FEA Engineer (Seattle)

FEA Engineer

Job Summary :

Our client in Seattle, WA is looking for an FEA Engineer. This is a long term contract position.

You will support the engineering simulation and product innovation teams by executing and improving preprocessing workflows for finite element analyses (FEA) used in footwear performance simulations. Your primary focus will be geometry cleanup, mesh generation, and simulation setup, while also running standardized simulations and summarizing key results to inform design and development decisions.

Your responsibilities :

• Preprocessing and simulation setup
• Prepare and clean complex footwear component geometries such as midsoles, outsoles, and assemblies, ensuring models are simulation-ready.
• Generate high-quality 2D and 3D meshes using tools such as HyperMesh, following existing meshing criteria or establishing new ones.
• Apply boundary conditions, contacts, material properties and solver settings using standardized workflows.

Simulation execution and result summarization

Process optimization and workflow documentation

Qualifications

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanical Engineering, or a related field required.

1-3 years of hands-on experience with Abaqus and HyperMesh. Radioss and Optistruct are preferred.

Experience in modeling soft materials (e.g., foams, elastomers, polymers).

Strong working knowledge of geometry cleanup and mesh generation with Hypermesh.

Familiarity with CAD tools such as Rhino, SolidWorks, and CATIA.

Detail-oriented and process-driven

Ability to communicate simulation findings effectively to non-technical stakeholders

Basic scripting skills in Python or similar tools is a plus.

Experience with 3DExperience is a plus.

Based in Seattle is preferred

How You Will Be Successful :

What We Offer :

Why Work with Us :

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the area of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customers toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn todays problems into tomorrows opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

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