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    4. ADAS Mechanical Engineering Placement Solihull 2023
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    We are reinforcing our ADAS Radar Mechanical Engineering team by offering a 12 Month Student Placement (£18,500 per year) at Blythe Valley Park, Solihull starting in September 2023.

    A high calibre Mechanical Engineering student who is specialising within the area of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is sought to spend a year with a team of professionals in the design and development of ADAS Radar products.

    Your tasks:

    • Contribute to the Radar Mechanical Engineering team development of current and next generation ADAS Radar ECU assemblies
    • Develop techniques to analyse and verify Radar design solutions through virtual testing
    • Research and justify the introduction of new FEA methodologies and improved techniques into current & next generation designs
    • Work alongside key enginerring diciplines to analyse & develop new solutions and methods to move towards a digital twin Radar ECU
    • Generate documentation in support of engineering design and development activities

    Your profile:

    • Studying for a Masters or Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering specialising in FEA, having successfully completed at least 2 years of their degree course before the start of the placement
    • Excellent knowledge of the ANSYS FEA workbench module (for structural and thermal simulations) as well as a good understanding of Computer aided design (for example CATIA V5)
    • Knowledge of manufacturing methods (casting, injection molding) with an interest in high volume manufacturing of electro-mechanical systems & assemblies
    • Flexible, self motivated and able to work with limited direct supervision
    • Strong analytical and problem solving skills and the willigness to learn and develop new skills and work within a team

    We Offer:

    • Good working environment, career opportunities
    • Flexible working hours, work in hybrid system (partially remotely)
    • Work in a multinational team on latest technologies

    Be part of our ZF team and apply now!