Farmington Hills, MI

274d • Onsite

About The Position

Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc is looking for an experienced CAE Engineer to join our CAE/CAD Team. The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for designing, planning and coordinating multiple processes of simulations of product development used in product design, to all the business units the group currently supports. The main focus of the know-how is NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness). In addition, this position will be to coordinate all product development activity between OEM customer and responsible departments within the Hitachi Astemo.

Requirements

• Experience with ANSA/META (preferred) or other pre and post processing tools is required.
• Experience with ABAQUS is a must. Additional experience with NASTRAN is preferred.
• Experience with NVH specific tools, such as Actran.
• Experience with SIMULIA (3D Experience simulation tools)
• Knowledge on Fatigue in terms of modelling (meshing), analysis and post processing of parent metal and weld using material curves. Experience with nCode is preferred.
• Experience with loads processing in nCode is preferred.
• Experience on interface calculation and modelling.
• An ability to write programming codes is a must.
• Experience with CAE analysis of hyper-elastic or viscoelastic materials is not required but preferable.
• Experience in preprocessing, solver and postprocessing within the 3Dexperience platform using the various simulation roles will be a bonus.
• Experience with product development inside OEM is a perk.
• Additionally, the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong/effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel and support activities and coordination at the global level is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with CAE analysis of hyper-elastic or viscoelastic materials.
• Experience in preprocessing, solver and postprocessing within the 3Dexperience platform using the various simulation roles.
• Experience with product development inside OEM.

Responsibilities

• Calculation processing (30%)
• Coordination of the procedure concerning targets and methods
• Involvement in the development of calculation standards and practical application
• Translate customer requirements into simulation inputs (10%)
• Determination of customer NVH requirements with regards to FE models and review of specifications
• Processing of calculations of sub-systems and components according to customer requirements considering internal guidelines
• Preparation and evaluation design (10%)
• Preparation of alternatives and improvements to the relevant design levels
• Evaluation of design proposals and support with regards to the development of test concepts
• Involvement in correlations between calculation and test results
• Support programs in terms of CAE-NVH analysis (30%)
• Support programs and RFQs CAE tasks and checks their results. Propose optimization regarding strength and cost.
• Support to NVH related issues (Quality), in terms of measurement analysis support and CAE modelling techniques for problem solving.
• Documentation (10%)
• Documentation of calculation results for design levels as CAE reports according to the released standard
• Creation, provision and administration of technical documentation
• CAE correlation (10%)
• Conduct CAE correlation, supporting measurements setup and creating correlation reports
• Comprehend and transfer of customer requirements to responsible activities within the company.
• Facilitate and manage program QCD timing in the roll of project engineer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree