Principal Simulation & Analysis Engineers - FEA

Principal Simulation & Analysis Engineer

Job Description:

Principal Simulation & Analysis Engineers - FEA

Job duties:

• Directly support New Product Development (NPD) and Advanced Engineering projects with Finite Element Analysis of components and assemblies, with a focus on stress/strain evaluations.

• Guide the development and use of other complex models, tools and algorithms related to stress/strain evaluations to support NPD projects and Advanced Development activities.

• Mentor, train, and share FEA knowledge to increase the department's overall capabilities.

• Model operational environments, perform trade studies via ANSYS, and provide decision support for alternative architectures.

• Consult with teams on loading and boundary conditions and verify through failure analysis.

• Recommend geometry or material changes for design robustness as well as weight, size, and cost optimizations.

• Conduct linear and non-linear static analysis, modal analysis, frequency response, deflection analysis, and dynamic analysis (e.g. drop test analysis).

• Conduct fatigue analysis and durability calculations.

• Validate simulation results with theory and/or test data.

• Regularly articulate complex simulations and their results in an easy-to-understand format with teammates, senior management, and executives.

• Execute analysis on competitive parts and products.

• Use highly effective communication skills to quickly understand the depth of work required and provide trade-offs of accuracy versus time to complete analysis; articulate and prioritize time constraints where needed.

• Receive analysis requests from a variety of customers- must be strong in prioritization, timing, and scope discussions.

• Grow organizational capability through knowledge sharing and collaboration with own and other departments across business units as required.

• Collaborate with Design Engineers on Finite Element Analysis methods/techniques to ensure proper setup and interpretation results.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor's or equivalent degree in Modeling & Simulation, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related engineering field and 7 years of relevant design experience and Finite Element Analysis or a Master's or equivalent degree in Modeling & Simulation, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or related engineering field and 4 years of relevant design experience and Finite Element Analysis. Experience must include:

• 3D CAD experience such as Solidworks or NX

• Ansys, LSDYNA, Abaqus and Abaqus Explicit FEA software

• Hypermesh and Optistruct software

• Mechanical principles such as kinematics, structural materials and standard machine and mechanism components

• Linear and Non-linear material modeling and evaluation of different load-based failure modes (yield, ultimate, and fatigue)

• Engineering materials, mechanical properties, and the manufacturing processes associated with these materials

• Root cause and failure analysis

• Nonlinear FEA and fatigue analysis of on-road or off-road machine components

Ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

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