Durability Engineer - Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)

Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
Responsibilities
What you'll do...

• 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.

Qualifications
You'll have...
Minimum

• 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

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply! As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a salary grade 8.
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