Cae Engineer

Our client is a leading developer of clean energy technology, enabling the world’s most progressive companies to decarbonise at scale and pace. Their technology includes fuel cells for power generation and electrolysers for green hydrogen.

This is a hybrid role that can be based from the Horsham office or the facility based in Nuneaton The primary purpose of this position is to develop, optimise and assess electrical performance and structural integrity of their digital twin using FE and CFDAnalyses coupled with robust design techniques and statistical data analysis of results.

This is a highly complex and technical role requiring someone capable to understand cuttingedge fuel cell technology problems (electrochemistry, CHT, stress, nonlinear material behaviour, environmental degradation, etc.) and translate them into CAE simulationsand surrogate models, to achieve accurate and reliable performance / life predictions of the fuel cell digital twin.

Key Responsibilities:

- Conduct a variety of CAE analyses, including Multiphysics, FEA, CFD simulations and fuel cell life assessments using robust design techniques (i.e. Six Sigma, DOE, Monte Carlo Analysis, Design Optimization, etc.) for digital projects and inform the engineeringcommunity of optimal solutions to meet product technical requirements. This will be executed through development, implementation and maintenance of automated analysis workflows generated on a dedicated software platform and integrated to the Ceres Cloud.

Main accountabilities include but are not limited to:

- Responsible for architecting, building and operating the first fuel cell digital twin based on CAE models coupled with robust design techniques and processed through automated analysis workflows developed on a dedicated software platform and integratedto the cloud architecture.
- Hands-on in designing, planning, implementing, maintaining and documenting the codification and materials database in cloud environments.
- Collaborating closely with a team of developers, scientists, managers, design, systems and CAE engineers to gather requirements, design, implement, test and deploy CAE interoperability features of the digital twin.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the CAE team by supporting and coaching other business functions on the usage of the database, analysis workflows and digital twin surrogate models.
- Participating in regularly scheduled meetings and scrums to contribute ideas that drive digital innovation and communicate project status.
- Contribute to CAE methods development while collaborating with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

- Degree in mechanical engineering, with at least 5 years of professional development in fuel cell, clean energy, automotive, aerospace and / or similar industry. Excellent hand-calculation and excel-based analysis skills to back up detailed analysis results.
- Development experience in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, C++), and an understanding of algorithmic complexity.
- Experience in coding, testing, and documentation of programs and scripts from agreed specifications.
- Experience developing socket communication, parallel programming, and file import/export for co-simulation.
- Experience with distributed systems in general, especially in cloud and web.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage one’s own time and expectations of stakeholders.
- Experience with HEEDS, COMSOL, StarCCM+, ANSYS and / or Abaqus and Minitab is beneficial.