Lead Onsite CAE Engineer — HVAC FEA & ASME Specialist

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Staunton (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a Mechanical Engineer with extensive FEA experience to join our structural analysis team in Staunton, VA. You will perform HVAC-related structural FEA simulations using ANSYS Mechanical and validate results against strength-of-materials calculations.

The role requires reviewing peers' simulations, ASME reports, and providing design recommendations based on simulation outcomes, with a focus on nonlinear contact convergence and root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineer or related field with 10–15 years of experience in structural FEA simulations.
• Must have at least 10–15 years of experience with Ansys tools (SpaceClaim, Mechanical, Meshing and post processing).

Responsibilities

• Perform HVAC-related structural FEA simulations & analyses using ANSYS Mechanical software.
• Must be strong in strength of material and hand calculation to validate FEA results.
• Must be able to review simulations of other team members and recommend improvements if needed.
• Must be able to review ASME reports and perform basic calculations to check FEA results.
• Must be able to debug ANSYS Mechanical models for convergence related issues in nonlinear contact simulations.
• Must be able to find errors in simulation results and identify root cause to fix them.
• Must be able to create new FEA modeling techniques for non-standard ASME vessels.
• Must be able to make design recommendations based on simulation results.
• Basic knowledge of ASME FEA simulations and requirements.
• Basic knowledge of reading engineering drawings.
• Replicated successfully at least 2 Evaporators and 2 condensers.
• MS Office tools knowledge

Skills

ANSYS Mechanical

FEA simulations

Strength of materials

ASME standards

Nonlinear analysis

Model debugging

Root cause analysis

FEA modeling techniques

Reading engineering drawings

MS Office

Education

Mechanical Engineer or related field

Tools

SpaceClaim

Mechanical

Meshing

Post processing

Job description

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a Mechanical Engineer with extensive FEA experience to join our structural analysis team in Staunton, VA. You will perform HVAC-related structural FEA simulations using ANSYS Mechanical and validate results against strength-of-materials calculations.

The role requires reviewing peers' simulations, ASME reports, and providing design recommendations based on simulation outcomes, with a focus on nonlinear contact convergence and root-cause analysis.