Senior Advanced Design & Simulation Eng

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Job summary:

The Senior Advanced Design & Simulation Engineer will provide complex engineering support to the business group application engineering and operations functions specific to product design, design verification via computational analysis, material model generation, material testing support and statistical data analysis, training seminars, and customer support as an engineering design subject matter expert. 

This position will provide technical assistance in responding to customer inquiries, design expertise to new product development (NPD) projects, tooling design and optimization, process improvement and optimization, and material development through testing and data analytic support. This position will also be responsible for providing technical assistance to the Sales and Sales Support teams to effectively service our customers as well as to use their technical and industry experience to provide support to more junior Engineering staff.

This position also requires advanced technical capability in computational analysis tools. These advanced technical capabilities include programming in Python or equivalent language, development of advanced material models, utilization of parametric analysis techniques, and advanced design analysis such as damage propagation. These capabilities allow the Senior Advanced Design & Simulation Engineer to adapt the analytical tools to new and more complex technical challenges.

Finally, the Senior Advanced Design and Simulation Engineer is expected to provide horizontal leadership to the technical organization via their role as a subject matter expert in both design and analysis. This Senior position is expected to lead training initiatives in advanced engineering concepts as well as coach and mentor less experienced personnel across the entire organization. Additionally, the Senior level position is expected to influence the technical approach to modelling, material testing, computational analysis, analysis of results, and utilization of the technical work across the entire organization.

This role will work in partnership with customer technical staff as well as the internal operations team.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Design and recommend products for the customers to solve problems and meet the equipment design requirements.  Document all projects per Business, Engineering, and Company work instructions and procedures to maintain compliance with ISO9001.

• Actively participate on Strategic Account Teams, attending team meetings, collaborating with and developing relationships with customers, providing onsite support through growth of lateral and vertical contact chains.

• Be active in growing sales at assigned accounts through recognizing and participating in new products that are either within or are a logical extension of GT’s core capabilities.

• Maintain the reputation as a technical expert in advanced design, computational analysis, process optimization, and material testing.

• Manage projects independently and maintain effective communications between the GT project teams, engineering, sales, manufacturing and quality throughout project.

• Utilize experience to provide technical support and coaching to junior level engineering staff regarding design, analysis, and materials.

• Review applications projects as necessary for accuracy and completeness, providing comments and/or approvals as appropriate.

• Provide technical assistance to manufacturing via advanced engineering support and computational analysis in support of our products to ensure that the customers receive high-quality, consistent products that meet the required specifications, as well as ensure operational processes are efficient and optimized.

• Provide advanced engineering services at customer locations as well as industry conferences to demonstrate GT’s high technical competency in pursuit of existing and new business opportunities.

• Develop advanced computational models, techniques, and analytical tools for use across the organization through programming and modification to analytical capabilities.

• Provide training and development to junior staff members on advanced Engineering and design topics. Leverage subject matter expertise horizontally across the organization to enhance the organizations overall design and analysis capabilities.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:  B.S. in Engineering discipline required. Advanced degree preferred

Skills and Experience: 

• Ideal candidate will have 10+ years of engineering experience, using computer driven computational design for stress, thermal and vibration analysis. 5-10 years of experience in an engineering role required.  Customer-facing experience preferred.

• Design experience using 2D and 3D Drafting and Modeling software (ABAQUS, ANSYS or Solidworks)
• Programming in Python or equivalent language
• Experience with material modelling software: ie DigiMat
• Experience with material testing and material data analysis preferred.
• Previous customer-facing experience desired.
• Ability to work in cross-functional team environment required
• Effective technical communication / presentation skills with internal and external customers
• Ability to travel 10-20% of time for customer meetings

Job Environment:

Physical Requirements:          

            Standing                                   Occasionally (16-45%)

            Sitting                                      Frequently (46-100%)

            Lifting                                      Up to 10lbs without assistance

            Carrying                                   Up to 10lbs without assistance

            Walking                                   Occasionally (16-45%)

            Hearing                                     Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)

            Vision                                      Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses

Mental Requirements:            

            Problem Solving                       Frequently (46-100%)

            Making Decisions                     Ability to make decisions that have a moderate impact

            Supervise                                  Rarely (0-15%)

            Interpret Data                           Frequently (46-100%)

            Organize                                   Frequently (46-100%)

            Read/Write                               Frequently (46-100%)

            Communication                        Frequently (46-100%)

Work Environment

            High Temperatures                   Rarely (0-15%)

            Low Temperatures                    Rarely (0-15%)

            Noises                                      Moderate (business office with computers, printers and light office noises)

Required Minimum Qualifications 

• This position requires U.S. Person status as defined by applicable law for authorized access to data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  A U.S. Person includes U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, lawful permanent residents, and workers granted refugee or asylum status in the United States.  

Note:  This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor.  All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace.  Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

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