Senior Engineer-CAE
Chennai, Chennai-MRV, IN
Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
As a Senior Engineer - CAE, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the performance and safety of vehicle components and systems through your expertise in finite element modelling. Your responsibilities will encompass:
- Conducting comprehensive finite element analysis (FEA) of vehicle structures, focusing on optimising designs for both performance and manufacturability.
- Applying your knowledge in assigning thickness and material properties to components, ensuring robust and efficient designs.
- Building finite element assemblies while understanding complex connections such as spot and seam welding, crucial for maintaining structural integrity.
- Performing linear and nonlinear static analyses, applying loads and boundary conditions meticulously to assess vehicle component resilience.
- Executing modal, frequency response, and transient analyses to predict performance under various operating conditions.
- Estimating fatigue life for vehicle structures, including evaluating weld durability, providing insight for future improvements.
- Postprocessing results, generating comprehensive reports, and presenting findings effectively to cross-functional design teams.
- Advising on design modifications necessary to meet acceptance criteria, taking into consideration manufacturing and packaging constraints.
Experience
To thrive in this position, you should possess:
- Between 3 to 6 years of professional experience in the automotive sector, with a robust background in vehicle systems.
- Proficient knowledge of various tests for vehicle systems, with the ability to recommend design modifications based on analytical results.
- Strong fundamentals in the principles of strength of materials, applied mechanics, and finite element methods.
- Hands-on experience with key tools, including:
- Meshing tools such as Hypermesh and SIMLAB.
- Solvers including Nastran, Abaqus, and Ansys.
- Post-processing software like Hyperview and FEMFAT, ensuring high-quality outputs for client and stakeholder reviews.
Industry Preferred
We seek a candidate with the following educational qualifications:
BTech or MTech in Engineering, preferably from an esteemed institution like IITs (with a minimum GATE score of 90%) or other reputed engineering colleges.
Your academic foundation will support your ability to excel in complex engineering challenges and contribute to cutting-edge vehicle design projects.
Qualifications
We seek a candidate with the following educational qualifications:
BTech or MTech in Engineering, preferably from an esteemed institution like IITs (with a minimum GATE score of 90%) or other reputed engineering colleges.
Your academic foundation will support your ability to excel in complex engineering challenges and contribute to cutting-edge vehicle design projects.
General Requirements
General requirements for the role include:
- Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical information to diverse audiences.
- A collaborative mindset, with a strong emphasis on teamwork and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Proactive problem-solving skills combined with the ability to think critically under pressure.
- A commitment to continual learning and professional development in the ever-evolving field of automotive engineering.
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