CAE Software Development Engineer

at  Caterpillar

JOB SUMMARY

The Computer-Aided-Engineering (CAE) Software team sits within the CAE Simulation team which is part of the engineering team at IPSD-M (Industrial Power Systems Division – Medium Engines). We are seeking a CAE Software Development Engineer to join the team to support and enable the Simulation Team to serve the future needs of the business.
The CAE Simulation team is comprised of Thermofluids (CFD), Structural (FEA) and Software teams, and is responsible for supporting the design, performance and mechanical development of advanced powertrains for Caterpillar and driving the technical direction in the early stages of new products through the use of simulation tools and methodologies, as well as the virtual validation of these early concepts.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Support the development and maintenance of proprietary Python based software to increase the efficiency of simulation workflows that are utilised throughout all disciplines within the CAE Simulation team.
• Develop and deploy process automation and integration tools using a mixture of proprietary and commercial simulation tools.
• Identify opportunities to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) and machine learning tools to enable process automation with the aim to increase simulation efficiency and design insight.
• Development of workflows within commercial multi-disciplinary optimisation (MDO) tools that execute on both Windows and Linux based high performance computing environments.
• Work with a degree of autonomy both individually, and as part of a cross-functional team to deliver complex tasks concurrently.