Sr. CAE Durability Engineer

Slate Auto

$120K *
Troy, MI 48085In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Automotive Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (equivalent foreign degree accepted)
  • 2 years in related positions such as Durability Engineer, CAE Engineer, or Design Engineer
  • Experience with structural stiffness, stress-strain analysis, and NVH evaluation
  • Proficiency in Nastran, Abaqus, HyperMesh, HyperView, and nCode
  • Ability to correlate CAE results with vehicle testing data

Responsibilities

  • Perform durability, strength, and stiffness simulations for EV structures
  • Develop and optimize the design using CAE tools
  • Assess performance characteristics of vehicle structures
  • Create and debug full vehicle durability models using pre-processing tools
  • Conduct post-processing of simulation results to derive insights
  • Utilize advanced methods like DOE and DFSS for design optimization
  • Generate reports summarizing simulation results and design improvements

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Collaborative work environment across design and manufacturing teams
  • Engagement with innovative electric vehicle projects
  • Flexible work hours or remote work options where applicable
  • Potential for career advancement within a growing company
Full Job Description
Employer: Re:Car, Inc. (d/b/a Slate)

Position:

Sr. CAE Durability Engineer (Job Code: 1016)

Duties:

Responsible for performing durability, strength and stiffness simulations to develop and optimize EV body, chassis, and closures structure; work with CAE tools to lead and guide the design; responsible for assessing performance in durability, strength, and stiffness of a vehicle structure using nCode, DesignLife, and OptiStruct; use pre-processing tools like ANSA and HyperMesh to create and debug the full vehicle durability model, as well as use nCode and HyperWorks to post-process the durability and stiffness simulation results; understand the problem by digging into and analyzing the results; find an optimized solution by performing several full vehicle durability simulation iterations, and suggest recommendations for improving the design; utilize structural stiffness, stress-strain analysis, NVH evaluation, impact analysis, fatigue durability assessment, Nastran, Abaqus, HyperMesh, HyperView, and nCode to perform duties; involved in component and vehicle testing, and correlate CAE results with test data; responsible for applying advanced methods like DOE and DFSS to optimize the design; create reports to present the results of the simulations and the improvements achieved; and communicate with the design team, manufacturing team, and suppliers to achieve the desired vehicle performance.

Location: 2716 Daley Dr, Troy, MI 48083;

Salary: $120,000 per year;

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Master's Degree in Automotive Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or in a related field of study (will accept equivalent foreign degree);

Experience: Two (2) years in the position above, as an Advanced Durability Engineer, as a CAD Engineer, as a CAE Engineer, as a Design Engineer, as a Product Engineer, as a Reliability Engineer, or in a related occupation;

Other Requirements: Experience must include two (2) years' use of all the following: structural stiffness, stress-strain analysis, NVH evaluation, impact analysis, fatigue durability assessment, Nastran, Abaqus, HyperMesh, HyperView, and nCode.

Will also accept any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Employer Contact:

Tara Lewis

Head of Talent Acquisition

Re:Car, Inc. (d/b/a Slate)

2716 Daley Dr

Troy, MI 48083

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