Senior Mechanical Engineer - Simulation & Analysis

AutoStore™ holds a simple yet powerful vision: to store and move things for everyone, everywhere. Founded in Norway, we've grown into a global technology company. AutoStore uses advanced software to automate and orchestrate order fulfillment. Our goal is to ensure orders arrive faster than ever, with minimal environmental impact. That’s how we help brands exceed customer expectations.   

We have more than 1600 systems in nearly 60 countries, and we grow continuously as a community of employees, partners, customers, suppliers, and connected technologies. Automation should make life easier, and by listening carefully to our community, we innovate to meet the industry’s most complex needs. With AutoStore™, brands gain speed, efficiency, improved workplaces, and much more floor space.   

AutoStore – moving things forward. 

The Role

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer specializing in simulation and analysis at AutoStore, you will make simulation a core part of how we design new hardware. You will use FEA and dynamic analysis to answer design questions early, guide trade-offs, and catch problems before they reach a prototype or the field. You will also contribute hands-on mechanical design in CAD and help the team take hardware from rapid prototypes through pilot builds to production.

You will join the New Product Development Innovation Team in Atlanta and work closely with the Engineering Tools and Services team and the global Mechanical Simulation Center of Excellence. Day to day, you will partner with mechanical designers, test engineers and project leads on robots, grids, bins and new products.

This is a great role for someone who wants their analysis to drive real design decisions, and to see that work running in more than 1,600 systems worldwide.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Plan and run structural, dynamic, fatigue and multibody simulations of AutoStore hardware, from components to full assemblies, primarily in Ansys and LS-DYNA.
• Assess structures and components against applicable design codes and standards (such as Eurocode and ASCE), including load cases, load combinations and design checks.
• Work with design engineers from concept onward to turn design questions into the right analysis, and present clear recommendations.
• Contribute to mechanical design in CAD: create and modify parts, assemblies and drawings, and update designs based on simulation results.
• Support the team through rapid prototyping, pilot builds and production hardware, including design for manufacturability, tolerance and material decisions, supplier questions, build issues and compliance.
• Mentor a new-graduate mechanical engineer on the team, guiding their design, analysis and prototyping work.
• Validate models against lab and field test data, and state clearly how far the results can be trusted.
• Support test planning so physical tests confirm and calibrate simulation results.
• Run design studies, parameter sweeps and optimization to explore trade-offs in weight, cost, stiffness and durability.
• Script and automate repetitive simulation workflows with the Engineering Tools and Services team.
• Document methods, build reusable models, and share good simulation practice across R&D.

Key Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience applying mechanical or structural simulation in product development, ideally for electromechanical or robotic products.
• Hands-on expertise with FEA tools covering static, modal, dynamic and nonlinear analysis. Ansys Mechanical is preferred, as it’s our primary tool; experience with Abaqus, Simcenter, COMSOL Multiphysics or similar is also valued.
• Experience with explicit dynamics or multibody tools. LS-DYNA is preferred; experience with tools such as Abaqus/Explicit, MSC Adams or Simscape Multibody is also valued.
• Strong grasp of solid mechanics, materials, fatigue and contact, and sound judgment on meshing, boundary conditions and model fidelity.
• Experience correlating simulation with physical test data.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (e.g., SolidWorks, Creo or NX): building and modifying parts, assemblies and drawings, not only preparing geometry for analysis.
• Experience taking designs to production, including design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA), GD&T and tolerance analysis, material and process selection, and product compliance and safety standards.
• Clear communicator who can explain results and their uncertainty to engineers and non-specialists.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical, Structural or Civil Engineering or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A structural engineering background with knowledge of design codes and regulations such as Eurocode and ASCE.
• Python or MATLAB scripting, including Ansys and LS-DYNA scripting interfaces, to automate simulations and process results.
• Thermal or CFD experience (e.g., Ansys Fluent or Icepak, Simcenter FloTHERM, STAR-CCM+).
• Experience with design of experiments, sensitivity analysis or structural optimization.
• Co-simulation experience (e.g., FMI/FMU) or familiarity with electrical, motor or RF simulation tools.
• Experience with physics-based robotics simulators (e.g., NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo), synthetic data generation or reinforcement learning environments.
• Background in robotics, logistics automation or other high-cycle electromechanical systems.

We Offer:

AutoStore believes in taking care of employees and is dedicated to providing a supportive and rewarding work environment. Join us in our mission to store and move things for everyone, everywhere.  

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans 
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution 
• Generous Paid Time Off including 12 holidays, paid exercise time, paid volunteer time, and paid parental leave plans for all new parents 
• Retirement 401(k) plan with employer match and discretionary profit sharing contribution 
• Educational assistance and professional development programs, including mentorship/coaching programs with external industry leaders 
• Additional benefits include Group Life Insurance, Voluntary Additional Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance programs, and more! 

AutoStore is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions, and lactation), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.