Senior Staff Engineer - CAE

Position Summary: 

This role combines computational modeling and simulation with practical testing to optimize product designs and ensure high performance and safety standards. The engineer will play a critical role in integrating simulation-driven insights into the decision-making process, driving the adoption of advanced simulation techniques to enhance product development and innovation. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between simulation outcomes and real-world testing results. This role involves hands-on work to support the development & validation of test methods, leverage engineering principles and drive innovation in the neurovascular field.  

The successful candidate must excel in a focused, high-energy small-team environment. The position will require close partnership with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to product development teams, preclinical team, quality, and regulatory teams. 
 
Quick learning and a desire to understand requirements from a user's and engineering's perspective are essential to become a valuable CAE engineer. A proven sense of mutual responsibility and shared reward is required. You will understand the system from both a technical perspective and the user's viewpoint, and drive definition and development of robust simulation & test strategy, as well as recommend design improvements. 
 

Who we want: 

• Analytical problem solvers:  People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues. 

• Dedicated achievers:  People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. 

• Curious learners:  People who seek out cutting-edge research and information to expand and enhance their ability to develop new ideas into reality. 

• Goal-oriented engineers: Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions. 

• Effective communicators: People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams. 

What you will do: 

• Act as a lead simulation engineer and develop simulation capabilities for Neurovascular products. 

• Ensure quality of deliverables for self as well as the team 

• Perform simulations and develop critical insights regarding the product performance.  

• Act as SME for simulations and represent simulation at various forums. 

• Contribute to capability building by identifying potential areas and developing capabilities. 

• Work with team in identifying software as well hardware requirements. 

• Ensure simulations are meeting regulatory requirements by adopting ASME V&V40 guidelines. 

• Addressing queries regarding the simulation and help the team with technical justification. 

• Constantly looks for avenues for validating the simulation models to increase the credibility of simulation. 

• Identify best practices and discuss the same with other CAE leads. 

• Liaison with team members as well as divisional counterparts to ensure smooth communication and maintaining timelines.  

• Design, develop, and validate test protocols for functional verification. 

• Test protocols may include leveraging/developing mechanical or electromechanical fixtures.  

• Contributing to requirements discussions and providing inputs from test engineering perspective. 

• Participating in design change reviews and provide feedback on test impact and regression analysis. 

What you will need: 

• Education: B.S/B.Eng./MS/M.Eng/Ph.D in Engineering 

• Minimum 4 years of experience in an engineering or related environment

• Solid background on Finite Element Analysis (FEA). 

• Good command over solid mechanics. 

• Proficiency in using Ansys products, ABAQUS, Altair Radioss and HyperMesh. 

• Knowledge Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and similar computational physics will be advantageous. 

• Proficient in handling highly nonlinear problems.  

• Hands own experience in handling implicit as well explicit simulation packages 

• Command over python, TCL for automating various simulation workflows. 

• Experience in global R&D setup on endovascular simulation (e.g., cardiovascular, neurovascular devices involving NiTi, Pt-W, and polymer coated metallic structures etc.) 

• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills 

• Excellent analytical skills