- Professional
- Office in Troy
Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data
Strength Engineer
Job Summary:
Our client in Saline, MI is looking for a Strength Engineer. This is a contract position.
What You Will Do:
The primary responsibility of this role is to develop strength reliability for static strength and durability performance of vehicle frame, body, and chassis.
- Develop strength and durability performance of vehicle frame, body, and chassis (suspension, axle, bushing) through prediction, evaluation, and analysis.
- Prediction: Analytical (hand calculation, design review) and CAE (FEA, MBD, other simulations) methods.
- Evaluation: Vehicle input load measurements and bench tests (static and fatigue), by collaborating with technician team members.
- Analysis: Data organization and visualization to extract trends, fatigue life calculation, failure analysis, etc.
- Solve problems and develop countermeasures to achieve strength and durability performance targets according to vehicle development schedule.
Basics:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
- 2 years’ experience working as an engineer (inc. industry co-op/internship, SAE project team leader, etc.).
- Completed academic coursework in solid mechanics engineering (strength of materials, stress/strain/deflection, static and fatigue failure theories, structures and joining, vibrations) and system dynamics.
- Experience with engineering experimentation (planning, measurements, statistical analysis, reporting).
- Experience with commercial FEA pre-processors, solvers, and post-processors.
Preferred:
- Experience contributing to a project as a member of a diverse team.
How You Will Be Successful:
- Envision the Future
- Communicate Honestly and Broadly
- Seek Technology and Business “First”
- Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Discounts
- Free training on all Altair products
Why Work with Us:
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas 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 customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s 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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At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.
Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.
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