# Contingent 1D Simulation Engineer

**Company**: Honda
**Location**: Santa Clarita
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000.00 - $140,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Ticker**: HMC
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9584

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## Description

## Job Purpose

We are seeking a skilled Contingent 1D Simulation Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining 1D engine and propulsion models in GT Power, including complete intake and exhaust systems.

## Key Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain 1D engine and propulsion models in GT Power including complete intake and exhaust systems.

- Correlate models to test data (dyno/rig/vehicle) for torque, power, air mass, BSFC, temperatures, and pressures; document correlation quality and underlying assumptions.

- Simulate full load and part load operating maps, including steady state sweeps and transient maneuvers, to support performance, drivability, and thermal assessments.

- Perform DOE and optimization studies within GT Suite to explore design and calibration spaces (valve events, boost, turbo sizing, combustion and heat rejection levers, etc.).

- Translate 3D CFD and test insights into 1D model representations, including proper discretization of manifolds, ports, and system components, and appropriate use of loss and heat transfer models.

- Develop and improve standard methods and templates for GT Power model setup, correlation, FRM conversion, and coupled analyses (e.g., GT Power/Converge procedures).

- Process and structure large model and lab data sets into standardized formats for efficient post processing, visualization, and reporting.

- Provide design and calibration recommendations at component and system level (ie. induction, boosting, exhaust, valvetrain interfaces) based on model results and sensitivity analysis.

- Communicate results and trade offs through clear technical reports, presentations, and design reviews with hardware testing, mechanical simulation, calibration, and vehicle integration teams.

## Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field

- 3+ years of experience in propulsion simulation, virtual engineering, or engine performance analysis, with a primary focus on GT SUITE / GT Power or similar 1D CFD tools (e.g., WAVE)

- Strong fundamental understanding of combustion engines, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer, including how these are represented in 1D models

- Demonstrated experience building, correlating, and evaluating 1D models used for hardware development, calibration, or vehicle performance prediction

- Experience with engine dynamometer testing and data analysis

- Proficiency with data analysis and scripting tools (e.g. Python) for post processing, automation, and reporting

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex modeling results to diverse technical and leadership audiences

- High level of analytical ability, attention to detail, and comfort with ambiguity, especially when defining assumptions and interpreting results for new architectures

## Preferred Qualifications

- Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical, Automotive, or closely related field with emphasis on IC engines, thermodynamics, or fluid mechanics

- 5+ years of experience with GT Power or similar 1D engine simulation tools, including advanced features (FRM, optimization, coupled models)

- Experience with engine calibration, controls, and model based calibration techniques

- Background in engine testing and development, including correlation of simulation to dyno and/or vehicle data for performance and drivability metrics

- Familiarity with coupled 1D–3D CFD analyses (e.g., GT Power with STAR CCM+ or CONVERGE) for manifolds / ports

- Experience establishing and maintaining standard work, templates, and training material for 1D simulation methods within a broader engineering community

- High level of interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross functional, global teams (hardware, mechanical simulation, testing, calibration, thermal, vehicle integration)

## Skills

### Required
- GT Power
- 1D engine simulation
- propulsion simulation
- virtual engineering
- engine performance analysis
- data analysis
- scripting tools
- Python
- communication skills
- analytical ability
- attention to detail

### Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Mechanical, Automotive, or closely related field
- experience with engine calibration, controls, and model based calibration techniques
- background in engine testing and development
- familiarity with coupled 1D–3D CFD analyses
- experience establishing and maintaining standard work, templates, and training material

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