Lead CAE Engineer - Crash Analyst

Our client who is an Advanced Automotive Engineering Consultancy, is currently engaged in several exciting sports car / motorsport projects and is looking for a talented and experienced CAE Crash Analyst / Engineer based at their Midlands engineering centre near Coventry.

Lead CAE EngineerCrash Analyst - £50k-£65k p.a. + benefits - Permanent - Coventry

Responsibilities
- Assisting in preparation of analysis quotations to customers
- Meshing and assembly of FE models to internal or customer-specific model quality guidelines using pre-processing software, including application of suitable material models, loads and boundary conditions.
- Use of FEA to perform crashworthiness analysis to guide the design of a vehicle.
- Using appropriate static and dynamic analysis software packages to solve problems involving linear elastic and non-linear elastic/plastic material models, small and large deformation behaviour, and contact.
- Interpreting analysis results using post-processing software and formally documenting analysis methodology, results and conclusions within analysis reports where required
- Presenting analysis results to internal and external customers, providing recommendations on possible design optimisation to save weight and/or improve performance
- Communicating with internal and external customers on a day-to-day basis, as well as the design and project management team.
- Maintaining analysis and project documentation to satisfy the quality management system and customer-specific requirements.

Essential Skills
- Engineering or Maths / Physics degree, higher OR equivalent
- Ability to demonstrate hand calculations to support FE analysis
- Relevant simulation experience and experience of analysing test data
- Ability and project knowledge of HyperWorks, LS-Dyna. Radioss software
- Intermediate knowledge of core FEA codes
- Work with minimal supervision and can work under own initiative, but still work on direct instruction from management
- Ability to lead individuals and communicate clearly and effectively within the internal team and customers
- Awareness: Project deliverables, customer processes.
- Has a flexible approach to working
- Represents the company internally & externally with acceptable professional standard
- Intermediate skills in at least one core discipline

Desirable
- Knowledge of ANSA & Meta
- Software programming ability
- Knowledge of composites design and manufacture

Additional Information:
Please note to apply for this position, you MUST have a UK passport / valid UK settlement status or a Visa that does not require sponsorship of any kind.The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Agency.
Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors.