[India-Coimbatore] CIRCOR International, Inc. - Senior Design Engineer

Job Description

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

BUSINESS: CIRCOR – Aerospace & Defense

LOCATION: Coimbatore, India

DIRECT REPORTING: Group Engineering Manager, Coimbatore

POSITION DETAILS

Position Summary

This person and will be responsible for performing linear, nonlinear steady state & transient stress analysis, fatigue analysis, vibration analysis for Hydraulic valves and Manifold systems. She/he should be a highly motivated individual and is expected to work with minimal direction.

Principal Activities

• Interact with global Design Engineering teams of CIRCOR to understand objectives, identify relevance of FEA analysis for the case at hand, interpret physics involved, determine most suitable meshing strategy & solver schemes to address them, execute the analysis independently using the available software and finally recommend design improvements based on the simulated results.
• Enthusiastically participate in preliminary, informal and formal analysis as required by the customers.
• Should be able to defend analysis results in all the internal and end customers reviews
• Prepare technical reports of analysis with good documentation procedures.
• Prepare concise presentations and communicate results to internal customers or in some cases directly with the end customers.
• Handle multiple projects at the same time and prioritize work efficiently.
• Update work status to reporting manager and assist in planning/ prioritizing works.
• Record, collate and prepare the time sheet, metrics data for on-time delivery, quality (first time right), productivity, utilization KPIs and report on weekly/monthly basis as suggested by the reporting manager.
• Establish standard operating procedures and best practices.
• Stay abreast of technological enhancements in the FEA analysis area and recommend new methods and products to enhance the accuracy, quality, and ease of use of FEA analysis “tools.”
• Accountable for preparing quality Flow analysis Reports for the BUs for the project(s) is/are carried out.
• Ensure customer approved techniques are used, seek and get approval on the results from customer for every delivery of analysis results and reports.
• Participate in formal reviews like PDR/CDR, own the FEA analysis results and support the review(s).
• Manage FEA analysis projects and ensure that customer schedules requirements are met

Job Requirements

Candidate Requirements

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Exposure to CAD software to edit input solid models / build simple models.
• Strong knowledge of Fluid mechanics, Heat transfer & Thermal Engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability (8D, 3A) to understand the problem at hand and come up with quick and innovative solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with FEA tools such as ANSYS, Abacus, Solid works simulations, Nastran etc.
• Good communication skills to interact with global teams of CIRCOR.
• Positive attitude towards issues, problems and challenges
• Demonstrated ability to influence others and impact change.
• Well organized.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills. Ability to get along well with diverse personalities; tactful, mature, flexible.
• Ability to establish credibility and be decisive.
• Effective communication, interpersonal and team building skills and able to manage multiple projects in a rapidly changing environment.
• Self –motivated, highly inquisitive with natural instinct to solve the ambiguous problems.

Education & Experience

Education

• Education:E / B.Tech Mechanical Engineering. Masters in streams relevant to FEA has an advantage.
• Experience: Must have 6-9 years of strong hands-on experience in FEA using ANSYS tools

Experience

• Must have experience in FEA pre-processing, processing and post processing.
• Preferably to have an FEA Experience with Aerospace/Defense hydraulic products Design/Development /Analysis etc.
• Product knowledge of Valves (Solenoid Valves, Selector Valves, Pressure Regulators) and Complex Manifolds with multiple fluid channels.
• Exposure to CFD analysis will be added advantage

CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities