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Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data
CAE ENGINEER - CRASH STRUCTURES
Job Summary:
Our client in Novi, MI is looking for a CAE Engineer - Crash Structures. This is a contract position.
Focuses on designing, analyzing, and optimizing crashworthiness structures to enhance vehicle safety performance. Responsibilities include simulating structural behavior in various crash scenarios, developing lead structures, defining sections, and ensuring compliance with safety standards throughout the entire program from concept to launch.
· Develop and define structural sections for lead structures and load paths to withstand front, side, rear, and roof crash modes.
· Conduct crashworthiness simulations using LS-DYNA to predict structural integrity and impact protection.
· Create load path designs for high-speed and low-speed crash scenarios, balancing structural demands and optimizing energy absorption.
· Apply material characterization to integrate complex material behavior and failure modes into simulation models.
· Include characterized data in LS-DYNA to accurately simulate complex failure patterns under various crash conditions.
· Develop and analyze 1D math models for quick solutions and initial design evaluations.
· Ensure compliance with IIHS, USNCAP standards in all structural and crash scenario developments.
· Participate in full program cycles from initial concept development to product launch, contributing to safety development and crash optimization.
· Analyze crash scenarios to evaluate energy absorption, structural integrity, and vehicle behavior under different impacts.
· Document simulation results and provide recommendations for optimizing crash structures.
Additional Requirements:
· Proficiency in tools, particularly LS-DYNA and ANSA
· Extensive experience in material characterization and integration into crash simulation tools.
· Familiarity with automotive safety standards (FMVSS, ECE, NCAP)
· Strong understanding of high-strength materials, structural balance for different speed conditions, and IHS, USNCAP crash scenarios.
How You Will Be Successful:
- Envision the Future
- Communicate Honestly and Broadly
- Seek Technology and Business “First”
- Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Discounts
- Free training on all Altair products
Why Work with Us:
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the area of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com
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