Local Motors, Inc.
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Lead Engineer, Structural and Additive Process - Knoxville, TN Location
Posted over 1 month ago
Job Description
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with Materials and Design Engineers to explore new methodologies of creating vehicle structures-specifically using additive manufacturing
- Apply the learning from process research into application in the context of Local Motors production vehicle programs
- Work with the manufacturing department to inform design language from the construction methodologies
- Leverage analysis tools and techniques to help guide development
- Identify material selection and integration of multimaterial construction including polymers, composites, and metals
- Collaborate with Advanced Material Engineering team to identify new materials for vehicle and other additive structures
- Managing R&D projects from concept to functional hardware
Required Qualifications:
- BS in Engineering or directly related field
- 2-3+ years of experience in vehicle, aerospace, or similar structural design capacity
- Extensive experience with a major commercial CAD package
- Proven experience with structural calculations using finite element analysis and hand calculation approaches
- Experience with Hyperworks, ANSYS, Abaqus, ect.
- 3D printing experience
- Design and execute scientific testing methodology
- Experience with mechanical testing/validation of original designs
- Validation and verification of FEA results vs. test data
- General hands on aptitude
- Understand multi material construction including polymers, composites, and metals
Desired Qualifications:
- M.S. or Ph.D in Engineering or related field
- Experience with Siemens NX
- Experience with Hyperworks static and explicit analysis
- Experience with structural design with composite materials
- Exposure to large scale additive manufacturing processes
- Experience with vehicle crash safety standards and testing procedure
- Fabrication skills using typical shop tools and materials, (welding is a plus)
- Design for manufacturing, DFMEA, ect.
- Managing R&D projects from concept to functional hardware
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