General Motors
Virtual Propulsion Engineer
Warren, Michigan, United States of America · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- Two years in a listed or related occupation, plus two years in the specified FEA, structural engineering, software, and battery- or propulsion-related areas.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field of study.
About the job
Performs structural analysis, optimization, manufacturing simulations, and verification for battery concepts and systems from cell through pack, including vehicle integration.
What you'll do
- Conduct cell-, module-, and pack-level structural analyses and topology optimization, evaluating performance, durability, safety, and mass.
- Develop manufacturing and assembly simulations and coordinate battery structural verification activities.
- Prepare CAD and material data for FEA models, communicate findings, and collaborate on design integration and system optimization.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- Two years of experience as an Application Engineer, Sr. Project Development Engineer, CAE Engineer, or in a related occupation.
- Two years of experience in model creation and FEA analysis; structural engineering, materials, and large-scale nonlinear problems; and applying FEA tools to battery- or propulsion-related systems.
- Two years of experience with ABAQUS (Implicit, Explicit, ABAQUS CAE), ANSYS Workbench, ANSA, Hypermesh, iSIGHT, NASTRAN, Optistruct, GENESIS, and UG NX.
Tools
ABAQUS (Implicit, Explicit, ABAQUS CAE), ANSYS Workbench, ANSA, Hypermesh, iSIGHT, NASTRAN, Optistruct, GENESIS, UG NX
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