CAE Engineer

at  Gestamp

CAE Engineer - Auburn Hills
Location:US Autotech R&D, US, US Autotec
Date: Jun 11, 2024
Job Description
Support the North American R&D Center, by conducting Computer Aided Engineering simulations to assess component/BIW/Vehicle performance against regulatory and non-regulatory crash requirements. Suggest cost effective, weight optimized technical solutions to achieve structural requirements according to the needs of the customer. All aspects of CAE are required; such as meshing, joining, job submission, de-bugging and post processing. Present technical report, including conclusion and recommendations to the customer.
Build & conduct numerical validation of components, sub-assemblies and full vehicles in designated crash tests (i.e. USNCAP / IIHS).
Suggest technical solutions to improve product design, with focus on cost reduction, mass reduction and crash performance optimization.
Promote Gestamp innovative light-weighting solutions
Stay current by understanding emerging materials and advanced technologies.
Ensure client timing and performance criteria are met.
Interact with OEM, and present technical portions of the proposals/concepts.
Prepare technical reports, describing analysis and formulating conclusion and recommendations.
Participate in internal R&D activities (material laws, in-sheet failure, spot-weld failure, modeling techniques, innovative materials, etc.).
Train and support new R&D team in North America, the Gestamp CAE methodologies.
Education & Experience
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, focus on (structural mechanics, solid mech., and computational mech.)
Mechanical engineering, Finite Element Method (explicit, implicit), Failure
2-5 years’ experience in Automotive CAE engineering design analysis.
Knowledge & Skills
Strong working knowledge of material science (in particular, steel & aluminum)
First-hand experience in the automobile industry (R&D office / development center) highly recommended.
Ability to understand, interpret and act upon results from analysis to optimize component designs
Strong motivation to work on automotive projects
Software: Solvers: LS-DYNA, Hypercrash/Hyperview, NASTRAN
Pre-Post / Mesh: Beta (Metapost, ANSA), Ls-PrePost, HyperWorks, Visual Environment
Optimization: LS-OPT, Optistruct, MDO
CAD: Working knowledge of CATIA V5 and or NX would be a benefit
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and seek to hire the best candidate regardless of age, beliefs, disability, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.
About us
We are a multi-technology company present in over 20 countries and our team of over 40,000 is made up of 90 different nationalities. They are the driving force of our company, which designs, develops and produces parts for over 900 models of the leading vehicle manufacturers, and enable us to be one of the top suppliers worldwide.

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