Automotive RD Roadmap Co-Op
Automotive RD Roadmap Co-Op
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Job Description
Position Overview
Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
The Novelis Global Roadmap Lead team is seeking a Coop student to join our R&D division. This role reports to the Battery Automotive Technology Principal Engineer and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cuttingedge research on lightweighting in automotive applications. The ideal candidate will focus on benchmarking the weights of various automotive subsystems calculating mass influence coefficients and analyzing the associated costs of resizing and reengineering due to lightweighting.
In this role you will develop insights into how weight reduction in key subsystems impacts overall vehicle performance and costeffectiveness. This position plays a critical part in enabling Novelis to identify highimpact areas for lightweighting supporting our mission to drive sustainability and innovation in electric and commercial vehicles.
Why Join Us
- Innovative Environment: Work at the intersection of vehicle lightweighting cost analysis and sustainable transportation.
- Handson Learning: Get experience with realworld benchmarking and simulation tools contributing directly to industryrelevant projects.
- Mentorship and Collaboration: Learn from experts in the automotive and materials fields and collaborate with crossfunctional teams to drive impactful results.
Join our team to help shape the future of electric vehicles and their performance by unraveling the intricate connections between lightweighting strategies vehicle parameters and sustainable transportation solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Subsystem Weight Benchmarking: Gather weight and cost data for core automotive subsystems including Body in White (BiW) chassis suspension battery modules and more across different vehicle types (EVs hybrids ICEs).
- Mass Influence Coefficient Calculation: Calculate mass influence coefficients (MIC) for each subsystem quantifying the impact of weight reduction on overall vehicle performance such as range fuel efficiency and handling.
- Cost Analysis for Resizing/Redesigning Subsystems: Work with engineering and materials teams to estimate costs associated with resizing or reengineering subsystems as a result of lightweighting (e.g. reinforcing lighter components material substitution).
- Simulation of CostInfluenced Lightweighting Scenarios: Utilize simulation tools including NRELs FastSIM and AVL CRUISE to predict performance impacts and compare costbenefit ratios of lightweighting scenarios across various driving conditions.
- Reporting and Recommendations: Develop comprehensive reports visualizations and recommendations that detail optimal lightweighting strategies based on performance impact and resizing costs aiding strategic decisionmaking in automotive lightweighting.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Enrolled in a bachelors or masters degree program in Mechanical Engineering Automotive Engineering Materials Science or a related field.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in data analysis statistical modeling and visualization tools.
- Familiarity with electric vehicle architecture components and performance metrics.
- Proficiency in software tools such as Excel Python MATLAB or similar for data analysis and modeling.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a crossfunctional team environment in all regions of the globe.
- Enthusiasm for lightweighting sustainability electric mobility and automotive innovation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MSc. Mechanical Engineering Automotive Engineering or Similar
Location Profile
Novelis Global Research and Technology Center located in Kennesaw Georgia within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area is a cuttingedge fullservice research and technology hub that employs approximately 200 people including worldclass engineers metallurgists chemists scientists technologists and technicians. The facility includes stateoftheart lab equipment and a diverse mix of product pilot lines that bring innovative solutions to customers in the automotive beverage can and specialty markets. Kennesaw provides a diverse and familyfriendly place to live with countless museums cultural opportunities and educational institutions. Novelis is committed to the Kennesaw community and supports a number of local charitable organizations including Habitat for Humanity as well as FIRST Robotics aimed at encouraging young people to pursue the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in order to spur the next generation of scientists and innovators.
Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.
Disclaimer
We encourage all potential candidates to follow the protocols below and to be diligent when sharing any personal information:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
