Mechanical Engineer III
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Manager – Virtual Engineering
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full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $190,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop and manage the team that creates vehicle level system models and CAE models for all attributes
- Ensure feasibility and execute model correlation on all virtual models
- Responsible for total vehicle integration of all virtual tool models for body, chassis, interior, and exterior attribute requirements
- Lead the team to identify and resolve design related solutions identified in the virtual tool models
- Lead cross-functional CAE team meetings, working with all product development teams including systems and components, packaging, manufacturing, and service to ensure technical targets are set and solutions are optimized
- Utilize LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Nastran, ANSA, META Post, Altair HyperWorks, GNS Animator, Oasys Primer, CATIA, and NHTSA/FMVSS, NCAP, and IIHS crash requirements to perform duties
- Set and manage the Virtual Tools Delivery Matrix matching functional vehicle targets
- Manage evaluation of model requirements against vehicle features at each required gate and integrate results from physical testing and validation for crashworthiness, structural durability, NVH, aerodynamics, and other analyses
- Responsible for structural CAE crash, durability, NVH, and CFD modeling
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or in a related field of study (will accept equivalent foreign degree)
- Five (5) years in the position above, as a CAE Engineer, as a Crash Engineer, as a Crash Structures Engineer, as a Crashworthiness Structures Engineer, as a Project Engineer, as a Vehicle Safety Integration Engineer, as a Vehicle Safety Integration Manager, or in a related occupation
- Experience must include one (1) year’s use of all the following: LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Nastran, ANSA, META Post, Altair HyperWorks, GNS Animator, Oasys Primer, CATIA, and NHTSA/FMVSS, NCAP, and IIHS crash requirements
- Will also accept any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience
