Sr. Thermal Multi-physics Engineer, Battery

Role:

• Be part of a passionate and highly driven team of multi-disciplinary engineers developing the next generation Lucid Battery and High Voltage components. 
• Own and maintain state of art thermo-electric models of high voltage components such as PCB board, busbars, power modules, etc.
• Perform advanced FEA and CFD simulations to evaluate and optimize thermo-electric and thermal-structural design across different devices at the component and system level.
• Work cross functionally between various technical teams to evaluate concepts for future designs.
• Develop optimization methods for high voltage components and assemblies to maximize system efficiency while minimizing mass and cost of the system. 
• Support design engineers in making sure the parts meet design requirements.
• Perform post-test reviews and correlate the CAE predictions to test results.
• Develop and apply advanced methodologies with smart analysis techniques to speed up the development cycle.

Qualifications:

• Experience with ANSYS Icepak, ANSYS Mechanical and/or ANSYS Fluent and for meshing, solving, and post processing. 
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary CAE and modeling of thermal, thermo-electric and thermal-structural.
• Experience in electro-thermal modeling of electronic components e.g., PCB boards, power modules and busbars   
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and Mechanical/Electrical engineering fundamentals
• Geometry cleanup skills in a CAD package (Catia or SpaceClaim preferred). 
• Excellent communication skills with people of varying technical ability in your field 
• A strong desire to create the very best product, working as an integral part of a very capable team.  
• The capability to design experiments to validate your analysis and ideas.   
• Strong documentation practices  

Preferred:

• Experience with electronics packaging design and analysis
• Experience designing thermal management systems for electronics.
• Experience in HV battery design and optimization
• Proficiency using FEA preprocessing tools – Hypermesh, ANSA, Simlab.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, COMSOL and other simulation tool
• Additional fields of experience (electromagnetics, structural statics/dynamics, material science, electro-chemical). 
• Experience in: GTSuite, TaiTherm, StarCCM, Catia/3DExperience, Optimus, OptiSLang, or other engineering software.  
• Practical hands-on experience with validation and experimental measurements including design of experiments.  
• Experience with multi-objective optimization and process automation software. 

Education:

• Bachelors or Masters/PhD degree preferred in mechanical engineering or related engineering field
• More than 3 years of academic and applied experience in CFD, FEA and multi-physics CAE with aMasters/PhD degree in mechanical engineering or related engineering field
• More than 5 years of academic and applied experience in CFD, FEA and multi-physics CAE with a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering or related engineering field