Senior Lead Engineer - Virtual Validation CV WE

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. Our products can be found literally everywhere in society. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world.

In September of 2024, SKF announced the separation of its Automotive business, with the objective to build two world-leading businesses. The role you are applying for will be part of the automotive business. This means you will have the opportunity to be a part of shaping a new company aimed at meeting the needs of the transforming global automotive market.

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Senior/Lead Engineer Virtual Validation , India – Automobile Business

Purpose of role

Carrying out & coordinating of all virtual validation activities for designed & developing products within the portfolio to achieve exceptional results through – personal effectiveness, partnering with others & building customer loyalty fulfilling their needs in an efficient & effective manner.

Key Responsibilities (Product & Process):

Planning & Execution of the Projects: 20%

• Create the approach note listing all technical details involved in performing the task;
• Effort estimation based on the scope of the project;
• Identify the competencies required for the execution of the task; and,
• Reviews Project Proposal (PP), Approach documents, Approval Request (AR) and Change Requests, Identify & assess project execution risks & dependencies.
  
  

Finite Element analysis execution Process: 40%

• Translate customer needs functional and design specifications into a mapable Finite element models for studies;
• To plan/prioritize and manage the day-to-day activities within Finite element analysis team in accordance with agreed quality, budget and within project deadlines;
• To plan & Coordinate the Finite element analysis activities between different Development offices/centers, according to project priorities;
• Work on demonstration projects to new customers & promoting the team technical competency to the Stakeholders;
• Support the team as subject matter expert for the FEA, SKF Product & application point of view;
• Work on developing the new competency inline with the future requirements of the different groups of SKF;
• Develops compliance plans by researching, analyzing, selecting, and applying compliance engineering concepts and build a repository to collate SKF products & applications; and,
• To be responsible to keep and capitalize the developed knowledge.
  
  

Reviews & Reporting: 10%

• Responsible and accountable to ensure that all assigned personnel are coordinating their activities with other project participants and that the requirements of the SoW are being satisfied;
• Maintains engineering team accomplishments by reviewing open issues and action items coordinating actions, contributing information and analysis to team meetings and reports;
• To manage the project budget overview and timeliness of the product development team project;
• Ensure adherence to project close out activities – Project tracker updates & Report archiving accordingly to activity & process defined;
• Active participation in reviews and Technical Gate (TG) meetings with stakeholders and assuming the duties of the review meetings in the absence of Team Leader in such review meetings;
• Facilitate vertical and horizontal communication within the area of responsibility; and,
• Provide regular monthly reports on the performance of FEA activities on process adherence & key metrics as identified in Finite element analysis team.
  
  

Team Administration: 5%

• Support Team leader & Manager in staff hiring, IDPs, Capacity Planning & Competence development in area and aligns the Team.
  
  

Continuous Improvement Initiatives: 15%

• Initiate appropriate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) when technical problem arises by Identifying root causes for the deviations;
• Prepare & maintain lessons learned document & evolve the best practices document for future work requests;
• To oversee, monitor and take appropriate action to optimize the effectiveness, reliability and accuracy of activities and deliverables to improve the working environment, processes and practices; and,
• Identify, plan & monitor improvement actions to improve productivity & Quality through effective audit program.
  
  

Innovation Culture: 10%

• Takes lead for the creation and implementation of new methodologies & approaches inspired disruptive technical innovations;
• Use various idea generation techniques (Brainstorming, Crowdsourcing, Gordon Techniques, etc) to generate and foster innovation culture;
• Responsible to transform stakeholders demands into innovative problem setup & finding the solutions to the Problems; and,
• To collaborate with cross functional teams to bring in innovative customer solution.
  
  

Candidate’s Profile:

• Masters or bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering stream
• 6-9 Years of relevant functional work experience
• Being an individual contributor, the position holder is an epitome of “Doing things correctly” & “Right from me”
• Highly motivated & self initiator with good communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment & across culture
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
• Ease at dealing with ambiguity in work situations. Take decisions with limited information where necessary and demonstrate confidence in own decisions
• Empower themselves by seeking authority to make decisions within appropriate guidelines
• Recover quickly from and learn from setbacks
• Empathy - Understand the wants, needs, and viewpoints of others
• Excellent at managing relationships, listening, and relating to others.
  
  

Key Skill & Knowledge:

• Should have Advance knowledge & understanding of the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) methodologies;
• Mentoring skills in ANSYS Design Modeler/SpaceClaim for geometric creation & modification;
• Demonstrate the in depth knowledge in advance topics of ANSYS Classic /ANSYS Workbench tools;
• Complete understanding of physics involved in advance topics of FEA like, Sub-modeling, topology optimization. Direct & sequential coupled filed analysis;
• Understanding of Fatigue Theory & Fracture mechanics with emphasis on LCF , HCF & LEFM Linear elastic fracture model, Material properties & parameters governing the models;
• Conversant with FE-SAFE or any commercial Fatigue tool, model setup and results investigation;
• Advanced Knowledge of ANSYS preprocessing / Post-processing Macros. Developing macros for repetitive types of tasks, APDL Snippets for ANSYS WORKBENCH;
• Hands-on experience in FE problems solving the using ABAQUS & Hyperworks;
• Demonstrate the Acumen & handling task independently in capturing the customer inputs, project data, & Engineering change request able to prepare the detailed Project Approach document & Final report;
• Knowledge of advance analysis techniques like failure analysis and Design of Experiments (DOE) using commercial software’s like ANSYS, HyperStudy will be an added advantage; and,
• Knowledge of explicit analysis to simulate the high strain rates using Commercial tools such as Abaqus, MSC Nastran, Ls-Dyna, & Pro-mechanica will be an add advantage.
• Design, develop, and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks within the CAE workflow (e.g., model creation, meshing, solver deck setup, post-processing, report generation).
• Utilize scripting languages such as Python (strongly preferred),ASYS Workbench API’s, APDL, TCL, MATLAB, or similar for efficient process automation.
• Integrate various CAE software tools through scripting and API utilization to create seamless workflows.
• Develop and maintain internal libraries of automated scripts and best practices for common simulation scenarios.
• Identify opportunities for digital transformation within the CAE domain, focusing on improving data management, accessibility, and collaboration.
• Explore and integrate new digital tools and platforms (e.g., PLM/PDM integration, simulation data management systems, cloud-based CAE solutions) to enhance our simulation capabilities.
• Promote a culture of digitalization and data-driven decision-making within the engineering team.
• Contribute to the development of custom applications or user interfaces to simplify complex CAE tasks for broader engineering use.
• Knowledge of Data Science or Machine Learning and AI concepts applied to CAE is an adding advantage.
  
  

Some Additional Information

This position will be located in Bangalore.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Anuradha Seereddy, Recruitment Specialist, on email anuradha.seereddy@skf.com .

About SKF

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.