Damage Modeler - F1 Power Unit Life Prediction
GM Performance Power Units
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GM Performance Power Units in Concord, NC is seeking a Damage Modeler to advance life predictions for our Formula 1 power unit. You will integrate materials science, structural mechanics and telemetry data within the Reliability team to ground predictions in real-world evidence and support race performance.
The role demands hands-on experience with fatigue and damage modeling, FEA tools, and load-spectrum development.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Automotive/Aerospace with emphasis on structural mechanics, fatigue or fracture mechanics.
- 5+ years in a structural integrity, lifing, fatigue, or damage tolerance role, ideally in motorsport.
- Hands-on experience developing or applying damage models for real hardware under multi-mechanism loading.
- Experience correlating analytical life predictions with physical test or field failure evidence and improving models accordingly.
Responsibilities
- Develop, validate, and maintain physics-based damage accumulation models for life-critical PU components.
- Produce component duty life predictions from first principles using FEA, thermal analyses, and load spectra.
- Develop load spectra from operational data and integrate into automated data pipelines with reliability data engineers.
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GM Performance Power Units in Concord, NC is seeking a Damage Modeler to advance life predictions for our Formula 1 power unit. You will integrate materials science, structural mechanics and telemetry data within the Reliability team to ground predictions in real-world evidence and support race performance.
The role demands hands-on experience with fatigue and damage modeling, FEA tools, and load-spectrum development.
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