Simulation Engineer

Adecco

  • Crewe, Cheshire
  • £250-280 per day
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 59 mins ago
Adecco is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.Simulation EngineerCreweContract until 23/12/2025 (12 Month rolling contract)Day Rate Outside IR35Purpose of the jobAdecco working in partnership with Bentley Motors are seeking a Simulation Engineer to support engineers and feature owners, to create virtual models of vehicles and lighting components for simulation. Complete Analysis and reports of results and findings. Prepare demonstrations to show how the lighting in and around the vehicle will behave.Position in organisationLight Simulation Engineer part of the Light Simulation & Photometry Team EE/L, within Electrical Engineering Department. Reporting to the Technical Manager and the Head of Lighting.Scope of Job1: Simulation Model Creation2: Running and Analysing Simulations3: Generation of Simulation Reports4: Maintaining Materials library5: Development of Simulation Techniques6: Cross Functional CommunicationKey Responsibilities
  • Customer Simulation Requirements
  • Receipt and acknowledgement of Simulation request.
  • Verification of customer requirements and Measurement Specifications.
  • Management of customer requirements & Expectations and deadlines
  • Communication / information sharing & packaging reviews with Research and developments teams, including Electrical, Concepts, Styling & Design, Trim, and other major interfaces
  • Data preparation and Model Creation & Simulation Launch
  • Preparation and cleaning of 3D data.
  • Application of physically correct materials
  • Creation of sensors & implementation of design tables
  • Mesh adjustment
  • Launching Simulations and use of HPC
  • Use of active simulation for design
  • Data Analysis, Report & Demonstration Compilation
  • Detailed Analysis of Simulation Results, Including but not exhaustive
  • Occupant Vision and Visual Ergonomics
  • Lighting Concept strategy
  • Interior Lighting (Internal reflections, Sunlight effects, core functional lighting, Ambient lighting, stowage lighting, Displays HUD, Cube simulations)
  • Exterior Lighting (Front and rear lighting experience and performance. Impacts to customers and environment lit and unlit)
  • Lighting effects
  • Legal verification
  • Vehicle benchmarking
  • Root cause analysis of Errors and defects discovered
  • Implications or impact introduced by the system / components into interfacing systems i.e. Interior Trim or BiW must be identified with potential solutions
  • Identification of any packaging constraints & style hard points
  • Scripting & Macro Creation
  • Creation and Compilation of test summaries and of comprehensive & detailed test reports.
  • Support Feature owners, Suppliers, and internal customers with understanding measurement results and analysis.
  • Demonstration presentation of Simulation results
  • Maintenance and Customer support
  • Maintain material measurement library.
  • Maintain process documentation for simulation methods/techniques
  • Correlation of simulation results to real world situation
  • Support customers understanding of simulation methods and techniques
ExperienceExperience and knowledge of delivering complete vehicle optical simulation and vehicle integration of illuminated components with ergonomic eye point considerations on the interior & exterior of the vehicle.Excellent knowledge is required of:
  • Catia v5,
  • Softwares:
  • Speos for Catia
  • Ansys Speos
  • AVX (awareness)
  • Prita
  • MS Office (including scripting in Visual basic)
  • Detailed Analysis of simulation results
  • Complete Vehicle component integration
  • Good understanding of materials and behaviour with light
Other Requirements
  • Reading Technical Drawings.
  • Ability to write clear technical reports
  • Understanding of electrical circuit diagrams, behaviour and control of LEDs and system integration onto vehicles.
  • Data management and revision control
  • Appreciation of vehicle communication networks including CAN and LIN communication buses.
  • Working to quality standards and processes
  • Experience with Microsoft office programs including word, power point and excel
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