.the virtual analysis engineer - chassis is responsible for the leadership of all cae/virtual analysis activity associated withsteering/suspension hard-point development; steering/suspension component stiffness /damping specification; and ride/handlingperformance optimization for all variants of a vehicle architecture, including formulation of design recommendations.
responsibilitiesinclude but not limited to:- analysis/optimization of suspension/steering sub-system kinematics and compliance.- analytical assessments of steady state/transient handling behavior; and calculation of associated component loads for various handlingevents (emergency handling/fish-hook, trailer tow sae j2807, slowly increasing steer, step steer, off ?Road events for trail rating, )- simulation of ride events and associated characterization of performance (primary ride (low frequency events), secondary ride (highfrequency events), impact harshness, vehicle pitch under braking, vehicle head-toss, shimmy and wander and brake judder)- development/validation/ownership of all associated vehicle/sub-system simulation models (multi-body/adams, parametric/carsim, vicarrealtime,nastran/flex-body)- develop models and provide on-site support for driving simulator studies- formulate/execute plans for analytical support of physical mule tuning activities- develop new cae/simulation processes as needed*basic qualifications*:- a minimum of a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent from anaccreditation board for engineering and technology (abet) accredited university- a minimum of 3 years of chassis design/development and/or vehicle dynamics engineering experience- solid understanding of system/component design/development processes- minimum 3 years of experience with processes and simulation techniques associated with suspension/steering/brake system kinematics/compliance/vibration studies, vehicle ride/handling assessments, component structural analysis, and optimization- minimum of 3 years of experience with associated simulation tools: adams/car, altair motionview, opti-struct, nastran,amesim, carsim, i-sight, matlab, simulink, vi-car realtime- advanced user of adams/car, carsim, and vi-car realtime- 2 years of experience with driving simulator studies and associated preparation, validation, and loading of cae/virtual models- excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate activities with the extended team- ability to develop custom routines (visual basic, adams command files, adams/car templates, altair motionview templates,matlab, etc.)
to support process enhancement