Vehicle Dynamics CAE Engineer

Overview

Performance Vehicle Dynamics CAE Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Allen Park, Michigan). This is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the Allen Park office. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from Allen Park, MI.

• Support program architecture decisions by developing CAE tools and software, including developing new tools and methods.
• Create and maintain full vehicle ADAMS and Car Sim models for current and future performance vehicles.
• Coordinate closely with the Advanced Systems Engineering Group to define new product suspension and chassis designs in the provided environment.
• Establish suspension and vehicle handling performance based on target attributes, benchmark vehicles, test data, and related Health Chart metrics.
• Support vehicle testing and attribute measurement associated with validating the CAE models and vehicle parameters.
• Develop and integrate vehicle controls models into the dynamic simulations using MATLAB and Simulink tools.
• Utilize CAE tools and test results to support the delivery of the company’s high-performance vehicles with full vehicle and suspension system modeling.
• Utilize CAE tools to support and direct efficient vehicle development and design processes within the CAE Group.
• Develop new tools to improve performance, steering, and handling predictions.
• Inform planned vehicle testing to create specific attribute targets, while ensuring hardware choices support those targets.
• Support full vehicle simulation modeling.

Domestic Travel Required up to 8%.

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