Senior CAE Engineer (Aerospace & Defense)

Divergent•Torrance, CA

19h•$100,880 - $247,005•Onsite

About The Position

Divergent is a technology company that has architected, invented, built, and commercialized an end-to-end factory system called the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) that comprehensively uses machine learning to optimally engineer, additively manufacture, and flexibly assemble complex integrated vehicle structures and subsystems. Products created using DAPS are superior in performance, lower in cost, rapidly customizable to meet mission and customer-specific requirements, faster to market, and scalable on demand to high volume production. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs, and Divergent is now expanding to support mission critical needs in the Aerospace and Defense sector. Join us to be a part of this transformative journey, where your impact will shape the future of technology and production. Divergent is seeking an experienced and motivated analysis engineer to support the next generation of industry-leading vehicle development. We’re committed to transforming vehicles’ structural systems away from traditional manufacturing by using new materials and new technologies. To do this, we need a forward-looking and innovative engineer who will help shape the future of industrial manufacturing. Senior CAE Engineer will build and manage FE models of structural components or full system architectures for a variety of vehicle platforms and perform detailed engineering analysis on structural components and systems using CAE programs. This position requires to work closely with inter-group engineers to understand manufacturing/design capabilities and limitations to ensure proposed design changes can be efficiently produced and assembled. Collaborating successfully in a team environment is essential to ensure cross-functional requirements are met while achieving safety targets.

Requirements

Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
BS or MS in Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering.
4+ years of experience in aerospace / automotive structural analysis.
4+ years of experience in analysis software packages such as Nastran, Optistruct, ABAQUS and/or LS-Dyna.
4+ years of experience in non-linear, dynamic stiffness, and durability analyses of structural components
In-depth industrial experiences in the nonlinear analysis problems at least one of the followings: Explicit Full vehicle crash Analysis / Cohesive Zone Adhesive Analysis / Flutter Analysis / Random-Vibration test-correlation / Nonlinear Thermal Structural Analysis.
Proficient with Altair Hypermesh or Beta CAE ANSA preprocessors.
Ability to utilize hand calculations to supplement analysis results.
Outstanding comprehension of solid mechanics.
Solid understanding of linear/nonlinear behaviors of advanced materials (composites, adhesives, metals) to achieve lightweight structural solutions.
Solid interpersonal skills and motivated self-starter who can manage personal workload and execution to tight schedule.

Nice To Haves

Material characterization and component / system-level CAE – physical test correlation experience is a plus.
Experience with automotive full vehicle homologation procedure.
Experience with aerospace load applications and MIL-STDs.
Experience interfacing with engineering, testing, and manufacturing groups to understand system designs and the associated constraints.
Supported or engaged directly with DoD airworthiness stakeholders such as Air Force Test Center (AFTC) or FAA.
Experience supporting structural design and analysis throughout the design, build, and test phases of a development cycle.

Responsibilities

Build up and analyze FE Models of Node™-based vehicle structures for aerospace flight applications or automotive use cases including validation using hand calculations and optimization.
Apply cutting-edge FE/CAE methodology including nonlinear geometry / nonlinear material / implicit and explicit techniques to address complicated multi-physics problems.
Present technical analysis summary/reports efficiently at meetings and to other relevant engineers.
Create, refine, and execute new technical solutions for aerospace structures to support external customer programs and joint development efforts.
Work collaboratively in a team environment within the DAPS Product Engineering team and cross-functionally with other disciplines to efficiently design and release structures that are optimized for mass, efficient production, and assembly.
Work cross-functionally to implement cost reduction, methods and product improvements, and support prototype and production build activities.