Senior Structural Dynamics Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles

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At Lyft, community is what we are and it’s what we do. It’s what makes us different. To create the best ride for all, we start in our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization where all team members are recognized for what they bring.
 
We care deeply about delivering the best transportation experience; this means the best experience for the passenger and the best experience for the driver. We believe this quality of service can only be achieved with a deep understanding of our world, our cities, our streets… how they evolve, how they breathe. We embrace the powerful positive impact autonomous transportation will bring to our everyday lives and with our ambition, we will become a leader in the development and operation of such vehicles. Thanks to our network, with hundreds of millions of rides every year, we have the means to make autonomy a safe reality. As a member of Level5, you will have the opportunity to develop and deploy tomorrow’s hardware & software solutions and thereby revolutionize transportation.
 
Lyft is searching for a motivated individual, responsible for developing and validating new synthesis & analysis methods in the areas of structural dynamics, NVH and durability. Use technical expertise to conceive, plan and lead methods development, validation and implementation activities. Participate in the design of new products and design improvements to existing products. Provide upfront guidelines and optimize designs using FEA, nonlinear static, dynamic, durability and NVH (frequency & transient response, acoustics) analysis tools. Provide structural FEA for dynamic, NVH, durability, fatigue and optimization related expertise to answer technical questions and create solutions for existing and new applications.

Responsibilities:

  • Collect and analyze field data to derive environmental design requirements and inform profiles for accelerated life testing
  • Perform structural/dynamic/thermal analyses, and multi-body dynamic simulations for subsystem and system level trades, leading to proactive design selection
  • Perform multiple analysis iterations and optimization to support various layout and configuration trade-offs to optimize for overall system design
  • Develop concept models for use in multiple iterations during early product development cycle
  • Develop tools and methods to perform detailed trades on system structural and thermal design
  • Work with design engineers on design evaluation, verification/validation as well as design optimization
  • Compile and document analysis and test results for design reviews
  • Interface with multiple other engineering disciplines throughout development iterations, design, manufacturing, test, and volume production

Experience: 

  • MS/PhD in Mechanical, Aerospace, Automotive Engineering or related field
  • 7+ years hands-on experience with structural and dynamic analyses of electronics and vehicle systems using Nastran, Abaqus, or Optistruct finite element analysis
  • Experience with fatigue analysis due to dynamic environments
  • Experience in testing mechanical systems to validate simulations
  • Flexible nonlinear transient and vibro-acoustic analysis
  • Full cycle development experience with architecture trades, detailed subsystem and system level analyses, including testing and validation
  • Masters fundamentals of multibody dynamics, thermal management, solid mechanics, mechanics of materials (plastic, adhesive, ceramic, glass, metal etc.)
  • Experience with optimization and DoE FEA methods
  • Familiar with SolidWorks
  • Experience with Matlab or Python programming 
  • LS-Dyna, Abaqus Explicit, Dytran, Marc or other nonlinear, explicit impact simulation software highly desired

Benefits:

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Monthly commuter subsidy to cover your transit to work
  • 20% off all Lyft rides

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