Gotion, Inc.

Gotion, Inc.

Principal Structural & CAE Durability Engineer – Battery Systems

Fremont, California; Irvine, California · Principal

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About the role

  • Care: Demonstrates respect, empathy, professionalism, safety, quality, teamwork, and customer focus.
  • Pragmatism: Makes practical, data-driven decisions that balance quality, efficiency, cost, and business needs.
  • Integrity: Acts honestly and ethically while maintaining confidentiality and compliance with company policies and laws.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the structural/CAE analysis strategy, methods, and technology roadmap across battery engineering programs.
  • Apply optimization, DOE, and AI/ML techniques to guide battery module and pack design decisions.
  • Partner closely with Design Release Engineers (DREs) and cross-functional teams (mechanical, electrical, systems, manufacturing) to ensure structural designs meet performance, safety, and reliability targets.
  • Lead root cause investigations of structural failures, test findings, and field issues, and support corrective action development.
  • Present analysis results, design recommendations, and program-level structural risk assessments to engineering and program leadership.
  • Support continuous improvement of engineering standards, design practices, and simulation methodology.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in structural, fatigue, and durability CAE analysis, ideally within automotive, battery, or related industrial systems.
  • Expert-level proficiency in FEA and CAE tools such as ABAQUS, HyperWorks/OptiStruct, NASTRAN, LS-DYNA, ANSA, and nCode.
  • Experience with scripting/programming for CAE automation (Python, C/C++, Tcl/Tk, VBA, or similar).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to engineering and program leadership.

Nice to have

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Solid Mechanics.
  • Direct experience with battery module/pack structural design and durability analysis.
  • Experience with Teamcenter/NX or similar PLM/CAD-integration environments.
  • Track record of patents, publications, or industry recognition in structural/CAE engineering.
  • This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed.
  • It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties or responsibilities.
  • Gotion, Inc. reserves the right to modify this job description as business needs evolve.
  • Gotion Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Skills

  • Innovation: Continuously seeks better ideas, technologies, and processes to improve business performance.

Company info

  • Gotion is a career destination - we are not simply attempting to just fill another job, but to pursue a dream of global green energy together!
  • We offer outstanding opportunities to individuals seeking an exciting and challenging working environment.
  • At Gotion, we believe our people are the driving force behind our success.
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