CAE Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct CAE analyses such as modal and vibration analyses, thermal analysis, and other studies as required to support product development
• Perform necessary analysis support such as meshing and any other model preparation where outsourcing is required
• Assignments may include programs with new customers and the introduction to new technology
• Work closely with Product Development, New Technology, and Program Management Teams to ensure milestone attainment to customer expectations
• Provides robust design methods to minimize prior failure modes, and when necessary, provides technical leadership/direction to resolve issues
• Enforce design standards driving cost advantages to BOM standards
• Maintain lessons learned database and ensure Product Engineers and Designers follow
• Consults with engineering personnel/management to provide recommendations for the improvement of existing products and processes
• Maintains affiliations with appropriate professional and technical groups
• Supports critical design reviews- align product designs to Manufacturing capabilities and escalate if alignment to customer expectations is not present
• Conducts effective and efficient technical presentations which may involve design, engineering, internal/external customers, suppliers, etc.
• Assists Product Engineers with SOR’s, material selection, and test plans
• Commitment to Company goals and objectives
• Supportive of organization’s growth efforts
• Apply both analytical and fundamental engineering skills to model and analyze systems involving thermal simulations and vibration analyses
• Review simulation results and recommend corrective actions when appropriate
• Contributes in the development and implementation of new methods and analyses to minimize design changes required
• Demonstrates focus on meeting program commitments and enforcement of work plans where timing is not achieved
• Other duties as assigned

Key Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering; Master’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an automotive engineering or academic environment
• Understanding of thermal and mechanical testing as well as validation requirements for automotive exterior lighting
• Knowledge/experience of CAE software like Hyperworks, ABAQUS, NASTRAN, LS DYNA, StarCDCCM+, nCODE
• Understanding of DFMEA, DVP&R, DOE, DFM
• Knowledge and execution experience as it relates to APQP, PPAP, FMEA

Special Skills

• Effective communicator with exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Ability to work with staff at remote locations and track progress against established project timelines and milestones
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Ability to build relationships with the Product Development teams and the customer
• Ability to drive accountability to Product Engineers through structured requirements
• Experienced multi-tasker and team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Physical Demands

Physical Demands – Normal amount of sitting and standing; Ability to move around an office environment and on the production floor; Ability to work at a computer workstation; Ability to bend, twist, lift, reach. Required to carry out job duties and responsibilities in a work environment that may include, but is not limited to, varying levels of noise and/or temperature. Ability to lift max. 50lbs periodically.