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 primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

• Location
  Billund, Denmark
• Job ID:
  0000021248
• Category
  Engineering & Science