Powertrain Durability CAE Engineer
Technology
Job Description
Job Description
- Conduct durability CAE to support 8F transmissions
- Analysis can involve stress, deflection, temperature, fatigue, and fracture mechanics, and fracture mechanics. Models can be linear or nonlinear, involve numerous contacts, and be quasistatic or transient.
- Investigate optimization and TVM opportunities
- Interpret results and draw reasonable conclusions
- Document results
- Communicate effectively with engineers, designers, technicians, suppliers, and management
- Plan hardware testing to correlate FE models
- Work with engineering community, test labs, metallurgy, metrology, and six-sigma teams to analyze data and establish trends
- Research software and methods to determine best practices for analysis
- Document methods clearly
Requirements
- In-depth knowledge of analytical methods in durability CAE
- Strong knowledge of fracture mechanics theory and practice
- Proficiency with Hypermesh, Simlab, Abaqus, FEMFAT, or similar tools
- Strong knowledge of Optimization
- Knowledge of powertrain (conventional, hybrid, BEV) beneficial
- Six-sigma skills beneficial
- CAD skills beneficial
Education Required
- MS in mechanical engineering
- Six-sigma blackbelt beneficial
