Powertrain Durability CAE Engineer

• Conduct durability CAE to support 8F transmissions
  
• Analysis can involve stress deflection temperature fatigue and fracture mechanics and fracture mechanics. Models can be linear or nonlinear involve numerous contacts and be quasistatic or transient.
  
• Investigate optimization and TVM opportunities
  
• Interpret results and draw reasonable conclusions
  

• Document results
  
• Communicate effectively with engineers designers technicians suppliers and management
  
• Plan hardware testing to correlate FE models
  
• Work with engineering community test labs metallurgy metrology and six-sigma teams to analyze data and establish trends
  
• Research software and methods to determine best practices for analysis
  
• Document methods clearly
  

• In-depth knowledge of analytical methods in durability CAE
  
• Strong knowledge of fracture mechanics theory and practice
  
• Proficiency with Hypermesh Simlab Abaqus FEMFAT or similar tools
  
• Strong knowledge of Optimization
  
• Knowledge of powertrain (conventional hybrid BEV) beneficial
  
• Six-sigma skills beneficial
  
• CAD skills beneficial
  

Education Required

• MS in mechanical engineering
  
• Six-sigma blackbelt beneficial