Applied
CAE Engineer
Sunnyvale. Posted a month ago
The role
You will build and own the hardware simulation capability for vehicle hardware programs. You will define load cases, build CAE processes, and lead external contractors to validate designs virtually.
What you will do
- Define load profiles and analysis requirements from vehicle usage data, road load data, customer requirements, and industry standards
- Build a scalable analysis process
- Evaluate, select, and deploy CAE tools
- Scope and manage contractors, including statements of work, schedules, technical reviews, and quality of deliverables
- Perform and review structural, modal, random vibration, fatigue, and thermal analysis
- Correlate simulation results with physical test data
- Work with mechanical design, systems, and program teams to feed simulation into design decisions
- Mentor engineers and set technical standards for simulation quality
Required qualifications
- BS/MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a similar field
- 7+ years of CAE/FEA experience in automotive, commercial vehicle, aerospace, agriculture, construction, or defense
- Deep expertise with at least one major FEA suite (e.g., Abaqus, ANSYS, Nastran, LS-DYNA, OptiStruct) and pre-processors (e.g., HyperMesh, ANSA)
- Experience defining load cases and load profiles from requirements, standards, or measured data
- Experience managing external contractors or engineering service providers
- Strong grasp of structural dynamics, fatigue, and material behavior
- Strong understanding of correlating simulation to physical test results
Nice to have
- Experience with durability/fatigue tools (e.g., nCode, FEMFAT) and road load data acquisition
- Experience with CFD or thermal simulation for electronics enclosures
- Scripting and automation for CAE workflows (Python, APDL, TCL)
- Experience setting up simulation data management or HPC environments
About the company
Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.