Job description

Job Summary:

Our client in Novi, MI is looking for a CAE Structural Analyst and Durability Engineer. This is a Contract position.

Use CAE tools to provide design guidance for automotive heat exchangers to product development engineering. Optimize component design to achieve customer strength, durability and NVH targets.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct pressure cycle, burst, thermal cycle and vibration durability analyses of heat exchangers to ensure they meet customer’s design targets. Analyses would focus mainly on the durability characteristics of the design.
• Conduct structural / strength analyses at the attachment and bracketing locations for heat exchangers to ensure there is no expected damage or failures during assembly or installation into the vehicle.
• Participate in internal or external program meetings with engineering and customers, technical design reviews or other discussions and review CAE results and conclusions.
• Conduct CAE correlation studies in collaboration with engineering and testing operations.
• Adhere to department and CAE team organizational processes with respect to project tracking and report writing

Degree Preferred and Experience

• Ph.D. degree in structural finite element analysis with 5-10 years of experience in the field of fatigue and durability finite element analysis.
• Candidate should be capable to conduct described analyses immediately with minimal or no training or mentoring.

Desired Competencies, Experience, & Qualifications

• Familiarity with the operation and function of automotive heat exchangers (evaporator, heater core, radiator, condenser, etc.,), and fluid transport lines and hoses.
• Have the ability to translate function, operation and customer test specifications into a CAE / virtual math model with appropriate initial and boundary conditions.
• In-depth experience and expertise in the efficient utilization of one or more general purpose CAE pre/post-processor(s) and solver(s) (Abaqus, ANSYS, Optistruct and NASTRAN applications preferred).
• Ability to collaborate and leverage an offshore, 2-person support team of modelers / meshers located at our Systems Pune office.
• Experience with Catia V5 CAD tool and basic Linux skills. Capable with one or more computer programming or scripting languages (i.e. Python, C, FORTRAN, etc.).
• Experience in utilizing high performance computing systems for advanced CAE simulations.

Why Work With Us

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com .

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Job Type: Contract

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 10 years
• 5 years
• 6 years
• 7 years
• 8 years
• 9 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Will you need, now or in the future, sponsorship to work at Altair?
• Are you willing to relocate if you do not live in Novi, Michigan?
• How many years of work experience do you have in the field of fatigue and durability finite element analysis?
• Do you have familiarity with the operation and function of automotive heat exchangers?
• How many years of work experience do you have working with Catia V5?

Work Location: In person

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