System Simulation Engineer

Key job areas of responsibilities:

• Perform system simulation of thermal management system for battery electric vehicle, define target settings and value assessments (software GT Suite Gamma Technologies);
• Engage with OEMs to capture thermal system requirements/ development of system through the vehicle lifecycle;
• Manage outsourced system simulations of heat exchange and AC compressor/Heat pump requirements;
• Analyzing innovative HVAC System architectures vs benchmarks using simulation tools to achieve overall Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning performance and Thermal System requirements on EV under specified operating conditions to meet thermal system and vehicle requirements;
• Develop control models to optimize for compressor/heat pump performance, efficiency, noise levels;
• Collaborate with external companies and universities in the context of your projects;
• Maintain relationship with key players in the field of expertise in order to anticipate trends, stay on top of industry best practices and define the best strategy for tools development;
• Support product development and application launches, launch issues and field issues when appropriate.

Education and qualification:

• Masters/bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or higher with specialization or significant working experience in Automotive HVAC development;
• At least 2-3 years of hands on experience in the areas of thermal management in automotive or in another industries.

Skills:

• GT Suite simulations of HVAC systems;
• In-depth understanding of Vehicle HVAC System dynamics/Operational trade-off for various sub-systems for optimal Heat Load Balance;
• Excellent understanding of External Functional Analysis for the cooling system/ sub-system level/ developing validation plans/ conducting experiments to evaluate the concepts;
• Excellent understanding on the industry challenges on thermal management for Battery Electric Vehicle and Fuel cell electrical vehicle;
• Understanding of functionality of system components in BEV/FCEV/HVAC system conditions and experience in optimization for heat exchanger/heat sinks/condenser/compressors.