CAE Engineer

L&L Products; Romeo (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Onsite medical clinic

401K plan

Wellness program

Job summary

L&L Products in Michigan is seeking a CAE Engineer to perform finite element analyses to evaluate automotive products for crashworthiness, structural performance, NVH, fatigue, and durability. You will develop models, validate results, and contribute to improving simulation capabilities while coordinating with Product Development, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and customers.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, strong CAE experience, and the ability to communicate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• Working knowledge of FEA fundamentals, structural mechanics, and engineering problem solving.
• Experience with commercial FEA solvers such as LS-DYNA, OptiStruct, Nastran, Abaqus, or equivalent.
• Experience with CAE preprocessing and postprocessing software such as HyperWorks/HyperMesh, LS-PrePost, or equivalent.
• Ability to interpret FEA results and relate predictions to physical product behavior.
• Understanding of automotive crashworthiness, structural performance, NVH, fatigue, durability, and related CAE applications.
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform finite element analyses to evaluate products and material solutions for crashworthiness, structural performance, NVH, fatigue, durability, and related applications.
• Develop finite element models including geometry, meshing, material definitions, connections, contacts, loads, and boundary conditions.
• Evaluate CAE results, identify limitations, and recommend design changes to improve performance, mass, cost, manufacturability, and robustness.
• Support development of new product concepts and customer opportunities by providing timely analytical insight to multiple stakeholders.
• Plan and support physical testing required for CAE validation and correlation, comparing to analytical predictions.
• Document models, inputs, assumptions, results, conclusions, and recommendations clearly per procedures.
• Communicate technical information effectively to engineering, commercial, manufacturing, customer, and supplier stakeholders.
• Develop and apply improved CAE methods, automation, and data-analysis techniques to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Skills

FEA fundamentals

LS-DYNA

Abaqus

HyperWorks

Python scripting

Automotive CAE

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

HyperMesh

LS-PrePost

Nastran

Job description

Would you like to work for a company where ambitious spirits and creativity thrive? L&L Products offers a culture that grows talent and flourishes with innovation. It is a place where you are encouraged take control of your own professional development by using L&L’s extensive training opportunities to craft solutions to the industry’s hottest problems. Here is where quality of work, product and relationships are a priority.

L&L Products is built on the basic philosophy that good people working together, listening to each other’s ideas with an open mind and everyone wanting to do a little better each day will ensure our success. Our existence is full of wise principles, sacrifices and victories, laughs, and lasting memories that tell exactly who we are. How we came to be the great company, the caring family that we are today.

What you’ll do:

As a CAE Engineer, Perform and support finite element analysis (FEA) to evaluate, develop, and optimize automotive products and material solutions for crashworthiness, structural performance, NVH, fatigue, and durability. Use CAE to guide product design decisions, support customer programs, correlate analytical predictions to physical testing, and contribute to continuous improvement of simulation capabilities.

Duties / Responsibilities of this position:

• Perform finite element analyses to evaluate products and material solutions for crashworthiness, structural performance, NVH, fatigue, durability, and other relevant structural-performance applications.
• Develop appropriate finite element models, including geometry idealization, meshing, material definitions, connections, contacts, loads, constraints, and boundary conditions.
• Evaluate CAE results, identify performance limitations and failure modes, and recommend design changes to improve product performance, mass, cost, manufacturability, and robustness.
• Support development of new product concepts and customer opportunities by providing timely analytical insight to Product Development, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Commercial, customers, and suppliers.
• Perform and support coupon, component, subsystem, and system-level CAE analysis and correlation as appropriate for assigned applications.
• Apply appropriate material models and modeling techniques for polymers, composites, adhesives, metals, and other materials relevant to company products. Support material characterization and material-model validation in collaboration with senior CAE, R&D, and laboratory personnel.
• Plan and support physical testing required for CAE validation and correlation. Compare analytical predictions with test results, identify sources of discrepancy, and refine models and assumptions as appropriate.
• Verify model setup and results, including material definitions, boundary conditions, loads, connections, contacts, mesh quality, units, assumptions, and overall result validity. Participate in peer reviews of CAE work.
• Document models, inputs, assumptions, results, conclusions, and recommendations in a clear and traceable manner in accordance with company data-management and engineering procedures.
• Communicate technical information clearly and effectively to engineering, commercial, manufacturing, customer, and supplier stakeholders.
• Support customer programs and technical activities at customer locations when required, professionally representing the company with customers and suppliers.
• Develop and apply improved CAE methods, automation, optimization, and data-analysis techniques to improve simulation efficiency, accuracy, repeatability, and engineering decision-making.
• Work effectively in cross-functional and global teams while independently managing assigned analyses, project commitments, and agreed timing.

Job Requirements:

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Working knowledge of finite element analysis fundamentals, structural mechanics, and engineering problem solving.
• Experience with one or more commercial FEA solvers such as LS-DYNA, OptiStruct, Nastran, Abaqus, or equivalent.
• Experience with CAE preprocessing and postprocessing software such as Altair HyperWorks/HyperMesh, LS-PrePost, or equivalent.
• Ability to interpret FEA results, assess model validity, and relate analytical predictions to physical product behavior.
• Understanding of automotive crashworthiness, structural performance, NVH, fatigue, durability, and/or related CAE applications.
• Effective written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within cross-functional teams.

Preferred

• 1-3 years of relevant automotive or related CAE/FEA experience. Exceptional candidates with relevant academic, internship, or co-op CAE experience may also be considered.
• Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience with nonlinear FEA and/or explicit dynamics; LS-DYNA experience is preferred for crash applications.
• Experience with polymers, fiber-reinforced composites, adhesives, or multi-material structures.
• Experience correlating analytical predictions to coupon, component, subsystem, or system-level physical tests.
• Knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes such as injection molding, extrusion, pultrusion, stamping, or assembly/joining processes.
• Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), optimization, parametric analysis, or sensitivity studies.
• Experience with Python, Tcl, or other scripting/automation tools for CAE preprocessing, postprocessing, data analysis, workflow automation, or optimization.

Core Competencies:

• Performance Driven
• Communication
• Customer Centric
• Passion/Values
• Safety/Sustainability
• Leadership

Physical Demands Analysis:

• Continuous sitting at desk
• Continuous computer work, keyboarding, computer mouse, and computer monitor
• Occasional standing and walking
• Rare lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds
• Rare climbing stairs, bending, and stooping
• Occasional travel by car or plane.
• Personal Protective Equipment Requirements (PPE): safety shoes, safety glasses, cut-resistant gloves, hearing protection, and other PPEs required by customers

Environmental Conditions:

• Hot/Cold – occasional
• Humid/Dry – occasional
• Moving Objects – occasional

Never = Not Required/Never (0%)

Rare = Seldom/Rare (not daily (1-10%)

Occasional = Minor/Occasional (less than 3 hour)(11-33%)

Frequent = Required/Frequent (34-64%)(for 3-5 hours)

Continuous = Major/Continuous (64-100%)(more than 5 hours)

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision
• Onsite medical clinic
• Generous 401K contributions
• Top-notch wellness program with a focus on your total well-being

Equal Opportunity Employer

L&L Products does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. L&L Products will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship.