Sr. Vehicle CAE Durability Engineer
About The Position
Responsible for performing durability, strength, and stiffness simulations to develop and optimize EV body, chassis, and closures structure; analyze simulation data to understand issues and optimize solutions through multiple full vehicle durability simulation iterations; use CAE tools to lead and guide vehicle structure design; assess durability, strength, and stiffness performance using nCode, DesignLife, and OptiStruct; create and debug full vehicle durability models using pre-processing tools, such as ANSA and HyperMesh; perform post-process durability and stiffness simulation results using nCode and HyperWorks; provide design improvement recommendations based on simulation results; utilize load analysis, durability and fatigue prediction, nCode, OptiStruct, Nastran, Abaqus, ANSA, LS-DYNA, MotionSolve, HyperStudy, and continuous improvement to perform duties; conduct component and vehicle testing to correlate CAE results with physical test data; apply advanced methodologies, including Design of Experiments and Design for Six Sigma using Hyperstudy, for design optimization; generate detailed reports summarizing simulation results and design improvements; and collaborate with the design team, manufacturing team, and suppliers to achieve targeted vehicle performance.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Automotive Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or in a related field of study (will accept equivalent foreign degree)
- Two (2) years in the position above, as a CAE Lead, as a CAE Strength/Durability Analyst, as a Project Engineer, as a Structural Engineer, or in a related occupation
- One (1) year’s use of all the following: load analysis, durability and fatigue prediction, nCode, OptiStruct, Nastran, Abaqus, ANSA, LS-DYNA, MotionSolve, HyperStudy, and continuous improvement
Responsibilities
- Performing durability, strength, and stiffness simulations to develop and optimize EV body, chassis, and closures structure
- Analyzing simulation data to understand issues and optimize solutions through multiple full vehicle durability simulation iterations
- Using CAE tools to lead and guide vehicle structure design
- Assessing durability, strength, and stiffness performance using nCode, DesignLife, and OptiStruct
- Creating and debugging full vehicle durability models using pre-processing tools, such as ANSA and HyperMesh
- Performing post-process durability and stiffness simulation results using nCode and HyperWorks
- Providing design improvement recommendations based on simulation results
- Utilizing load analysis, durability and fatigue prediction, nCode, OptiStruct, Nastran, Abaqus, ANSA, LS-DYNA, MotionSolve, HyperStudy, and continuous improvement to perform duties
- Conducting component and vehicle testing to correlate CAE results with physical test data
- Applying advanced methodologies, including Design of Experiments and Design for Six Sigma using Hyperstudy, for design optimization
- Generating detailed reports summarizing simulation results and design improvements
- Collaborating with the design team, manufacturing team, and suppliers to achieve targeted vehicle performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
