FEM Automation Engineer

Summary: The FEM Automation Engineer role in Bristol involves developing automated FEM model construction and post-processing using tools like Altair Hypermesh and C++. The position requires maintaining existing projects and creating new workflows for automated analysis orchestration. The role is hybrid, requiring on-site presence approximately two days per week, and is initially for a duration of six months with potential for extension.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automated FEM model construction: Altair Hypermesh + TCL/C++ tools.
• Expectation is for end-to-end, automated model routines.
• Maintain, develop existing projects + possible new ones.
• Escape from TCL: work out an effective workflow to consolidate high value infrastructure for Hypermesh automation in C++, to be exposed to Hypermesh via TCL wrapper.
• Automated FEM post processing: existing C++ postprocessing project using Abaqus ODB C++ api.
• Automated workflow orchestration: the organisation of automated analysis via orchestration such as Snakemake or Apache Airflow (or possibly Reframe/Robot in the case of HPC/Abaqus verification).

Key Skills:

• Proficiency in Altair Hypermesh and TCL/C++ tools.
• Experience with automated FEM model construction and post-processing.
• Knowledge of workflow orchestration tools like Snakemake or Apache Airflow.
• Ability to maintain and develop existing projects.
• Understanding of C++ postprocessing with Abaqus ODB C++ API.

Salary (Rate): £250 per day

City: Bristol

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Title: FEM Automation Engineer
Location: Bristol Hybrid - Onsite c2 days per week
Duration: 6 months with the likelihood of extension
Rate: £250 per day - PAYE via Umbrella Only

Job Description:
Developer with Good Awareness of FEM

• Automated FEM model construction: Altair Hypermesh + TCL/C++ tools.
• Expectation is for end-to-end, automated model routines.
• Maintain, develop existing projects + possible new ones.
  o Escape from TCL: work out an effective workflow to consolidate high value infrastructure for Hypermesh automation in C++, to be exposed to Hypermesh via TCL wrapper
• Automated FEM post processing: existing C++ postprocessing project using Abaqus ODB C++ api.
• Automated workflow orchestration: the organisation of automated analysis via orchestration such as Snakemake or Apache Airflow (or possibly Reframe/Robot in the case of HPC/Abaqus verification