What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Durability CAE Engineer position at EDAG Inc?
Description
Who we are:
The EDAG Group is a globally leading, independent engineering services provider that combines excellent engineering with the latest technology trends.
With a global network of some 60 branches, the EDAG Group realizes projects in the Vehicle Engineering, Electrics/Electronics and Production Solutions segments. Drawing on more than 50 years of engineering experience, EDAG's proprietary 360-degree development approach has become a hallmark of quality in the holistic development of vehicles and smart factories. The company's interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of software and digitization provides it with crucial skills to actively shape dynamic transformation processes as an innovative partner.
With an interdisciplinary team of around 8,600 experts, the EDAG Group develops unique mobility and industrial solutions for customers that include the world's leading automotive and non-automotive companies. The company is listed on the stock exchange since 2015 and generated revenues of € 796 million in 2022.
This is how you will grow:
As Senior Durability CAE Engineer, you will be leading the assessment of durability attribute for various vehicle subsystems like Suspension, Body Structures, Powertrain, Battery Pack, interiors, exteriors, closures, seating etc. Along with CAE assessments, you will also be involved in testing activities such as test plan development, test to CAE correlation, testing & validation etc. You will have opportunity to drive the design changes by directly working with design teams by running trade-off studies and design optimization loops. You will work with different testing activities like Regulatory, Certification, and Compliance testing as well as different full-system, sub-system & component level testing.
- Perform strength, stiffness, and fatigue analysis on different vehicle subsystems (chassis, closures, body structure, powertrain etc)
- Perform correlation between test and CAE
- Maintain traceable documentation for all durability analysis and test work
- Able to create FEM mesh from CAD or from rough sketches
- Support design engineers in making sure the parts meet all the durability requirements
- Able to learn and use different CAE software tools (nCode Design Life, ANSA, MetaPost, OptiStruct, Hyperworks CAE products, ADAMS etc).
- Test and benchmark new analysis tools and techniques. Participate in new CAE method development, process automation and benchmarking tasks.
Requirements
This is how you will take us forward:
- 5 years of related experience ; Bachelor's or a higher degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Experience in vehicle level CAE analysis, testing and development
- Experience with performing linear analysis, non-linear analysis, fatigue analysis, design optimization, dynamic analysis with industry standard CAE tools.
- Sound fundamental knowledge of structures and mechanics of materials
- Proficiency in using ANSA, HyperMesh, HyperView, MetaPost, nCode, OptiStruct or similar CAE softwares.
- Strong knowledge of vehicle performance requirements, deriving load cases from requirements, setting performance targets, developing testing and validation plans.