Vehicle Performance Engineering division (VPE) is part of Research and Development group at Toyota Motor Europe Technical Center in Zaventem, Belgium. Our division is in charge of:
• Identifying customer requirements, and turning them into development targets for vehicles, their subsystems, up to each component.
• Developing of passenger vehicles for European market. We do:
• Plan vehicle structures to achieve the performance
• Predict the performance, especially by use of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
• Guide body engineers to design structures that achieve performance, while meeting quality, cost and feasibility requirements.
• Researching state of the art and beyond state of the art technologies for implementation in future vehicles
CAE function has a pivoting and expanding role within VPE. We are looking for a young engineer specialized in structural CAE to reinforce our capability in the area of reliability and strength (R&S). You will be introduced to the Toyota Way in vehicle development and you will take part in vehicle development activities; moreover you will be contributing to improve our CAE methodology.

• For vehicle development, you will have a responsibility to provide accurate CAE simulation of body in white / closures performance and to make effective countermeasures. You will need to consider carefully the assumptions in CAE methodology by test correlation and to manage performance robustness.
• For CAE methodology development, you will have a responsibility to conduct research activities for R&S CAE area with partners (universities, institutions, engineering companies, etc); together with our IS department, you will also contribute to streamline and automate the CAE processes.

• Master or PhD degree in Engineering (Mechanical, automotive, aerospace)
• 2 to 4 years of working experience in R&S CAE
(we are open to less experienced candidates and graduates with outstanding records)
• Good knowledge of strength / reliability
• Good knowledge of stress analysis by FE software (e.g. Nastran, Optistruct, Abaqus)
• Knowledge of multi body dynamics will be considered an asset
• Team player with flexible mind and challenge spirit
• Good practical problem solving skills
• Willing to open for training in Toyota headquarters in Japan
• Fluency in English, additional European language skills are an asset