ALSO
Senior NVH Engineer
Palo Alto · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$180k-$210kDetected 22 hours ago
PythonMATLABData AnalysisANSYSCommunication
About the role
- The salary for this position ranges from $180,000 - $210,000 depending on experience, location, and qualifications.
- This role will be based out of Palo Alto, CA.
- We're passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there-wherever it is you're headed.
Responsibilities
- Lead NVH development of drive units, belt systems, and complete vehicles from concept through production.
- Develop and validate CAE models for drive units and vehicle systems, including modal, forced response, transfer function, and sensitivity analyses.
- Define NVH targets, metrics, and acceptance criteria for drive units, belt systems, road noise, wind noise, accessories, and structural vibration.
- Recommend design improvements for motors, gears, housings, bearings, belts, mounts, and isolation systems.
- Collaborate with controls engineers to reduce NVH through software optimization, including motor control angle optimization, harmonic current injection, PWM switching strategies, and related techniques.
- Develop automated analysis tools using MATLAB and/or Python to improve testing efficiency and data processing.
- Present technical findings and design recommendations to cross-functional engineering teams and leadership.
- Knowledge of vibration isolation, damping treatments, acoustic materials, and mount design.
- Experience performing sensitivity studies, Monte Carlo analyses, and design optimization.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of vibration, structural dynamics, rotational acoustics, and psychoacoustic metrics including loudness, sharpness, articulation index, prominence ratio, tone-to-noise ratio, and spectral weighting.
- Moderate experience with NVH testing software such as Siemens Simcenter Testlab, Head Acoustics, Artemis, or equivalent.
- Strong experience with NVH simulation tools such as Simcenter 3D, Abaqus, Ansys, Nastran, or equivalent.
- Proficiency in MATLAB and/or Python for data analysis, automation, and simulation support.
Compensation
- The salary for this position ranges from $180,000 - $210,000 depending on experience, location, and qualifications.
Benefits
- Perks and Benefits
- Robust health coverage.
- Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by Also. with FSA & HSA options.
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