Senior FEA & Structural Analysis Engineer

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 335,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE is a UAE-based leader in advanced technology, focused on defence and emerging technologies. Based in Abu Dhabi, EDGE enables engineers to transform bold ideas into validated solutions within a multicultural, fast-moving environment.

This senior role requires 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience with strong FEA/structural-analysis skills, proficiency in ANSYS, and familiarity with Creo Simulation and Windchill.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automotive / Mechatronics Engineering is essential; relevant Master’s Degree would be an advantage.
• Minimum 10+ years relevant engineering experience is essential, with strong practical FEA/structural-analysis expertise.
• Automotive, defense, heavy-vehicle or special-purpose vehicle experience would be an advantage.
• Strong experience with ANSYS or equivalent CAE software is essential.
• Experience with Creo Simulation, Creo and Windchill would be an advantage.
• Experience with Geomagic Design X, Control X and Artec Studio would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Senior Engineers and Design teams to define analysis requirements, load cases and acceptance criteria.
• Perform static, dynamic, modal/vibration and thermal/thermo-mechanical analysis; relevant practical experience is essential.
• Perform fatigue, buckling and nonlinear/contact analysis is essential.
• Define boundary conditions, material properties, contacts, meshing strategy and convergence criteria and ensure appropriate FEA modelling practices.
• Perform engineering calculations, load-path assessment, structural sizing and factor-of-safety calculations to validate simulation results.
• Evaluate stress, strain, deformation, stiffness, natural frequencies, durability and structural margins and recommend design improvements is essential.
• Support design optimization, weight reduction, failure investigation and root-cause analysis are essential.
• Correlate FEA results with physical testing and support prototype validation and qualification is essential.
• Prepare analysis reports and present technical recommendations during design reviews is essential.
• Experience in blast, shock and impact analysis for defense applications would be an advantage.

Skills

FEA/Structural analysis

Finite element analysis software

Engineering calculations

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automotive / Mechatronics Engineering

Master’s Degree (advantage)

Tools

ANSYS CAE

Creo Simulation

Windchill

Geomagic Design X

Control X

Artec Studio

Job description

EDGE is a UAE-based leader in advanced technology, focused on defence and emerging technologies. Based in Abu Dhabi, EDGE enables engineers to transform bold ideas into validated solutions within a multicultural, fast-moving environment.

This senior role requires 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience with strong FEA/structural-analysis skills, proficiency in ANSYS, and familiarity with Creo Simulation and Windchill.