Contractor - Vehicle Dynamics Analyst

Overview

Role: Contractor - Vehicle Dynamics Analyst

Location: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire – Hybrid

Role :

Pushing Boundaries: a World leader in propulsion engineering from concept to production Ricardo is a trusted engineering partner specialising in complex propulsion, driveline, and energy systems. We work with customers globally to deliver end-to-end solutions from initial design through to full production. For over 110 years, we have been at the forefront of world changing engineering innovation, partnering with many of the world’s most ambitious organisations to improve performance, push boundaries, and accelerate progress.

Headquartered in Shoreham by Sea (UK), Ricardo brings together more than 1,000 experts and delivers in excess of 200 major programmes globally at any given time. For more information, visit

As a Vehicle Dynamics Analyst your primary role will be to aid the design of transmission and chassissystemsbyundertakinglinear and nonlinear FE analysis using

Abaqus and Hyperworkstoolsets.

• Apply theoretical knowledge and engineering techniques to the solution of basic analytical engineering problems
• Buildhigh-fidelityFEmodelsfortransmission,suspension, chassis systems using commercial CAE tools based on CAD and other engineering data
• Conduct linear and nonlinear,staticand dynamic FE analysis
• Prepare detailed technical presentations for both internal and client project engineering review
• Interface with internal and external clients to deliver updates, designrecommendationsand analysis results
• Assist with technique and analysismethodologydevelopment
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

• Suffice int professional experience performing FE analysis
• Experience with the
  
  Abaqus and Optistructanalysis toolsetforimplicitFEanalysis
• Experience with
  
  Hyperworks or
  
  Ansapre and post processing software
• Experience with at least one commercial CAD package (e.g., Catia, Creo, NX, Solid Works, etc.)
• Experience performing nonlinear static FE and fatigue analysis
• A degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Advancedexperiencein static and dynamicFE analysis
• Experience in numerical methods including multi-body dynamic /finite difference methods

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can.

As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.