Job Title: CAE Simulation Engineer Abaqus | Electronic Products
Location: Cupertino, CA
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented CAE Simulation Engineer with a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in finite element analysis (FEA) and simulation of complex mechanical assemblies.
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across the complete CAE workflow, including CAD geometry cleanup, CAE model preparation, meshing, material and connection definitions, boundary conditions, model debugging, simulation execution, post-processing, result interpretation, and simulation report generation.
Candidates must have hands-on experience with pre-processing tools such as Abaqus/CAE, ANSA, or HyperMesh; simulation using Abaqus Standard (Implicit) and Abaqus/Explicit; and post-processing using Abaqus/CAE, META,HyperView/HyperGraph.
Experience with Siemens NX for CAD geometry cleanup and preparation of electronic products, batteries, enclosures, housings, brackets, and other mechanical components used in electronic equipment is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
1. CAE Pre-Processing and Model Development
- Import NX CAD data and clean up geometry to prepare complex CAE models for Abaqus thermal and structural analysis.
- Develop detailed finite element models using Abaqus/CAE, ANSA, and/or HyperMesh.
- Perform shell, solid, beam, and other appropriate meshing techniques.
- Assign material properties, element types, sections, thicknesses, and material orientations.
- Define 1D connections, including screws, fasteners, connectors, and other joining representations.
- Define contact interactions, assembly constraints, boundary conditions, and loading conditions.
- Perform mesh quality checks and resolve connectivity, element quality, and model integrity issues.
- Prepare simulation models for electronic product components, enclosures, housings, mounting brackets, and structural assemblies.
2. Abaqus Solver Execution and Debugging
- Set up and execute simulations using Abaqus Standard (Implicit) and Abaqus/Explicit.
- Perform structural, thermal, nonlinear, and dynamic simulations as required.
- Conduct vibration, shock, impact, and structural integrity analyses of electronic products and their mechanical components, where applicable.
- Execute simulations on high-performance computing (HPC) clusters.
- Troubleshoot convergence issues, contact problems, numerical instabilities, and solver errors.
- Improve model robustness, computational efficiency, and simulation accuracy.
3. Post-Processing and Engineering Interpretation
- Post-process simulation results using Abaqus/CAE, META, HyperView, and HyperGraph.
- Analyze stress, strain, displacement, deformation, reaction forces, contact forces, temperature distributions, and other relevant simulation outputs.
- Interpret results against product performance requirements, design specifications, and applicable failure criteria.
- Identify potential failure locations and recommend design improvements.
- Prepare detailed simulation reports with contour plots, graphs, engineering observations, and conclusions.
- Present findings and collaborate with design, product development, and cross-functional engineering teams.
4. Material Modeling and Automation
- Develop and calibrate material models using material test data and relevant material properties.
- Support modeling of nonlinear materials, plastics, composites, and other advanced materials used in electronic product assemblies, where applicable.
- Develop Python scripts or equivalent automation tools to streamline pre-processing, model validation, solver setup, and post-processing.
- Improve simulation workflows, repeatability, model quality, and turnaround time.
Mandatory Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in CAE/FEA modeling and simulation.
- Strong practical expertise in Abaqus/CAE, including pre-processing, solver execution, debugging, and post-processing.
- Hands-on experience with Abaqus Standard (Implicit), Abaqus/Explicit, and structural/dynamic simulations.
- Strong understanding of CAD cleanup, meshing, material properties, thickness assignment, 1D connections, contact definitions, boundary conditions, and load applications.
- Experience troubleshooting CAE model integrity issues, solver errors, and convergence problems.
- Experience using at least one of Abaqus CAE/ANSA/HyperMesh for pre-processing.
- Strong understanding of finite element modeling, structural mechanics, and engineering result interpretation.
- Experience preparing technical simulation reports and presenting engineering findings.
- Valid US work authorization and eligibility to work on projects subject to applicable export-control requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience simulating electronic products, batteries, electronic equipment, electrical enclosures, product housings, brackets, and mechanical assemblies.
- Experience with structural, thermal, vibration, shock, drop, or impact analysis of electronic products, as applicable.
- Experience using Siemens NX for CAD geometry import, export, cleanup, and preparation.
- Experience running simulations on HPC clusters.
- Python scripting experience for CAE automation.
- Knowledge of plastic materials, composites, nonlinear material behavior, and material calibration.
- Experience with META, HyperView, and HyperGraph for post-processing.
- Background in mechanical design, product development, structural analysis, or electronic product engineering.
Mandatory Tools
- Abaqus/CAE and Abaqus Solver Implicit and Explicit
- ANSA or HyperMesh Pre-processing and model preparation
Ideal Candidate: A hands-on Abaqus CAE Simulation Engineer capable of independently managing the complete FEA workflow-from CAD preparation and pre-processing through Abaqus solver execution, debugging, post-processing, and engineering reporting-with relevant experience in electronic products and mechanical assemblies.
Recommended sourcing keywords: Abaqus, Abaqus/CAE, ANSA, HyperMesh, FEA, CAE Modeling, Pre-Processing, Post-Processing, Implicit, Explicit, Dynamic Simulation, Thermal Analysis, Vibration, Shock, Drop Test Simulation, Electronic Products, Electronic Enclosures, Siemens NX, Python Automation.