Hybrid: Senior Mechanism & MBD Engineer

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Towson (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,600 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is seeking a Principal Mechanism & Multi-Body Dynamics Engineer to lead advanced simulation and model-based engineering for next-generation mechanical platforms.

You will build and validate multi-body dynamic models of drivetrains, linkages, and motion systems to improve performance, durability, and robustness. The role requires expertise in MBD tools (MSC Adams, MotionSolve, Ansys Motion, RecurDyn, Simscape Multibody) and co‑simulation with FEA.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, or related field.
• Typically 5+ years of mechanism analysis, multi-body dynamics, or simulation experience; advanced degree may offset experience.
• 10+ years of CAE experience in product development.
• Experience with one or more commercial MBD tools such as MSC Adams, MotionSolve, Ansys Motion, RecurDyn, or Simscape Multibody.
• Strong fundamentals in rigid body dynamics, kinematics, Lagrangian mechanics, constraint systems, contact mechanics, and force element modeling.
• Experience developing models for mechanical systems with multiple moving bodies, joints, contacts, and nonlinear interactions.
• Experience creating simulation outputs for structural analysis, fatigue, durability.
• Experience correlating simulation with physical test data and improving models.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and refine kinematic and dynamic models of mechanical systems using MBD tools.
• Perform subsystem and system-level analysis of drivetrains, linkages, gear trains, actuation systems, and related hardware.
• Build and integrate flexible body models with FEA-MBD co-simulation workflows.
• Generate load cases, interface forces, joint reactions, torque histories, and transient data.
• Support mechanism-specific modeling for power transmission, motion conversion, latch systems, and high-load events.
• Correlate simulation outputs with bench and full-system test data to improve predictiveness.
• Conduct DOE, sensitivity studies, and parameter sweeps to optimize mechanism performance.
• Collaborate with design teams to define joints, contacts, friction, damping, and inertia properties.
• Support FMI/FMU co-simulation and Adams-Simulink workflows.
• Develop scripts in Python or MATLAB to automate model setup and reporting.
• Document assumptions, validation methods, and results for stakeholders.

Skills

Python scripting

MATLAB scripting

C++

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MSC Adams

MotionSolve

Ansys Motion

RecurDyn

Simscape Multibody

LS-DYNA

NASTRAN

RADIOSS

Job description

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. is seeking a Principal Mechanism & Multi-Body Dynamics Engineer to lead advanced simulation and model-based engineering for next-generation mechanical platforms.

You will build and validate multi-body dynamic models of drivetrains, linkages, and motion systems to improve performance, durability, and robustness. The role requires expertise in MBD tools (MSC Adams, MotionSolve, Ansys Motion, RecurDyn, Simscape Multibody) and co‑simulation with FEA.