CAE Engineer

Denken Solutions, Inc.; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Denken Solutions, Inc. in Foster City, CA is seeking a senior engineer to own and advance vehicle dynamics development for a fully autonomous ride experience.

You will build high-fidelity multibody models, drive CAE activities, and guide design partners to optimize ride, handling, and safety across prototype vehicles. Collaborating with robotics, control, and vehicle engineering teams, you will translate physical tests into CAE targets, balance performance, and ensure test correlation to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in vehicle dynamics performance development and simulation.
• Experience in vehicle dynamics CAE development tools: MSC Adams, CarMaker, and MATLAB/Simulink.
• Knowledge of Dynamics CAE to test correlation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-fidelity multibody vehicle dynamics models using MSC Adams.
• Collaborate closely with the design team to help supplier partners improve components for ride and handling.
• Able to generate Suspension, Full Vehicle, and PWT loads as per process.
• Develop key vehicle dynamics metrics and targets using physical tests and CAE data.
• Support performance balancing with other Vehicle Integration Attributes and software controls development.
• Support active safety performance development and validation to be on par with the automotive industry.
• Correlate simulation results with measurements of the vehicle or subsystems, and continually explore ways to increase simulation accuracy.

Skills

Vehicle dynamics

Multibody dynamics modelling

Collaboration

Education

Master's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

MSC Adams

CarMaker

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

• At Client, we have set the goal to provide our customers with a premium ride experience while using our fully autonomous vehicles.
• You will work with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds such as robotics, control, and vehicle engineering.
• You will take ownership of the Vehicle Dynamics performance, working with physical and virtual testing, providing direction to the various chassis areas including Ride, Handling, NVH, Loads Cascade, Vehicle Control Engineers, CAE team, and other Vehicle Integration Attribute areas to assure an excellent vehicle ride quality, a responsive and controllable robot platform that provides confidence and trust to the occupants.
• Working at a startup gives you the chance to manifest your creativity and make a big difference in the final product.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain high-fidelity multibody vehicle dynamics models using MSC Adams.
• Collaborate closely with the design team to help our supplier partners improve their ability to deliver components for ride and handling.
• Able to generate Suspension, Full Vehicle, and PWT loads as per process.
• Develop key vehicle dynamics metrics and targets using physical tests and CAE data.
• Support performance balancing with the other Vehicle Integration Attributes and software controls development.
• Support active safety performance development and validation to be on par with the automotive industry.
• Correlate simulation results with measurements of the vehicle or subsystems, and continually explore ways to increase simulation accuracy.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in vehicle dynamics performance development and Simulation.
• Experience in vehicle dynamics CAE development tools: MSC Adams, CarMaker, and Matlab/Simulink.
• Master's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of Dynamics CAE to Test Correlation.