About Pierce, an Oshkosh company
At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.
The Sr Principal Engineer - M&S is a technical leadership role. Performs simulation activities using CAE tools to model, analyze and provide creative, feasible solutions to problems encountered in product development. Communicates simulation methodology, inputs, assumptions, results and recommended actions to design engineering and leadership verbally and through written reports.
YOUR IMPACT:
- Create models and preform analysis on new or existing products (vehicles and vehicle subsystems, aerial and other vocational segment products) using CAE tools such as ALTAIR suite of analysis software.
- Propose appropriate simulation approaches and methodologies to maximize customer value.
- Maintain effective communication with internal customers on project scope, technical approach, timing, and results.
- Provide clear interpretation of simulation and analysis results to customers through technical reports and presentations.
- Provide technically feasible approaches for product improvement to result in improved performance and weight / cost reductions based on analysis and experience.
- Follow established best practices and modeling methodologies to ensure a consistent approach.
- Conduct duties in an ethical, professional manner consistent with the Oshkosh Way and defined policies and procedures.
- Work independently and as part of a team to complete work and meet established and agreed upon deadlines.
- Collaborate with test engineering teams to develop and support system and subsystem testing.
- Perform correlation of test data to simulation results to identify opportunities to improve simulation methodologies or identify test related issues.
- Proactively develop scripts, programs, and methodologies to improve the performance and efficiency of simulations.
- Provide mentorship to less experienced team members.
- Direct and assign projects to team members based on experience, workload and priority.
- Evaluate new software and tools.
- Proactively provide leadership in the development and maintenance of standard work, best practices and new methodologies.
- Understand and coordinate projects requiring cross M&S discipline or co-simulation approaches.
- Lead efforts for conducting Design of Experiments (DOEs), sensitivity analysis, and robust design practices for assigned projects.
- Able to understand and clearly articulate the capabilities of the M&S team and recommend best value simulation approaches depending on customer need.
- Stay current in industry trends and state of the art developments in analysis methods applicable to Oshkosh products and applications.
- Familiar with utilizing High Performance Computing (HPC) centers to optimize and run advanced simulations efficiency.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Regular on-site attendance is required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Accredited bachelor's degree in engineering or related field with eight (8) or more years of related experience.
STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:
- Accredited Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or engineering Mechanics.
- Familiarity with CAE tools and programming language.
- Adept with CATIA, SMARTEAM, ALTAIR Software
- Non-Linear FEA Experience
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division), and the gathering of factual information; may include the communication of sensitive or confidential information.
- External Contacts: Limited external contact to gather information, answer queries, or ask assistance.
- Communication Skills: Read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos; Read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions and procedure manuals; Write routine reports, correspondence and speak effectively before both internal and external groups; Read, analyze and interpret business manuals, technical procedures and/or government regulations: Read, analyze and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.
- Decision-Making: Significant responsibility for decisions and final results, affecting more than one function or a function with multiple unites. Substantial analysis is required and many factors must be weighted before a decision can be reached.
- Complexity, Judgment and Problem Solving: Work requires the ability to plan and perform work in light of new or constantly changing problems, work from broad instruction, and deal with complex factors not easily evaluated. Decisions require considerable judgment, initiative and ingenuity in areas there is little precedent.
- Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing, scheduling, and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work. Acts as “lead worker”.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Physical Demands: Frequent: Standing, Walking/Running, Sitting, Reaching, Hearing, Talking, Visual, Typing; Occasional: Driving, Fine Dexterity, Manual Dexterity; Upper Extremity Repetitive Motion; Seldom: Lifting/Carrying 25lbs., Pushing/Pulling 25llbs.
- Non-Physical Demands: Frequent: Analysis/Reasoning, Communication/Interpretation, Math/Mental Computation, Reading, Sustained Mental Activity (i.e. auditing, problem solving, grant writing, composing reports), Writing.
- Environmental Demands: Frequent: Work Alone, Frequent Task Changes, Tedious/Exacting Work; Occasional: High Volume Public Contact.
- Work Schedule: Routine shift hours. Infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
- Demands/Deadlines: High volume and variable work demands and deadlines impose strain on routine basis or considerable stress intermittently; OR regular direct contacts with distressed individuals within the immediate work environment; and/or exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.
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