Vehicle Simulation Engineer

Job Title : Multi-Body Simulation Engineer

Location : Detroit, MI (Onsite)

Duration : Fulltime

Role:

• Specializes in developing and validating dynamic models for complete vehicle systems, such as suspension, chassis, and powertrain.
• This role contributes to improved vehicle handling, stability, and ride comfort through advanced multi-body simulation and analysis, supporting the development of high-performance vehicles.
• Also specializes in generating timeseries road load data using high fidelity multibody dynamics full-vehicle models.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop multi-body dynamic models for suspension, chassis, and powertrain systems using tools like MSC Adams, and CarSim, focusing on vehicle handling, stability, and overall ride quality.
• Conduct detailed simulations to assess vehicle dynamics under various driving conditions, including cornering, acceleration, braking, and off-road performance.
• Optimize suspension and chassis designs to enhance ride comfort, reduce vibration, improve vehicle response and stability, reduce harshness and discomfort. Collaborate with design and engineering teams to incorporate these enhancements into the overall vehicle architecture.
• Evaluate component interactions within the vehicle system, identifying areas where stiffness, damping, or material properties can be adjusted to improve dynamic performance.
• Document model development and analysis findings, creating comprehensive reports and best practices to support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
• Support the vehicle development lifecycle by conducting sensitivity analyses, identifying optimal suspension settings, and ensuring design alignment with performance targets.
• Incorporate high fidelity measured data to model Air springs, Frequency dependent damper, Frequency dependent mounts.
• Conduct loads cascade analysis, at suspension and full-vehicle level, with measured wheel-center timeseries loads as input, and output timeseries loads at all joints/bushings/mounts/parts. Correlate calculated loads to measured and based on lessons learned improve model/simulation process and iterate.
• Conduct full-vehicle analysis with F-tire model and digitized road surfaces, and output timeseries loads at all joints/bushings/mounts/parts. Correlate calculated loads to measured.
• Use expertise to correlate virtual to physical. Sign-off virtual performance based on simulation models, with clear documentation of results and recommendations.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person