Senior Composite structures & processes Research Engineer

Cenaero is a private non-profit applied research center and provides to companies involved in a technology innovation process numerical simulation methods and tools to invent and design more competitive products. Internationally recognized, Cenaero is mainly active in the fields of aeronautical design, spacecrafts, manufacturing processes, and buildings and smart cities.

Cenaero provides expertise and engineering services for high performance composites, optimization and uncertainty quantification, multidisciplinary topology optimization, metallic manufacturing processes modeling, high resolution computational fluid dynamics, hypersonic flows and ablative materials, thermo-fluid processes and systems modeling, turbomachinery design, and high performance computing.

Cenaero also provides software through its massively parallel multi-physics platform Argo, its manufacturing process simulation and crack propagation platform Morfeo and its design space exploration and optimization platform Minamo.

Cenaero operates a high performance computing infrastructure (14,000 computing cores, http://tier1.cenaero.be/en) for fundamental, applied and industrial research.

Position

- You will be responsible for developments in collaborative and industrial projects and will bring innovative solutions through collaboration with colleagues in high performance composite applications as well as numerical and software development activities. Your will also have to opportunity to oversee some of these projects and interact with partners of the academic and industrial fields. Your skills in the field of computational mechanics and simulation will contribute to developments at the intersection of physics-based simulation and machine learning to push the limits of real-world system modeling

- Your objectives will include the development of activities with key aerospace and technological companies to extend the range of projects and solutions brought by Cenaero to tomorrow’s digital industrial landscape and more sustainable highperformance materials.

Profile

Candidates should have the following qualifications:

- PhD in engineering or demonstrated equivalent experience

- Advanced knowledge in multi-physics modeling and simulation for solid mechanics (FEA)

- Finite element analysis of laminated structures

- Non-linear mechanics, contact, failure criteria, CHT,…

- Strong background in the field of composite materials and processes for high performance applications

- Long fiber reinforced (UD, woven,…) composites Infusion, injection, and automated manufacturing processes

- Experience in the field of machine learning, optimization and design space exploration is a plus

- Eager to work in an applied research environment, using skills and teamwork to solve challenging objectives in
the numerical field

- Curious to learn new trends in numerical simulation & apply them to industrial projects in a solution-oriented
approach

- Quality oriented with a good capability to manage projects and meet deadlines

- Good communication skills (written and spoken)

- Be fluent in English and in French

- Be a team player and have a proactive attitude

Offer

Cenaero offers a position in growing and leading technological sectors, a direct relationship with their business actors
and technical experts, a competitive salary package and a stimulating and dynamic work environment.

PhD in engineering or demonstrated equivalent experience

- Advanced knowledge in multi-physics modeling and simulation for solid mechanics (FEA)

- Finite element analysis of laminated structures

- Non-linear mechanics, contact, failure criteria, CHT,…

- Strong background in the field of composite materials and processes for high performance applications

- Long fiber reinforced (UD, woven,…) composites Infusion, injection, and automated manufacturing processes

- Experience in the field of machine learning, optimization and design space exploration is a plus

- Eager to work in an applied research environment, using skills and teamwork to solve challenging objectives in
the numerical field

- Curious to learn new trends in numerical simulation & apply them to industrial projects in a solution-oriented
approach

- Quality oriented with a good capability to manage projects and meet deadlines

- Good communication skills (written and spoken)

- Be fluent in English and in French

- Be a team player and have a proactive attitude