Modelling & Sim Engineer

Position: Modelling & Sim Engineer

Sector : Body and Chassis

Location: Gaydon

Position Type: Contract

Inside IR35

Salary: £30.80 Per hour

I am currently recruiting on behalf of a Luxury Automotive OEM based in Gaydon who are seeking a Modelling & Sim Engineer to join their team on a Contract basis.

Job Description

As a Modelling & Sim Engineer your main responsibilities are:

Digital Engineer Vehicle Simulation Capability Within the Client Virtual Build & Test Operations, the Digital Vehicle Model Capability team are striving to create industry leading integrated 1D and MBS vehicle simulation capability, required for full / robust virtual validation and drive reduction in physical test.
You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of 1D & MBS vehicle model enhancements to support core programmes, from collating customer requirements, capability development, through to automated build and execution.
The successful candidate will be responsible for: Working with the Clients' CAE, Testbed & Simulator teams to understand simulation capability requirements
Working with relevant plant & control system development teams to source necessary systems model content Develop integrated 1D (CarMaker) & MBS (Simpack) vehicle models to meet identified capability requirements Validate, deploy & productionise release of enhanced master models to support all vehicle programme development gateways
Support continual development of team owned tools and automationQualifications / Skills needed

Expertise in use of relevant CAE, 1D and/or MBS tools, namely, MATLAB/Simulink, CarMaker, Simpack in automotive domain.
Experience of modelling and simulation methods to solving automotive engineering problems
Knowledge of model integration / co-simulation methods and tool coupling interfaces such as s-func and FMI.
Experience with agile project planning tools, with an understanding of scrum and Kanban
Desired Experience of scripting to automate CAE workflows

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