Senior CAE Engineer

Job Description

Are you passionate about CAE simulations, tools and support, while having a strong drive for ensuring high quality, mechanical robustness and continuous improvements?

Bring your proven CAE tools, analytical work approach and great Stakeholder Management capabilities into play and join our CAE department shaping the LEGO® bricks and moulds of the future!

Core Responsibilities
In this position as Senior CAE Engineer , it will be your main responsibility to perform structural simulations in support of the operational process of designing moulds and bricks (elements). More specifically, you will be responsible for…

• Provide guidance to engineers based on the execution and critical interpretation of CAE simulation results

• Able to solve & support on complex challenges within element & Mould Engineering w. support from Back Offices

• Ensure alignment with internal customers to secure consistency, quality and value of delivered CAE service

• Contribute to continuous quality assurance, validation and improvement of CAE simulation tools

• Participate and engage in cross-functional teams that conduct root cause analysis in response to quality challenges.

• Support Maintenance, improvement and development initiatives initiated from Back Offices

Play your part in our team succeeding

The CAE department provides simulation support to the engineering development within the LEGO Group. This includes analysis of injection moulding processes as well as analysis of the mechanical robustness and functions of both moulds and bricks. It is our goal to support the design of robust and efficient solutions in a cost-efficient manner based on digital prototypes.

You will join the CAE team, located in Billund, consisting of 8 dedicated and highly skilled colleagues with a diverse set of backgrounds in terms of gender, nationality, age groups, etc.

Do you have what it takes? 
The ideal candidate comes either with experience from a role as CAE Engineer, Simulation Engineer or similar. You bring strong structural FEA capabilities including knowledge about non-linear material behavior, geometric contact or large displacements. Otherwise, you are newly graduated with minimum a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Industrial Design & Technology or equivalent. In addition, you have:

• Proven theoretical and practical experience with CAE tools, e.g. FEA, CFD

• Broad working knowledge of CAD/CAE software systems, preferably Siemens NX

• Ability to evaluate simulation results from underlying physics

• Strong Stakeholder Management capabilities

• Proficiency in English both verbal and written including great communication skills

Furthermore, it will be an advantage, if you have::

• Knowledge about injection moulding processes and mechanical behavior of polymers

• Solid experience with Altair HyperWorks, LS-DYNA, Moldex3D

• Proven programming skills e.g. Python and MATLAB

As a person, you are a structured and curious team player with “can-do” mentality and drive for continuous improvement and delivering outstanding results.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a pr