Assistant Manager | Process Simulation

This position is responsible for developing tire process(manufacturing) simulation models, material testing protocols and applying them for simulation of change in process as per the requirement shared by the plant team, product development team and compounding team.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
• No. of simulations for process improvement
• % Conformance to simulation standards
• % time reduction by CAE automation & optimization
• No. of R&D projects undertaken
• Simulation capability development

KEY ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

New Product Design simulation
• Liaise with the design team to understand the product design in detail
• Develop virtual 2D/ 3D models as per the product design/ drawing and carry out simulation for the same through use of simulation software
• Develop simulation models for new materials and update models for existing material
• Tyre thermal, structural and dynamic simulations
• Analyse simulation output/ results and estimate performance metrics
• Co-ordinate and follow-up with CFT s like plant, design, compounding, PDM, testing to ensure timely execution of all activities as per the plan.

Capability development
• Develop Computer Aided Engineering (ABAQUS, HYPER MESH) based methods for nonlinear analysis of tire manufacturing process.
• Develop tire process simulation capabilities to establish correlation with actual testing.

Other activities
• Maintain a library of documents related to simulation - Simulation models, SOP s, test cases, test results, simulation standards
• Capture knowledge/ learnings on a regular basis into department s Knowledge Management system and update the same

Education and Experience Required

Education Requirement:

M.E / M. Tech (Mechanical, Rubber) with B.Tech (Mechanical)

Or

B.Tech in Mechanical with relevant experience in FEA

Experience: 0-4 years of experience in use of FE software (Abaqus, Hypermesh)

Good hands-on experience in 3D hex meshing

Preferred:

Comfortable working with Tire simulations using Abaqus, Hypermesh.

Comfortable working with Python, Matlab, Fortran will be a plus