Engineer - Principal (NVH)

Location: Akron, Ohio, United States. Relocation available: No.

Company

hirify.global is a global tire manufacturer with approximately 63,000 employees and 49 production facilities in 19 countries, supported by innovation centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg.

What you will do

• Drive, maintain, and support the NVH modeling strategy.
• Develop and maintain finite-element code and methods for solid mechanics, acoustics, and tire performance prediction.
• Provide training, user support, debugging, and technical assistance for tire performance tools.
• Identify tire performance technologies, define and document engineering rules, and implement them in knowledge and performance manuals.
• Participate in applied and fundamental tire engineering projects leading to new products, processes, tools, and technologies.

Requirements

• MSc degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Civil, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
• Strong theoretical knowledge of structural dynamics and acoustics.
• Graduate-level knowledge of computational solid mechanics, multiscale methods, computational acoustics, nonlinear finite elements, material models, contact mechanics, validation testing, and model updating.
• Experience with Abaqus, Nastran, or Ansys, focused on NVH simulations.
• Experience with Git, IDEs, Agile practices, group work, multiple projects, and Linux.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, motivational, and complex-problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• PhD in structural dynamics and/or acoustics.
• 10 or more years of experience developing numerical simulation or multiphysics tools focused on structural dynamics and acoustics.
• Hands-on NVH testing and signal-processing experience.
• Programming experience with Python, C++, Bash, and JavaScript.

Culture & Benefits

• Work independently and collaboratively in a technology-focused engineering environment.
• Contribute to applied product development and fundamental technology projects.
• Participate in technology industrialization for new tire products and engineering tools.