Modeling & Simulation Engineer – FEA & CFD

Andersen Corporation • Bayport, MN

2d • $101,176 - $156,824 • Onsite

About The Position

The Modeling and Simulation Engineer position will provide critical insight to Andersen’s engineering teams about how products and materials behave under a variety of applications including multi-body deformation, time-temperature dependent deformations, non-Newtonian fluid dynamics, fluid to solid heat transfer, and fatigue to failure. Based within Andersen Corporation’s Research, Development, and Innovation organization, the primary responsibilities of this position will be to provide advanced simulation services including Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (NLFEA, FEA, FEM, CAE) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to a variety of teams within the organization. This position will also interface with a team of experimentalists on topics of material characterization and experimental validation of simulation.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with emphasis on applied mechanics.
• 2+ years of engineering experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to write and debug code and/or user subroutine (E.g. C, C++, Fortran, Visual Basic).
• Proficiency with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Some experience with FEA.

Nice To Haves

• Some experience with CFD or willingness to learn.
• AutoCAD or other CAD software experience.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Experience using FEA/CFD codes: Ansys Fluent/Polyflow, Abaqus CAE, Open FOAM, CalculiX or similar software.
• Knowledge of fatigue analysis, viscoelasticity, hyper elasticity, and general engineering mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers on boundary conditions, material properties, and CAD geometry for setup of simulations.
• Adjust and debug meshing parameters, boundary conditions, and solver settings to balance accuracy with convergence time.
• Perform FEA analysis to understand critical product and process performance during the development process.
• Collaborate with engineers and technicians on model validation using an appropriate real-world experiment.
• Lead technical discussions regarding simulation results and brainstorm future work.
• Document simulation results and provide engineering recommendations to internal engineering teams via presentations and written reports.
• Develop and improve existing simulation techniques with purchase of external software, new code or user subroutines, and automation of virtual workflow.
• Stay up to date with simulation software and tools including ANYSYS platforms, Dassault Systems platforms, CalculiX, and OpenFoam.
• Travel as needed within the USA (5-10%).

Benefits

• 401 (k) Plan, Employer Fixed Contributions & Company Matching
• Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Paid Maternity Leave & Paid Parental Leave
• Career Growth Planning & Nationwide Career Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level