CAE Engineer

HV Battery Structural CAE Engineer

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We are looking for an experienced structural CAE engineer to lead high-voltage battery internals and related system structural design using CAE tools. You will work with battery design and release engineers on cutting-edge battery technologies to ensure the battery functional environment operates within specified conditions. As a collaborative team player, you will create impact by working across the Electrified Powertrain Engineering organization and with key stakeholders of the battery business.

The Client Global Electrified Powertrain Engineering Team is a growing team committed to bringing efficiency and value into the battery architecture through close collaboration with global suppliers. Together, our team works to understand our changing world, identify new opportunities, and take action to design and innovate for the future of mobility — Client vehicles and surrounding experiences.

Skills Required:

• CAE

Experience

Required:

• 4+ years of experience working with structural components and designs in an engineering environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Structural Engineering.
• Emphasis on finding someone with broad experience using ABAQUS, Hypermesh, ncode or FeSafe and 3DX.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:

• *** POSITION IS HYBRID / (4 days per week in the office / Monday to Thursday)***
• Build 3D battery internal structural analysis CAE models from CAD designs.
• Debug complex finite element (FE) models independently.
• Perform 3D structural simulations on high-voltage battery packs at the system, subsystem, and component levels to support internal design development, utilizing non-linear FEA codes such as ABAQUS, ANSYS, or Opti Struct Non-Linear, including pre- and post-processing with Hyper Mesh, Hyper View, and ABAQUS Viewer.
• Evaluate 3D structural analysis results and provide technical feedback and design direction to vehicle program and battery pack design teams.
• Collaborate with vehicle-level teams to obtain boundary conditions for battery pack structural-level simulations.
• Partner with battery lab and vehicle-level testing teams; specify instrumentation for data collection; process physical structural test results and use the data to correlate CAE models.
• Coordinate with extended overseas CAE teams for meshing and geometric cleanup tasks.
• Compile professional, organized, and structured reports detailing completed CAE work, including recommendations and conclusions.
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