CAE Engineer Durability

About the role

CAE Engineer Durability position supporting client in Dearborn, MI. LER TechForce is a WBENC-certified women-owned engineering services and workforce solutions provider supporting customers across North America. We specialize in embedded systems, software, functional safety, and mechanical engineering, helping organizations move critical product development initiatives forward with the right expertise. With over 20 years of experience, we partner closely with our customers to deliver engineering support when and where it matters most.

Responsibilities

• Perform structural and fatigue simulations involving road loads.
• Should be capable of performing modal transient analysis.
• Conduct detailed studies, including root cause analysis, to confirm the effectiveness of design solutions against key performance metrics.
• Carry out correlation activities to confirm the confidence level of virtual analysis results against physical data.
• Effectively communicate the results with Design & Release teams.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of both internal and external Fatigue tools.
• Supports technical problem solving for significant quality/warranty issues and TVMs.
• Awareness of issues and recurrence across AIMS, DURIS, Commodity Health Charts, Standards, Lessons Learned and other CAE groups.
• Work on assigned special CAE projects and initiatives from Technical Specialist.

Requirements

Essential:

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in CAE, with a preference for fatigue analysis.
• In-depth knowledge of material science, fatigue principles (stress-life, strain-life), and structural mechanics.
• Proficiency with the following software:
  • Pre-processing: ANSA, Hypermesh
  • FEA Solvers: NASTRAN, OptiStruct, Abaqus
  • Fatigue Tools: nCode, FeSafe Verity, Fdynam
  • CAD: Teamcenter, 3DX
  • Post Processing: Hyperworks
• Knowledge of Finite Element methods and expertise in linear/non-linear implicit/explicit analyses.

Preferred:

• Hypermesh - Expert.
• CAD/Meshing tools - Good.
• Master's Degree.

Benefits

• Full benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA
• 401K with a match and immediate vesting
• Short-term & long-term disability, life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts
• Ongoing professional development
• Opportunity to work on industry leading projects