Thermal Engineer
Larsen & Toubro5 months ago
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert thermal management system designs and guidance to facilitate the development of Lead acid, Li-Ion, and Super Capacitor battery cells and battery packs
- Provide CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and thermal simulations to predict the performance of temperature distribution within the cells and battery systems and establish operating ranges and key design parameters
- Provide knowledge for defining and executing FEA simulations to validate battery design concepts regarding mechanical robustness
- Optimize the system design to balance cost, performance, mass, volume, and thermal efficiency
- Use 1D systems modeling for early product design planning
- Provide technical guidance to cross functional teams as needed
- Assist in the assembly and testing of battery systems or prototypes
Required Qualifications
- Experience level: 5-8 years (need to evaluate based on our action plan)
- MS/MTech in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or any other relevant discipline
- Thermal & Mechanical Modeling and simulation skills
- Working experience in 1D modeling is preferred
- Solid years of experience in selecting and characterizing thermal materials
- Extensive working experience in thermal system design using CFD simulations
- Good working experience/exposure in Mechanical system design using FEA simulations related to crash, crush, mechanical shock, and vibration analysis
- Experience with Li-Ion battery systems is desired, specifically regarding thermal management and mechanical design
- OEM Automotive/Tier 1 experience with systems/assemblies is highly desirable
- Strong communication and organizational skills
Tools & Software
- CFD: ANSYS Fluent and StarCCM+ tools (mandatory)
- Structural Solvers: LS Dyna and/or Abaqus (desirable)
- Pre & Post Processors: ANSA, MetaPost (mandatory)
- CAD exposure: SOLIDWORKS (desirable)
- Other tools: MATLAB (desirable)
- Scripting tools: Python (good to have, but not mandatory)
- Engineering Support Tools: JAMA, JIRA (good to have, but not mandatory)
Required Skills
MATLAB
CFD simulations (ANSYS Fluent, StarCCM+)
Pre & Post Processing (ANSA, MetaPost)
Mechanical system design
1D systems modeling
Thermal management system design
Thermal materials selection and characterization
Engineering support tools (JAMA, JIRA)
Python
Battery thermal and mechanical analysis
CAD exposure (SOLIDWORKS)
FEA simulations (LS Dyna, Abaqus)