Remote Senior Simulation Engineer – Manufacturing DES

Belcan Corporation; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 71,635 - 74,390; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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401(k)

Education assistance

Paid time off

Holidays

Paid leave required by law

Job summary

Belcan Corporation in Lansing, MI is seeking a Senior Software Simulation Engineer for a 6-month contract to support early manufacturing engineering and throughput architecture. The role focuses on building and analyzing discrete event simulation models to guide factory and line design decisions before RFQ and detailed design.

You will work closely with various manufacturing teams to validate capacity, size buffers, and identify bottlenecks impacting ramp in Normal.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in automotive manufacturing engineering with ownership of discrete event simulation projects.
• Expert level proficiency with Autodesk FlexSim.
• Modeling multi-line assembly systems with buffers and rework.
• Solid understanding of KPIs (JPH, JPS, OEE/TEE, MTBF/MTTR, WIP).
• Ability to clean and structure input data, define scenarios, and explain model limitations and assumptions.
• Strong communication skills to condense complex simulation logic for non-simulation stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build discrete event simulation models (FlexSim preferred) for manufacturing and material flow use cases.
• Translate factory requirements into simulation input assumptions and scenarios.
• Run scenario and sensitivity studies to confirm line throughput vs. targets and evaluate buffer requirements.
• Summarize results in clear reports and slide content for leadership with trade-off analyses.
• Collaborate with layout and industrial engineering to align DES assumptions with real constraints.
• Follow client DES standards and handoff procedures.

Skills

Discrete event simulation

Autodesk FlexSim

Communication skills

Data input & modeling

FlexScript/C++/Python

Job description

Belcan Corporation in Lansing, MI is seeking a Senior Software Simulation Engineer for a 6-month contract to support early manufacturing engineering and throughput architecture. The role focuses on building and analyzing discrete event simulation models to guide factory and line design decisions before RFQ and detailed design.

You will work closely with various manufacturing teams to validate capacity, size buffers, and identify bottlenecks impacting ramp in Normal.