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Durability & Reliability Engineer
📍 Midlands (Hybrid, 3-4 days onsite)
📅 6-Month Contract (Inside IR35)
Akkodis is partnering with a leading automotive OEM to recruit an experienced Durability & Reliability Engineer to support the development and validation of vehicle durability requirements, load cases, and testing activities.
This is an exciting opportunity for a specialist engineer with a strong background in durability, fatigue analysis, road load data acquisition (RLDA), and CAE interpretation to play a key role in delivering robust and reliable vehicle solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate and cascade static load decks across engineering functions
- Develop duty cycles based on vehicle, system and component level targets
- Define and support rig and vehicle durability testing activities
- Manage RLDA data, perform load case calculations, validation and deployment
- Analyse CAE simulation data to refine damage coefficients and fatigue calculations
- Collaborate with centralised CAE teams to create and deploy design load cases
- Maintain testing procedures, work instructions and cycle unit management processes
- Drive continuous improvement of durability methodologies and databases
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Key Deliverables
- Durability data mining and discovery activities across existing databases
- Monthly durability status reporting
- Duty cycle calculation packages
- RLDA load case deployment packages
- CAE durability assessment reports
- Physical test data analysis summaries
- Updated damage coefficient databases
- Maintenance of procedures and engineering instructions
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Essential Experience
- Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline
- Proven experience in durability engineering and fatigue analysis
- Strong understanding of RLDA processing and load case development
- Experience interpreting CAE simulation results
- Background in vehicle durability testing and validation
- Excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills
📩 Apply now or contact the Akkodis Automotive team for more information.
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