Simulation Engineer - Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group : Job Details

Role- Systems Simulation Engineer

Location- Auburn Hills, MI

Type - Fulltime/Contract

3D-CFD-Senior Propulsion system virtual engineer – Combustion system

The senior simulation engineer is responsible for providing guidance to design teams. He/ She will be an integral part of the development team. The engineer is responsible for utilizing commercial and /or internal tools to analyze propulsion components / systems to ensure functional objectives are met.

Responsibility:

• The simulation engineer analyzes combustion system designs and concepts to achieve functional requirements

• Builds and exercises analytical models for internal combustion engines using commercial 3D CFD software tools such as Converge.

• Provides component-level and/or system-level design recommendations to Design Responsible Engineers based on interpretation of analysis results.

• Retrieves and modifies CAD models of propulsion system components to support the development of CFD models.

• Enhances current standard analysis practices and/or tools to improve prediction fidelity and/or execution speed in collaboration with the method development teams

• Participates in product design and development teams and regularly presents analysis results to engineering peers, Chief engineers and propulsion system management

• Documents analysis objectives, results, conclusions, and assumptions using a standard report template.

• Cooperatively works with test engineers to enhance laboratory procedures to support the development of first-time capable analysis techniques and the physical means reduction.

• Stays abreast of new technology and competitive products.

Requirements:

- Master of Science degree in one of the following disciplines: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical engineering, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering or Applied Physics

- Minimum 5 years' experience in CFD simulations on propulsion systems with focus on combustion system development

- Experience with engineering analysis tools for Propulsion systems modeling and simulation (e.g. Converge, Ansa, Star-CCM+)

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

- Demonstrated technical problem-solving skills

Minimum exp of 3 years

Preferred Requirements:

- Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical engineering, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering or Applied Physics

- Good overall knowledge of propulsion system technologies and corresponding energy transformation systems

- Experience in Combustion system and combustion system simulations

- Good skill in programming with commercial software (e.g. MATLAB Simulink, Visual Basic, Visual C++

- Demonstrated/proven expertise / record of applied knowledge for design / process improvements

Additional Information/ Must Have's:

1. ICE/DHE (Dedicated hybrid engine) Combustion system simulation experience with Converge or StarCCM+ software

2. ICE Combustion system know-how

3. Master of Science degree in one of the following disciplines: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical engineering, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering or Applied Physics