Thermal-Structural Simulation Manager

The team you will be a part of

The simulation based design (SBD) team is formed of technical experts with a deep knowledge of Refrigeration products (top-mounts, bottom-mounts, side-by-sides, french-door bottom-mounts, single door, etc). The primary delivery of the team is a suite of virtual models proven to predict product performance without the need of physical units.

This role in summary

The team’s physics-based approach ensures the models are parametrized such that the predictive capability is valid between products with varying form/dimensions. This is achieved through deep technical knowledge, systematic problem solving and extensive lab experimentation to prove correlation and flexibility.

Your responsibilities will include

• Work with the global simulation based engineering teams and Refrigeration subsystem teams to create and execute highly physics-based system-performance models (both 1D and 3D) for refrigeration products to enable virtual prediction of thermal, structure and cooling performance.

• Use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools to simulate airflow and thermal to evaluate heat flow, temperature, and transient performance.

• Develop static, dynamic, linear and nonlinear solid mechanic models.

• Build representative refrigerator products 3D models, evaluate designs, validate with physical testing and perform iterations to drive efficient designs for optimal product performance.

• Write simulation reports , knowledge documents, lessons learned to capture knowledge and promote future reuse.

• Develop new techniques and simulation capabilities to reduce overall simulation and design cycle time.

• Work with cross functional, category and global teams to align with simulation capabilities, methods and knowledge sharing.

• Manage multiple projects while maintaining a strong communication bridge with design, CAD, preprocessing and lab personnel.

• Use Ansys Workbench, APDL and Creo extensively to simulate refrigerator thermal and structural models.

• Operate as a liaison between platform teams, subsystems engineers and external suppliers to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of projects.

Minimum requirements

• Masters in Mechanical Engineering or related field, PhD in Engineering a plus

• A minimum of 7+ years thermal and structural simulation experience

• CFD and/or FEA(Finite Element Analysis) experience

• Experience of applying Ansys Workbench, APDL, Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Fluent, Modelica (Dymola, Modelon Impact or similar) and Python.

• CAD (PTC Creo) modeling capability

• Background on Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Solid Mechanics, and Structural Analysis

• Refrigeration product experience a plus

• Ability to work with diverse global teams

• Strong problem solving skills, organization, interpersonal, written and oral communication