Act as a single point of contact for managing the durability attribute for a vehicle program.
Contribute to road load simulations to provide design loads for different vehicle systems such as chassis parts, body structures, powertrain mounts, and many other systems.
Represent durability in architecture reviews and support the development of the architecture with an eye on durability performance and good loads management.
Support loads analysis studies during the virtual development of the vehicle to best tradeoff tuning ranges with other attributes like Vehicle Dynamics and NVH.
Monitor the CAE results from cascaded design loads and report out results through internal management reviews.
Assist CAE and D&R teams with how to best use loads for CAE studies and/or testing to include items like understanding generic standards, strength and endurance concepts, PSD analysis, and simple block cycle development.
Lead pre-durability planning with support from colleagues – lessons-learned from previous testing, ensuring spare parts are handled, and that the overall durability plan is aligned throughout the organization.
Develop and maintain the vehicle level durability verification plan and program durability health chart.
Durability Milestone assessments (Champion Program Design Reviews, and Milestone). Be the voice of the Durability team to report out the state of full vehicle durability testing summaries for milestone status.
Interface with various functional and test teams to ensure test methods align with vehicle level test requirements, and issues are captured, raised, and resolved.
Ensure all team deliver according to product development timing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
5+ years Road Loads, Durability CAE, Durability Attribute, or Vehicle Attribute experience
Master’s degree in mechanical engineering (Preferred)
Strong experience in advanced road load simulations and design load development (ADAMS, Matlab)
Experience with material strength and fatigue
Experience in interpreting road load measurements and lab test results
Familiarity with architectural tools (C123, CSE, etc)
Programming Skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)
Experience using SimCenter (LMS) TestLab, nCode and Reliasoft
Familiarity with NASTRAN, ABAQUS, or OPTISTRUCT
Possess a growth mindset and desire to work in fast-paced and highly technical environment
Highly motivated and proactive, with exceptional attention to detail
Strong problem-solving skills coupled with strong communication and teamwork skills.

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

road loadsdurability CAEdesign load developmentmaterial strengthfatigue analysisroad load measurementslab test resultsprogramming (MATLAB, Python)advanced road load simulationsdurability verification

Soft Skills

growth mindsethighly motivatedproactiveattention to detailproblem-solvingcommunicationteamwork

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in EngineeringMaster’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering