Job Title: CAE - Senior - 3624
Location: Windsor, Ontario

Description:
The CAE - Senior responsibilities include but not limited to:
• Analyze durability and structural characteristics of propulsion system components and systems using finite element method.
• Document and report the analysis results and make design recommendations.
• Ideal candidate would need a respectable mix of ground vehicle product development knowledge and CAE tools usage with FEA method application to analyze various assembly’s configurations.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3+ years of CAE durability analysis experience in automotive industry
• Demonstrated experience and expertise using ABAQUS,Nastran, FEMFAT or nCode, ANSA, Hypermesh, Optistruct or equivalent.
• Understanding of solid mechanics, durability/fatigue, vibration, and dynamics.
• Good knowledge of computer simulation, numerical methods, and FEA theory.
• Strong analytical and technical background in quasi-static, non-linear, durability/fatigue analyses.
• Excellent engineering judgment and ability to find solutions to progress and improve a design.
• Experience with fatigue calculation (under random vibration loads, road load vibration profile, shock profiles etc. with either FEMFAT or nCode).
• Experience with explicit FEA codes (LS-DYNA, ABAQUS EXPLICIT) is a plus.
• Strong verbal communication, written skills, and presentation skills.
• Should be proficient in use of office software (MS Office, MS TEAMS, MS OUTLOOK, MS SHAREPOINT, etc.).

   

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with electrified powertrain component FEA.
• Experience with explicit FEA and codes (LS-DYNA, ABAQUS EXPLICIT).
• Familiarity with optimization and DOE methods (using iSight, Optistruct, HyperStudy or TOSCA).
• Practical know-how of manufacturing processes and their effect on product development.
• Familiarity with Linux/UNIX.
• Capability to develop in-house applications is a plus (i.e., Python, C++, Linux scripting, VB scripting).
  • Other Requirements  
    • Excellent organizational, communication and teamwork skills.  
    • Willing to relocate to Windsor.
    • Ability to travel to the US for meetings and training.