Senior Mechanical Engineer - Simulation & Analysis

ROLE OVERVIEW

Senior simulation-focused mechanical engineering role responsible for analysis-driven product development, CAD contribution, model validation, test correlation, production support, and simulation automation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and run structural, dynamic, fatigue, and multibody simulations of AutoStore hardware, from components to full assemblies.
• Work with design engineers from concept onward to translate design questions into the right analysis and present clear recommendations.
• Create and modify CAD parts, assemblies, and drawings, and update designs based on simulation results.
• Support rapid prototyping, pilot builds, and production hardware, including DFM, tolerance and material decisions, supplier questions, build issues, and compliance.
• Mentor a new-graduate mechanical engineer on design, analysis, and prototyping work.
• Validate models against lab and field data and clearly communicate confidence and limitations.
• Support test planning so physical tests confirm and calibrate simulation results.
• Run design studies, parameter sweeps, and optimization to explore weight, cost, stiffness, and durability trade-offs.
• Script and automate repetitive simulation workflows, document methods, build reusable models, and share simulation best practices across R&D.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience applying mechanical simulation in product development, ideally for electromechanical or robotic products.
• Hands-on expertise with FEA tools such as Ansys Mechanical, Abaqus, Simcenter, or COMSOL Multiphysics, covering static, modal, dynamic, and nonlinear analysis.
• Experience with explicit dynamics or multibody tools such as LS-DYNA, MSC Adams, or Simscape Multibody.
• Strong grasp of solid mechanics, materials, fatigue, contact, meshing, boundary conditions, and model fidelity.
• Experience correlating simulation with physical test data.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD such as SolidWorks, Creo, or NX, including building and modifying parts, assemblies, and drawings.
• Experience taking designs to production, including DFM/DFA, GD&T, tolerance analysis, material/process selection, and product compliance/safety standards.
• Clear communication skills and a Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Python or MATLAB scripting for simulation automation and results processing.
• Thermal or CFD experience using tools such as Ansys Fluent/Icepak, Simcenter FloTHERM, or STAR-CCM+.
• Design of experiments, sensitivity analysis, or structural optimization experience.
• Co-simulation experience such as FMI/FMU or familiarity with electrical, motor, or RF simulation tools.
• Experience with physics-based robotics simulators such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or MuJoCo, synthetic data generation, or reinforcement learning environments.
• Background in robotics, logistics automation, or other high-cycle electromechanical systems.