Performance Vehicle Dynamics CAE Engineer

Join the Ford Product Development team as a Performance Vehicle Dynamics CAE Engineer to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight customers. Utilize Design Thinking & User Experience methods to bring innovative ideas to life.

Requirements

• Support program architecture decisions by developing CAE tools and software
• Create and maintain full vehicle ADAMS and Car Sim models for current and future performance vehicles
• Coordinate closely with the Advanced Systems Engineering Group to define new product suspension and chassis designs
• Establish suspension and vehicle handling performance based on target attributes, benchmark vehicles, test data, and related Health Chart metrics
• Support vehicle testing and attribute measurement associated with validating the CAE models and vehicle parameters
• Develop and integrate vehicle controls models into the dynamic simulations using MATLAB and Simulink tools
• Utilize CAE tools and test results to support the delivery of the company's high-performance vehicles with full vehicle and suspension system modeling
• Utilize CAE tools to support and direct efficient vehicle development and design processes within the CAE Group
• Develop new tools to improve performance, steering, and handling predictions
• Inform planned vehicle testing to create specific attribute targets, while ensuring hardware choices support those targets
• Support full vehicle simulation modeling