CAE- MBD- Durability_ Ford Motors

Role Summary

Experience and Education

• Experience: 3-6 Years.
• Education: B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech. in Mechanical, Automotive, Aerospace, Computational Mechanics, or related field.
• Industry: Automotive / Mobility.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform linear/non-linear FEA for structural stiffness, strength, stress, strain, contact, deformation, and FoS.
• Conduct modal, vibration/frequency response, NVH, fatigue, and durability analysis.
• Develop MBD/kinematic models for suspension, steering, hinges, closures, seats, mounts, mechanisms, and robotic systems.
• Extract dynamic joint loads, forces, moments, accelerations, and reactions from MBD simulations.
• Perform FEA-MBD load transfer/cascading for component-level structural and fatigue analysis.
• Develop flexible-body MBD models using CMS/Craig-Bampton and FEA modal reduction.
• Perform topology, topometry, shape, and gauge optimization for lightweighting and stiffness improvement.
• Correlate CAE results with physical test/proving-ground data and perform root-cause analysis.
• Recommend CAD/design changes, reinforcements, and optimization solutions based on simulation results.
• Support engineering reviews, gateway activities, and cross-functional teams.

Required Tools

• FEA/Pre-Post: SimSolid, HyperMesh/HyperView, ANSYS Workbench, ANSA/METAFEA.
• Solvers: Abaqus, Nastran, OptiStruct, ANSYS Mechanical, LS-DYNA.
• MBD: MSC Adams, Adams/Car, MotionSolve, SIMPACK, RecurDyn.
• Durability: nCode DesignLife, fe-safe.

Required Skills

• Strong fundamentals in FEA, structural mechanics, fatigue, modal analysis, NVH, and dynamics.
• Good understanding of rigid/flexible body kinematics and continuum mechanics.
• Experience with automotive components/systems such as chassis, suspension, powertrain mounts, BIW closures, and mechanisms.
• Knowledge of ASME/ISO material characterization and automotive CAE processes.
• Ford virtual validation process knowledge is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

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