Battery and Propulsion Thermal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build 1D fluid dynamics and coarse 3D thermal models that directly impact design development, validation and eliminate hardware testing.
• Create simulations including battery cell, battery pack, drive units, electric motors, power electronics, combustion engine and transmission related systems.
• Conceptualize, build, and exercise analytical system level models for electrified and conventional propulsion systems using 1D software tools.
• Integrate plant models of different domains into a larger system level model capable of “Software or Hardware (SiL or HiL) in the Loop” Co-Simulation.
• Provide component-level and system-level design recommendations to Design Responsible Engineers based on interpretation of analysis results.
• Own and advance analysis practices and/or tools to improve prediction fidelity and execution speed.
• Collaborate with analysis counterparts across several VDDV teams representing global propulsion systems and vehicle engineering.
• Mentor, train and lead our TCS India colleagues as well as new team members.
• Provide technical leadership and problem resolution by leveraging analysis results.
• Participate in efficiency improvement projects, including the development of automation tools via Python or MATLAB.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field of study
• Five (5) years of experience as a Simulation Engineer, Product Engineer, or related occupation
• Five (5) years of experience in the following:
  Simulation, design, or testing of propulsion related systems; MATLAB and Python;
  Microsoft Office products;
  Heat transfer and fluid mechanics;
  Applying 1D or 3D CFD tools to propulsion-related systems;
  Principles of propulsion system design, operation, or testing; and Engineering theory and principles of operation of mechanical and electrical mechanisms.
• Two (2) years of experience with the following:
  Amesim and GT-SUITE.
• One (1) year of experience with the following:
  Synthesis Modeling Experience (without CAD).