Simulation Engineer – Plastics Processing
POSITION OVERVIEW
At Ascend Performance Materials, we are seeking a simulation Engineer specializing in injection molding simulation to join our highly skilled team of industry professionals and support our continued growth in engineering plastics.
As a member of the Ascend Performance Materials team, the simulation Engineer will conduct injection molding process simulations using Autodesk Moldflow to support product development, material selection, and customer applications involving polyamide materials. This role will provide technical expertise in mold filling, packing, cooling, warpage prediction, fiber orientation, and manufacturability assessment. The position will work closely with customers, application engineers, material scientists, and commercial teams to optimize part and mold designs, troubleshoot molding issues, and accelerate successful product launches.
This is an in-person position based in Chennai, India, and reports to the Global Application Development Manager.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES




Conduct injection molding simulations including fill, pack, cool, warp, fiber orientation, sink mark, weld line, air trap, and shrinkage analyses for thermoplastic components.
Support existing core applications and strategic growth initiatives by leveraging Autodesk Moldflow simulation tools to predict and optimize the processing performance of Ascend's materials in customer applications.
Collaborate with regional CAE and application development engineers to develop, review, and manage material characterization data, simulation models, technical analyses, and customer presentations.
Evaluate part designs, gate locations, runner systems, cooling layouts, and processing conditions to improve manufacturability, part quality, and cycle time.
Validate and correlate simulation results with molding trials, dimensional measurements, and customer production data to improve model accuracy and predictive capability.
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📌 Simulation Engineer – Plastics Processing (Chennai)
🏢 Ascend Performance Materials
📍 Chennai