Senior Analytical Engineer – MBD

Location: Detroit, MI

Type: Direct Hire – Onsite

Benefits: Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off, Competitive Benefits Package

Job Description Summary

Reliance One, Inc. is seeking a Senior Analytical Engineer – MBD to join our client’s Advanced Technology Development Center in Detroit, MI.

In this role, you will develop physics-based and high-fidelity multibody dynamics (MBD) models of driveline products. You will work independently to evaluate product performance, identify risks, and provide critical design recommendations through optimization studies to ensure products meet or exceed customer specifications.

The ideal candidate will have a Master’s or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on dynamics, hands-on experience with Adams-Simulink co-simulation, and proficiency in automation scripting using Adams Macro/Subroutine, Python, and MATLAB. Familiarity with full-vehicle integration using Adams/Car is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and validate high-fidelity Adams models for driveline systems such as park lock mechanisms, locking differentials, disconnect systems, gear-shift systems, and clutch packs.
• Apply expert-level contact modeling to investigate and resolve transient dynamic issues.
• Build full-vehicle models to assess EDU control strategies, predict vehicle behavior, perform NVH analysis, and calculate component loads.
• Perform design iterations and optimization studies to identify robust solutions meeting customer requirements.
• Correlate simulation results with vehicle and lab data to ensure model fidelity.
• Implement control strategies for motors and actuators via co-simulation with system models.
• Collaborate with design, NVH, and validation teams to provide clear, actionable design recommendations.
• Create and present detailed analytical reports to internal teams and external customers.
• Refine and advance current standard analysis methods, developing new CAE techniques for improved prediction fidelity and efficiency.
• Participate in program peer reviews, analytical DVP&R, design best practices, and lessons learned documentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Education

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field (Master’s or Ph.D. preferred).
• 5+ years of hands-on Adams experience modeling complex, transient dynamic systems.
• Expert-level skills in ADAMS/View, with deep specialization in complex contact modeling.
• Experience incorporating flexible bodies (FEM) into MBD simulations.
• Proven experience simulating the dynamics of automotive driveline or powertrain systems.
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink/Simscape for 1D modeling and control system integration.
• Strong theoretical understanding of multibody dynamics, contact mechanics, friction modeling, and numerical methods.
• Ability to interface with CAD systems (NX/Unigraphics or similar).

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