CAE Design Engineer

LyondellBasell
Basic Function
The CAE Design Engineer is responsible for all design activities within the Americas regions, which include and are not limited to, performing mold flow analyses for our customers as required, to be the North America Mold Flow simulation expert, maintain NA design Database while being customer's focal point for design data, be admin for APS PPC North American Technical Data Sheets, verify and format static and dynamic tensile/flexural data. #LI-TF1
Roles & Responsibilities
Support and lead all mold filling and structural programs/projects (automotive and non-automotive) assigned to the APS NA Engineering Design Group
Support customer mold filling projects by attending design reviews (Mold Flow & Materials), giving design recommendations for gating, geometry, etc. for our products
Manage Engineering Design North America material database, which includes material properties (thermal and mechanical data) for mold flow analyses, static and dynamic tensile / flexural data, creep data, fatigue data, compression data, etc. (advanced design data)
Support sales, marketing, and business development teams to promote LYB products and innovations
Help PAD's and Business with advanced design data generation
Focal point for out-sourcing of design data, obtaining quotes, working closely with PAD Engineers for resin samples, and verifying/formatting tested data
Work closely with CAE Design Engineers in other regions
Act as property data and part design focal point for NA customers and OEMs
Address NA customer design problems as related to our materials

Min. Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in areas including Polymers, Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or other related field.
Minimum ten years working experience in mold filling, cooling, and stress analysis.
Knowledge and experience with polymeric materials including mechanical properties, design life, viscoelasticity, stress-relaxation, fatigue, stress-strain at high strain rate.
Knowledge and experience with polymer injection molding process and tool design.
Experience and skills with Model Building with tools IDEAS and Hypermesh, Mold filling/Packing/Cooling/Shrink/Warp with C-Mold, Moldflow, and Autodesk
Experience in Structural Analysis with ABAQUS and failure analysis with MA 187, MA-24, and other materials models.
Ability to interpret simulation results to customers in easily understandable language.
Knowledge and experience in polymer blending and/or compounding processes preferred.
Understand polymeric materials micromechanics and constitution models.
Computer skills and Microsoft Office experience including Word Documents, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.
English (mandatory)
Critical Competencies/Behaviors:

Structured way of working
Team player
Project management culture
Problem solving approach

Skills:

Great communication and interpersonal skills
Knowledge of Quality Systems and Procedures
Project Management

Competencies
Build PartnershipsDeliver ResultsDrive InnovationGrow CapabilitiesPromote InclusionMotivational/Cultural FitTechnical Skills

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Must be at least 18 years of age and must be legally authorized to work in the United States (US) on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship.

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