CAE Engineer

CAE Engineer E-Solutions
• Milwaukee, WI, United States

• 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

• Experience level: 5-8 years (need to evaluate based on our (LTTS) action plan)
• MS/MTech in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, any other relevant disciplines
• Thermal & Mechanical Modeling and simulation skills
• Working experience in 1D modeling is preferred
• Solid years of experience in selecting and characterizing thermal materials
• Extensive working experience in thermal system design using CFD simulations
• Good working experience/exposure in Mechanical system design using FEA simulations related to crash, crush, mechanical shock, and vibration analysis
• Experience with Li-Ion battery systems is desired, specifically regarding thermal management and mechanical design
• OEM Automotive/Tier 1 experience with systems/assemblies is highly desirable
• Strong Communication and organizational skills

• CFD: ANSYS Fluent and StarCCM+ tools (mandatory)
• Structural Solvers: LS Dyna and/or Abaqus (desirable)
• Pre & Post Processors: ANSA, Meta Post (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)