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Nelson Jacob David

Senior Engineer - CAE
Chennai

Summary

Passionate CAE engineer with 8+ years of global experience in automotive domain, actively seeking to contribute my experience, knowledge to the product development and in turn hone my skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
Chennai
11.2019 - Current

Roles & Responsibilities

CAE validation for Frontal, Side, Rear, Sled, pedestrian & IIHS-RCAR.

Regulation: UNR94, UNR137, UNR95, UNR135, UNR127, UNR21 & pedestrian.

EuroNCAP: FW50, ODB64, MPDB50, POLE32, AEMDB60, pedestrian.


  • Supported to Renault global project digital lot CAE crash & safety validation.
  • Good experience in ICE, EV and PHEV vehicles.
  • Digital lot milestone supported from vehicle pre contract to Prototype testing milestone.
  • Check the structural integrity, thermal risk and report the project team to avoid milestone issues.
  • Provide the CAE countermeasure solution for NG items.
  • Perform the physical testing vs CAE correlation activity to improve the CAE accuracy level and reduce physical test.
  • Cost saving ideas proposals to corporate team (PPC & ISCAE)
  • Biomechanical injury validation for ECE21, Pole 32/AEMDB Far side performance.
  • Physical proto testing vs CAE correlation

PFC lot validation done for upcoming vehicle MPDB correlation.

ECE R21 physical test vs CAE correlation for UTAC requirement.

Physical test vs CAE correlation - POLE45, BMR1100.

Engineer

HCL Technologies (deputed to Ford technology service India)
Chennai
10.2016 - 10.2019
  • Perform the Full vehicle integration for the various crash performance.
  • Debug the model for normal termination to check & report the simulation behavior to project team.
  • Analysis of interior trims & evaluate the strength of corresponding touch zones as per the target given.
  • Perform dummy positioning, belt routing, establishing contacts & applying load to analyze the BIW, seat structure for the damage on seat & restraint mounting region.

Application Engineer

Hexdof Engineering Service Private Limited
Chennai
10.2014 - 10.2016

· FE modeling of automotive BIW & plastic components using Hypermesh, Ansa.

· Subsystem modeling of various modules – BIW, Trims, Closure, Engine, Steering, Wheel, etc.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

St. Peter's University
Chennai, India
08.2008 - 05.2012

Higher Secondary School -

C.S.I Goudie Higher Secondary School.
Tiruvallur
06.2007 - 03.2008

Secondary School -

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhaya Bhavan
Chengalpattu
06.2005 - 04.2006

Skills

    Prepost - Hypermesh, ANSA

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Timeline

Senior Engineer

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
11.2019 - Current

Engineer

HCL Technologies (deputed to Ford technology service India)
10.2016 - 10.2019

Application Engineer

Hexdof Engineering Service Private Limited
10.2014 - 10.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

St. Peter's University
08.2008 - 05.2012

Higher Secondary School -

C.S.I Goudie Higher Secondary School.
06.2007 - 03.2008

Secondary School -

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhaya Bhavan
06.2005 - 04.2006
Nelson Jacob DavidSenior Engineer - CAE