Lead Engineer - CAE

About us

Dorel Juvenile is the world's leading juvenile products company. Our well-known products and strong brands are available in more than 100 countries. All our talented employees share the same mission: to Care for Precious Life, and the Lead  Engineer - CAE is integral to this mission.

Your mission

The Lead Engineer - CAE is responsible for conducting engineering research to evaluate the safety levels of Dorel Juvenile’s line of juvenile car seat products by performing computational modeling and analyses.

This role is located in Columbus, Indiana.

Key responsibilities

• Developing computational models consistent with product development goals;
• Preparing CAD (FEA/CAE) models for Finite Element Analysis (FEA);
• Analyzing models in MADYMO/LS-DYNA/RADIOSS;
• Validating computational models with tests;
• Optimizing car seat designs for improved worldwide compatibility;
• Optimizing plastic utilization in car seats to yield savings; and
• Generating analysis reports for senior staff, including tables and graphs, summarizing models and analyses.

Your profile

• At a minimum, a U.S. Master’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field;
• 2 years’ experience in the job offered, or related occupation;
• 2 years’ experience interpreting federal, state, and global vehicle safety standards and regulations and proposing proper designs for national and international compatibility;
• Experience leading safety architecture for front, side, rear, and roof impact (including FMVSS 208/214/216a/301/305; IIHS MDB; IHS; IIHS Side Pole 5th/50th);
• Experience applying engineering theory, design tools, user requirements, and supplier/manufacturing/assembly service capabilities and considerations to the development of product/system components; experience in computer aided engineering model development for vehicle and vehicle component design, testing, manufacturing, assembly, marketing, purchasing, quality, and service to introduce products that meet user needs;
• Experience conducting FEA and test v. CAE correlation (CAE/FEA vs. Test correlation) reviews and analysis and communicating results.

Are you ready to grow with us?

Dorel Juvenile provides people the invaluable opportunity to make a difference. Dorel Juvenile’s powerfully branded products include global juvenile brands Maxi-Cosi, Quinny and Tiny Love, complemented by regional brands such as Safety 1st, Bébé Confort, Cosco and Infanti. Take the next step in your career and join our quest to improve the parenting journey for millions of families around the world.

Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX: DII.B, DII.A) is a global organization, operating two distinct businesses in juvenile products and home products. Dorel has annual sales of US$1.6 billion and employs approximately 4,000 people in facilities located in twenty-two countries worldwide.