Simulation Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Adecco
Negotiable
Outside
Onsite
Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Simulation Engineer role at Bentley Motors involves creating virtual models of vehicles and lighting components for simulation purposes. The position requires running simulations, analyzing results, and preparing reports to support engineering teams. The role is fully onsite in Crewe and is offered as a contract until December 2025, classified as outside IR35. The engineer will work closely with various departments to ensure customer requirements are met and to maintain simulation techniques and documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Receipt and acknowledgement of simulation requests.
- Verification of customer requirements and measurement specifications.
- Management of customer requirements and expectations.
- Communication and information sharing with research and development teams.
- Preparation and cleaning of 3D data for simulation.
- Application of physically correct materials and creation of sensors.
- Launching simulations and using HPC.
- Detailed analysis of simulation results, including occupant vision and lighting concepts.
- Creation and compilation of test summaries and detailed reports.
- Maintenance of material measurement library and process documentation.
Key Skills:
- Experience in vehicle optical simulation and integration of illuminated components.
- Proficiency in Catia v5 and Speos for Catia.
- Knowledge of Ansys Speos AVX and MS Office, including Visual Basic scripting.
- Ability to read technical drawings and write clear technical reports.
- Understanding of electrical circuit diagrams and LED system integration.
- Data management and revision control skills.
- Familiarity with vehicle communication networks, including CAN and LIN.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Crewe
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Simulation Engineer Crewe (Fully onsite) Contract until 23/12/2025 (12 Month rolling contract) Day Rate Outside IR35
Purpose of the job
Adecco working in partnership with Bentley Motors are seeking a Simulation Engineer to support engineers and feature owners, to create virtual models of vehicles and lighting components for simulation. Complete Analysis and reports of results and findings. Prepare demonstrations to show how the lighting in and around the vehicle will behave.
Position in organisation
Light Simulation Engineer part of the Light Simulation & Photometry Team EE/L, within Electrical Engineering Department. Reporting to the Technical Manager and the Head of Lighting.
Scope of Job
- Simulation Model Creation
- Running and Analysing Simulations
- Generation of Simulation Reports
- Maintaining Materials library
- Development of Simulation Techniques
- Cross Functional Communication
Key Responsibilities
- Customer Simulation Requirements
- Receipt and acknowledgement of Simulation request.
- Verification of customer requirements and Measurement Specifications.
- Management of customer requirements & Expectations and deadlines
- Communication / information sharing & packaging reviews with Research and developments teams, including Electrical, Concepts, Styling & Design, Trim, and other major interfaces
- Data preparation and Model Creation & Simulation Launch
- Preparation and cleaning of 3D data.
- Application of physically correct materials
- Creation of sensors & implementation of design tables
- Mesh adjustment
- Launching Simulations and use of HPC
- Use of active simulation for design
- Data Analysis, Report & Demonstration Compilation
- Detailed Analysis of Simulation Results, Including but not exhaustive
- Occupant Vision and Visual Ergonomics
- Lighting Concept strategy
- Interior Lighting (Internal reflections, Sunlight effects, core functional lighting, Ambient lighting, stowage lighting, Displays HUD, Cube simulations)
- Exterior Lighting (Front and rear lighting experience and performance. Impacts to customers and environment lit and unlit)
- Lighting effects
- Legal verification
- Vehicle benchmarking
- Root cause analysis of Errors and defects discovered
- Implications or impact introduced by the system / components into interfacing systems i.e. Interior Trim or BiW must be identified with potential solutions
- Identification of any packaging constraints & style hard points
- Scripting & Macro Creation
- Creation and Compilation of test summaries and of comprehensive & detailed test reports.
- Support Feature owners, Suppliers, and internal customers with understanding measurement results and analysis.
- Demonstration presentation of Simulation results
- Maintenance and Customer support
- Maintain material measurement library.
- Maintain process documentation for simulation methods/techniques
- Correlation of simulation results to real world situation
- Support customers understanding of simulation methods and techniques
Experience
Experience and knowledge of delivering complete vehicle optical simulation and vehicle integration of illuminated components with ergonomic eye point considerations on the interior & exterior of the vehicle. Excellent knowledge is required of: Catia v5, Speos for Catia Ansys Speos AVX (awareness) Prita MS Office (including scripting in Visual basic) Detailed Analysis of simulation results Complete Vehicle component integration Good understanding of materials and behaviour with light
Other Requirements
Reading Technical Drawings. Ability to write clear technical reports Understanding of electrical circuit diagrams, behaviour and control of LEDs and system integration onto vehicles. Data management and revision control Appreciation of vehicle communication networks including CAN and LIN communication buses. Working to quality standards and processes Experience with Microsoft office programs including word, power point and excel
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