Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
As a Senior Engineer - CAE, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the performance and safety of vehicle components and systems through your expertise in finite element modelling. Your responsibilities will encompass:

Conducting comprehensive finite element analysis (FEA) of vehicle structures, focusing on optimising designs for both performance and manufacturability.
Applying your knowledge in assigning thickness and material properties to components, ensuring robust and efficient designs.
Building finite element assemblies while understanding complex connections such as spot and seam welding, crucial for maintaining structural integrity.
Performing linear and nonlinear static analyses, applying loads and boundary conditions meticulously to assess vehicle component resilience.
Executing modal, frequency response, and transient analyses to predict performance under various operating conditions.
Estimating fatigue life for vehicle structures, including evaluating weld durability, providing insight for future improvements.




Postprocessing results, generating comprehensive reports, and presenting findings effectively to cross-functional design teams.
Advising on design modifications necessary to meet acceptance criteria, taking into consideration manufacturing and packaging constraints.
Experience
To thrive in this position, you should possess:

Between 3 to 6 years of qualified experience in the automotive sector, with a robust background in vehicle systems.
Proficient knowledge of various tests for vehicle systems, with the ability to recommend design modifications based on analytical results.
Strong fundamentals in the principles of strength of materials, applied mechanics, and finite element methods.
Hands-on experience with key tools, including:

Meshing tools such as Hypermesh and SIMLAB.
Solvers including Nastran, Abaqus, and Ansys.
Post-processing software like Hyperview and FEMFAT, ensuring high-quality outputs for cli

📌 Senior Engineer-CAE (Chennai)
🏢 Mahindra and Mahindra
📍 Chennai