Modeling & Simulation Engineer: FEA & CFD Specialist

Andersen Windows, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan

Employer Matching Profit Sharing

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Paid Maternity Leave & Paid Parental

Job summary

Andersen Corporation in the United States seeks a Modeling and Simulation Engineer to provide advanced NLFEA/FEA and CFD services to multiple teams. You will interface with experimentalists on material characterization and validation of simulations, supporting development from concept to production.

Based in our Research, Development, and Innovation organization, you will collaborate on boundary conditions, material properties, and CAD geometry, and stay current with ANSYS, Abaqus, OpenFOAM, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with emphasis on applied mechanics.
• 2+ years of engineering experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to write and debug code and/or user subroutine (C, C++, Fortran, Visual Basic).
• Proficiency with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Some experience with FEA.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers on boundary conditions, material properties, and CAD geometry for setup of simulations.
• Adjust and debug meshing parameters, boundary conditions, and solver settings to balance accuracy with convergence time.
• Perform FEA analysis to understand critical product and process performance during the development process.
• Collaborate with engineers and technicians on model validation using an appropriate real-world experiment.
• Lead technical discussions regarding simulation results and brainstorm future work.
• Document simulation results and provide engineering recommendations to internal engineering teams via presentations and written reports.
• Develop and improve existing simulation techniques with purchase of external software, new code or user subroutines, and automation of virtual workflow.
• Stay up to date with simulation software and tools including ANYSYS platforms, Dassault Systems platforms, CalculiX, and OpenFoam.
• Travel as needed within the USA (5-10%).

Skills

Excellent oral and written comm.

Ability to write and debug code

CFD/FEA knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics

Tools

ANSYS

Dassault Systèmes

CalculiX

OpenFOAM

Abaqus CAE

Job description

Andersen Corporation in the United States seeks a Modeling and Simulation Engineer to provide advanced NLFEA/FEA and CFD services to multiple teams. You will interface with experimentalists on material characterization and validation of simulations, supporting development from concept to production.

Based in our Research, Development, and Innovation organization, you will collaborate on boundary conditions, material properties, and CAD geometry, and stay current with ANSYS, Abaqus, OpenFOAM, and