Engineer, M&S FEA

Modeling & Simulation Engineer

You’ve discovered something special. A company that cares about leading the way in construction, engineering, manufacturing, and renewable energy. Cares about redefining how energy is designed, applied, and consumed. Cares about thoughtfully growing to meet market demands. And - as “one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America” - is focused on the mind/body/soul of team members through our Culture of Care. As a Modeling & Simulation Engineer in the R&D group, you will be responsible for developing advanced modeling and simulation environments for electrical, thermal, and mechanical systems and enclosures used in distributed energy resources and power distribution. Collaborating with subject matter experts, product strategy teams, and systems engineers, you will create accurate and efficient simulations that meet requirements and support product development. Through your expertise, you will play a key role in driving innovation and performance improvements in distributed energy and power distribution systems.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience: 6 months related work experience or academic/internship experience with multi-physics modeling (e.g., Simulink, Simscape, Simcenter Amesim, GT-Suite), CFD (e.g., Fluent), or FEA tools (e.g., Ansys, Abaqus, COMSOL); familiarity with renewable energy systems and power distribution concepts preferred
• Or Education: Advanced degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with demonstrated simulation experience
• Experience: Experience with ML models, controls software verification (SIL/MIL/HIL), system simulation (CFD/FEA), control systems (BMS, thermal, energy management), and version control tools (e.g., Git) preferred

Travel: 5-10%

Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday-Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop physics-based modeling and simulation environment for a variety of electrical, thermal, and mechanical systems for distributed energy resources and power distribution
• Develop FEA or CFD simulations of critical components and structures to optimize robustness, cost, and guide product manufacturing
• Conduct product architecture trade studies and optimization to ensure maximized performance and minimal costs
• Integrate cost, weight, and specification data of components, systems, and renewable energy fuels into simulation models for technoeconomic analysis of architecture options
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to characterize components and systems in a simulation environment and communicate analysis results
• Utilize DOE, optimization methods, and data driven modeling and analysis tools
• Use models and simulation platforms to verify and validate controls software
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

The job description and responsibilities described are intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee’s ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

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