Senior Engineer CAE

Náplň práce, právomoci a zodpovednosti:
##What can you expect?##

In this role, you’ll manage complex CAE projects to support development of automotive seating systems and components.

*Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With 70,000+ employees in 29 countries, Adient operates more than 200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual foam, trim and metal components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, visit www.adient.com.*

##At Adient, we are proud to offer hybrid working to our employees, which involves being able to work remotely for up to 2 days per week based on the agreement within specific department.##

##What will your responsibilities be?##

• Independently lead CAE activities for program(s) (collect CAE-relevant information/inputs from design engineering team, supervise pre/post-processing (implicit, explicit and multi-body simulations), ensure required level of outputs quality and accuracy).
• Frequent interaction with internal customer, occasionally serving as primary customer interface for CAE.
• Regularly collaborate with other Adient CAE engineers (on-site, off-shore, 3rd party supplier).
• Project responsibility regarding timing, costs & deliverables.
• Reporting on overall CAE status.
• Drive discussions with engineering to define robustness and variation studies.
• Identify opportunities to potentially apply CAE optimization tools and propose to CAE optimization experts and the design team. Drive optimization into programs.
• Attend physical tests to support comparisons/correlations with FEA predictions. Discuss CAE vs. physical test setup alignment. Lead post-test correlation investigations.

Additional Tasks:
• Advise design teams on the multiple contributors to FEA-Test correlation.
• Occasionally conduct basic engineering analysis hand calculations (FBD, stress analysis, etc.) to supplement and/or sanity-check FEA simulations.


##Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?##

• Bachelors's Degree or above (Mechanical Engineering or related field)
• Strong knowledge in core engineering analysis disciplines, particularly Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics
• Years of experience in Engineering: 6 years minimum (preferably related to automotive seating)
• Years of experience in CAE & Structural Analysis: 4 years minimum
• English - C1 - advanced

Core CAE Software:
• Strong Ability: ANSA/META (meshing, seat model assembly, post-processing), FEA solver (LS-Dyna preferred, PAM-Crash optional)
• Basic ability: Multibody simulations (ADAMS)

Seat Design, Analysis and CAE:
• Expert Knowledge: Seating load case knowledge for most load cases


##Which benefits do we offer?##

• Base monthly salary starting from 2200 Eur gross. Our salary is fair and competitive and can be higher than the starting minimum written in the advert.
• 13th salary
• Additional holiday days based on seniority
• Meal vouchers - 7€ (fully paid by employer)
• Language courses, trainings
• Childbirth/Wedding allowance, Relocation support, Referral bonus, Blood donation allowance
• Coffee and tea at workplace, own canteen
• Employee wellbeing – massages at the workplace, sport activities; 7-10 days of fully paid sickness within a year, life insurance, vitamin voucher
• Employee Assistance Program "Felix" – psychological, financial and legal support
• Stable, long-term employment in strong international company with friendly working atmosphere
• Opportunity to collaborate on volunteering activities
• Flexible working time, Hybrid Work Model – combination of home office (including limited days of work from abroad) and work from the office
• Work on latest projects in automotive seats development


*Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.*

We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kristián Psotný on +421257271162.