Description
Join Ford's 6-month Early Career Program as a CAE Engineer in Advanced EV and contribute to groundbreaking electric vehicles. You'll work with top engineering, design, and software talent on key technologies like advanced structures, thermal management, and vehicle architectures.
The ADVEV Structures and CAE team owns the body-in-white (BIW) architecture of Ford's new EV platforms. As an intern on the NVH and Durability team, you'll engage in every element of the workstream, including concept generation, detailed analysis, design for manufacture, and CAD.
Responsibilities
- Drive CAE and optimization of next-generation ADVEV products in areas like Body, Exteriors, Closures, and Seats.
- Develop finite element models to evaluate designs against stiffness, strength, and durability metrics.
- Work with D&R engineers to execute cost and mass-down opportunities using topology, topography, gauge, and shape optimization.
- Identify, develop, and implement new CAE techniques, analysis procedures, and tools to improve model robustness and simulation execution speed.
- Automate analysis methods to support large-scale DoEs and explore design domains using response surface methods.
- Participate in CAE/design reviews to present findings and influence design decisions.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Demonstrated ability in structures design and optimization.
- Strong first-principles understanding of solid mechanics and mechanics of materials.
- Proficient in finite element methods, including linear and non-linear static analysis.
- Experience in one or more of the following FEA solvers: Abaqus, OptiStruct, nCode, ANSYS.
- Experience in one or more of the following FEA pre/post processors: HyperMesh, SimLab, ANSA, ANSYS.
- Scripting or programming experience in Python.
Benefits
- $5,000 pre-tax relocation stipend for eligible candidates living 50+ miles away.
- Opportunity to work with an exceptional team of industry innovators and visionaries.
- Contribute in a meaningful way to breakthrough work and develop skills for future career pursuits.