Product Specialist - Electrification

Transforming the Future with the Convergence of Simulation and Data

Application Engineer for Electrification (M/F)

Do you like a challenge, are you a complex thinker who likes to solve problems? If so, then you might be the new Altairian we are searching for. At Altair, your curiosity matters. We pride ourselves on a business culture that enables open, creative thinking, and we deeply value our employees and their contributions towards our clients' success, as well as our own.

Altair is a world leading editor of scientific software for engineers. With a 30-year-plus track record for product design and advanced engineering software, Altair has more than 5,000 corporate clients representing the automotive, aerospace, government and defence, and consumer products verticals.

Its software suite HyperWorks is the most widely used in the world of CAE (Computer Aided Engineering). Based on process automation, data management and design optimization, HyperWorks is a suite of simulation tools for the design and quick decision-making for product design.

Considered as the most comprehensive open-architecture simulation platform in the PLM market, offering technologies to design and optimize high performance, efficient and innovative products, HyperWorks provides the best solutions for modelling all physical problems (structural, crash & safety, thermal, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, …).

Altair is developing a complete solution which enables companies to reduce the time they need to electrify their products. It provides simulation and optimization capabilities to find innovative designs of batteries, power converters and electric motors.

To strengthen its electrification solution team, Altair is hiring an application engineer specialized in the design of electric motor drives.

Job Summary

The design of electric drive systems requires a multiphysics approach to accurately analyze the performance of motors, converters, and batteries. This includes electromagnetic, structural, NVH, thermal, fluid dynamics domains and various couplings between them. Simulation solutions should also consider several levels of modeling, from 1D at system level, to full 3D to optimize each component.

We are looking for an application engineer to strengthen the team that is developing our electrification solution, making sure that it answers the challenges of our customers and brings the best available numerical techniques within easy to use workflows.

Your role will be to work with the development team on the definition of the features that need to be developed, propose efficient simulation and optimization workflows, providing automated solutions. You will participate to the testing, the documentation and the promotion of the solution.

What You Will Do

• Work with product managers to specify developments
• Develop and automate simulation workflows
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Write software documentation
• Ensure advanced support of customers
• Build presentations and videos that demonstrate the developed capabilities
  
  
  

Requirements

• Solid theoretical background in electrical engineering
• Good knowledge in numerical methods
• Knowledge in battery design, motor design and power converters
• Good practice of 1D and 3D simulation tools
• Ability to write Scripts in Python language
• Excellent communication skills
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and development processes
• Be a team player able to take responsibilities
• Full professional proficiency in English
• Master or PhD degree in electrical engineer or similar
  
  
  

How You Will Be Successful

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “Firsts”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
  
  
  

Why Work With Us

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics. Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration.

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