About the role
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
Lead / Principle Structural Simulation Engineer
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Job Summary
The lead structural simulation engineer will lead structural analysis and simulation activities for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) products and other large similar structure products. This role is responsible for developing and executing finite element analysis strategies to evaluate structural integrity under variable conditions. The position will partner closely with mechanical design, system architect, thermal, electrical, safety, manufacturing, quality, and customer teams to optimize structure design robustness, manufacturability, cost, reliability, and compliance with applicable industry requirements. The role requires strong technical depth in structural mechanics and FEA, practical understanding of battery enclosure architecture, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive simulation best practices across all structure design programs.
Location
This role will be based at Jabil's Huangpu office in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Lead structural simulation activities for BESS products and similar products, including battery cabinets, containerized enclosures, battery racks, module trays, frames, doors, lifting points, and anchoring interfaces.
Develop and execute finite element analysis models and simulation plans for static strength, stiffness, vibration, shock, transportation, lifting, seismic, wind-load, thermal-stress, fatigue, and durability conditions.
Evaluate product structural risks related to mass distribution, rack stiffness, enclosure deflection, door sealing, HVAC mounting, cable/busbar support, shipping, installation, and long-term field reliability.
Partner with mechanical design, system architect, thermal, electrical, test, manufacturing, quality, program, supplier, and customer teams to define requirements, acceptance criteria, validation plans, and design improvements.
Correlate simulation results with physical test data and provide clear technical recommendations to improve product robustness, manufacturability, cost, serviceability, and compliance.
Prepare and present simulation reports, margin assessments, technical risk evaluations, and design recommendations to internal stakeholders, customers, suppliers, and leadership teams.
Establish simulation best practices, templates, workflows, material libraries, and validation methods to improve consistency, efficiency, and engineering quality across all design programs.
Mentor simulation engineers, review technical work, and support development of structural simulation capability within the team.
May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Job Qualifications
Technical Knowledge & Skills
Deep understanding of solid mechanics, mechanics of materials, structural dynamics, vibration, fatigue, fracture mechanics, nonlinear behavior, thermal expansion effects, and numerical methods as applied to the mechanical enclosures and support structures.
Strong hands-on experience with FEA tools such as ANSYS Mechanical, Abaqus, Nastran, OptiStruct, LS-DYNA, HyperMesh, HyperView, or equivalent CAE platforms.
Proven ability to perform static, modal, harmonic, transient, random vibration, shock, drop, transportation, lifting, seismic, wind-load, thermal-stress, contact, plasticity, fatigue, and durability analyses for large mechanical structures.
Strong knowledge of meshing techniques, element selection, material characterization, contact modeling, weld modeling, bolted joint modeling, fastener preload, boundary condition development, load definition, convergence assessment, and safety margin evaluation.
Practical understanding of BESS or similar product mechanical architecture, including battery racks, module trays, cabinet frames, container frames, base structures, doors, hinges, latches, lifting interfaces, anchoring points, HVAC mounting, cable/busbar support, sealing surfaces, and service-access features.
Ability to evaluate enclosure and rack behavior under product mass, transportation loads, crane lifting, forklift handling, installation loads, seismic loads, wind loads, thermal gradients, environmental exposure, and long-term operational conditions.
Ability to correlate simulation results with laboratory and field data, including strain gauge data, model testing, vibration testing, transportation testing, lift testing, seismic qualification data, environmental testing, and field issue feedback.
Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, Creo, NX, CATIA, or equivalent, including CAD simplification, large assembly management, weldment modeling, sheet metal modeling, and simulation model preparation.
Working knowledge of enclosure and structural manufacturing processes, including sheet metal, structural steel, aluminum extrusion, welding, bolted joints, adhesives, coatings, corrosion protection, gasket compression, sealing interfaces, and tolerance stack-up considerations.
Familiar with relevant BESS, enclosure, transportation, seismic, structural, safety, and reliability requirements, such as UL 9540, UL 9540A awareness, NFPA 855 awareness, IEC/UL product safety considerations, ISO container-related requirements, transportation vibration and shock practices, and regional seismic or wind-load requirements.
Strong technical documentation skills, including clear assumptions, load cases, boundary conditions, material data, connection definitions, results interpretation, margin summaries, conclusions, and recommended design actions.
Non-Technical Knowledge & Skills
Worked as part of a global team
Strong English communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across global teams.
Build trusted relationships and effectively influence others and share best practices.
Assess a project and articulate risk while developing project milestones.
Develop projects in a stage-gate process (PLCM)
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, meet commitments, and communicate risks, assumptions, and dependencies proactively.
Ability to adapt quickly to changing customer, technical, and business requirements while effectively managing complexity and ambiguity.
Demonstrates ownership and accountability in overcoming challenges and delivering results under pressure.
Mentor less experienced engineers.
Education & Experience Requirements
Minimum Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Engineering, or a related technical field is required.
Master's degree or Ph.D. in a relevant engineering discipline is preferred, especially with emphasis in structural analysis, computational mechanics, fatigue, vibration, seismic design, or numerical simulation.
Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in structural simulation, FEA, CAE, mechanical analysis, product development, or related engineering roles.
Professional certification, advanced CAE training, Six Sigma, DFSS, NAFEMS, structural design certification, seismic qualification experience, or equivalent technical credentials are a plus.
Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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