CAE Engineer_Milwaukee, WI
Responsibilities :
- Provide expert thermal management system designs and guidance to facilitate the development of Lead acid, Li-Ion, Super Capacitor battery cells and battery packs
- Provide CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and thermal simulations to predict the performance of the temperature distribution within the cells and battery systems and establish operating ranges and key design parameters
- Provide knowledge for defining and executing FEA simulations to validate battery design concepts regarding mechanical robustness
- Optimize the system design to balance cost, performance, mass, volume and thermal efficiency
- Use 1D systems modeling for early product design planning
- Provide technical guidance to cross functional teams as needed
- Assist in the assembly and test of battery systems or prototypes
Qualitifications, Skills & Abilities :
Experience level : 5-8 years (need to evaluate based on our action plan)MS / MTech in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, any other relevant disciplinesThermal & Mechanical Modeling and simulation skillsWorking experience in 1D modeling is preferredSolid years of experience in selecting and characterizing thermal materialsExtensive working experience in thermal system design using CFD simulationsGood working experience / exposure in Mechanical system design using FEA simulations related to crash, crush, mechanical shock, and vibration analysisExperience with Li-Ion battery systems is desired, specifically regarding thermal management and mechanical designOEM Automotive / Tier 1 experience with systems / assemblies is highly desirableStrong Communication and organizational skillsTools :
CFD : ANSYS Fluent and StarCCM+ tools (mandatory)Structural Solvers : LS Dyna and / or Abaqus (desirable)Pre & Post Processors : ANSA, MetaPost (mandatory)CAD exposure : SOLIDWORKS (desirable)Other tools : MATLAB (desirable)Scripting tools : Python (good to have, but not mandatory)Engineering Support Tools : JAMA, JIRA (good to have, but not mandatory)