Manager – Virtual Engineering

Employer:               Re:Car, Inc. (d/b/a Slate)

Position:    Manager – Virtual Engineering (Job Code: 1008)

Duties:    Responsible for developing and managing the team that creates vehicle level system models and CAE models for all attributes; ensure feasibility and execute model correlation on all virtual models; responsible for total vehicle integration of all virtual tool models for body, chassis, interior, and exterior attribute requirements; lead the team to identify and resolve design related solutions identified in the virtual tool models; lead cross-functional CAE team meetings, working with all product development teams including systems and components, packaging, manufacturing, and service to ensure the technical targets are set, solutions are optimized for all stages of the vehicle's life, and model correlation is executed; utilize LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Nastran, ANSA, META Post, Altair HyperWorks, GNS Animator, Oasys Primer, CATIA, and NHTSA/FMVSS, NCAP, and IIHS crash requirements to perform duties; set and manage the Virtual Tools Delivery Matrix that will match the functional vehicle targets set by Vehicle Integration, which includes component, system, and vehicle level modeling as Re:Car's capabilities grow; manage the evaluation of model requirements against vehicle features at each required gate in the development process where risks and priorities will be highlighted; integrate results from physical testing and validation work for crash worthiness, structural durability, NVH, aerodynamics modeling, and other bench, system or component work as needed in development; and responsible for structural CAE crash, durability, NVH, and CFD modeling.

Location: Troy, MI and various unanticipated locations throughout the US;

Salary: $190,000 per year;

Minimum Qualifications:    
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or in a related field of study (will accept equivalent foreign degree);

Experience: Five (5) years in the position above, as a CAE Engineer, as a Crash Engineer, as a Crash Structures Engineer, as a Crashworthiness Structures Engineer, as a Project Engineer, as a Vehicle Safety Integration Engineer, as a Vehicle Safety Integration Manager, or in a related occupation;

Other Requirements: Experience must include one (1) year’s use of all the following: LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Nastran, ANSA, META Post, Altair HyperWorks, GNS Animator, Oasys Primer, CATIA, and NHTSA/FMVSS, NCAP, and IIHS crash requirements.

Will also accept any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Employer Contact:    Tara Lewis
Head of Talent Acquisition
Re:Car, Inc. (d/b/a Slate)
2716 Daley Dr
Troy, MI 48083

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