Propulsion CAE Engineer - Hybrid (FEA/ABAQUS)

General Motors Company; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to perform structural and sealing analyses across electrified propulsion hardware, engines, and transmissions. You will retrieve CAD models, build FE models, and generate data to guide design decisions with a strong emphasis on non-linear analysis and reliability.

You will collaborate with the Design Responsible Engineer and test teams to refine procedures and enable first-time capable analysis techniques, while reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field and five years of experience in a related occupation.
• 5 years of experience with structural engineering materials, large-scale non-linear problems, optimization, topology, reliability, robust design, and process automation.
• Model creation and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
• Structural analysis of propulsion components and systems.
• Composite Structuredurability analysis.
• ABAQUS including Implicit, Explicit and ABAQUS CAE.
• Optistruct, Hypermesh, and iSIGHT.
• Fesafe, FEMFAT, Mold Flow, and DIGIMAT.
• Non-linear analysis, failure theories and multi-axial fatigue and composites.
• Principles of vehicle propulsion system design, operation, and testing.
• Programming in Java, Python, and MATLAB.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structural and sealing analyses for propulsion components across electrified propulsion hardware, engines, and transmissions.
• Retrieve and modify CAD models for creation of finite element models.
• Create analytical data to drive component designs to meet product design requirements.
• Documentation of analysis objectives, assumptions, conclusions, and results.
• Collaborate with the Design Responsible Engineer to troubleshoot design challenges and drive product designs.
• Collaboratively work with test engineers to enhance laboratory procedures to support the development of first-time capable analysis techniques.

Skills

FEM/FEA modeling

Non-linear analysis

Vehicle propulsion design knowledge

Programming in Java, Python, MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

ABAQUS

ABAQUS CAE

Optistruct

Hypermesh

iSIGHT

Fesafe

FEMFAT

Moldflow

DIGIMAT

Job description

General Motors Company is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to perform structural and sealing analyses across electrified propulsion hardware, engines, and transmissions. You will retrieve CAD models, build FE models, and generate data to guide design decisions with a strong emphasis on non-linear analysis and reliability.

You will collaborate with the Design Responsible Engineer and test teams to refine procedures and enable first-time capable analysis techniques, while reporting