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TRACTIAN

TRACTIAN

BRL 1k-1k / month + Equity
Posted on Sep 27, 2025

Why join us

TRACTIAN is transforming the industrial world by empowering frontline maintenance workers to achieve more. We’ve fused cutting-edge hardware with innovative software into one powerful platform, disrupting legacy systems and delivering smarter, faster solutions for our clients.

As a CAE Engineer at Tractian, you'll drive the innovation and development of our IIoT solutions. Collaborating across teams, you'll apply your expertise in mechanics and design to create high-performance products that redefine industrial asset management. From concept to execution, your role will shape Tractian's industry-leading technology, ensuring top-tier quality and functionality in every solution we deliver.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and run FEM analyses: linear/nonlinear static, modal transient, random, frequency response, explicit, durability.

  • Analyze vibrational behavior, derive FRFs, and interpret mode shapes to optimize performance.

  • Apply DOE, response surfaces, optimization, and uncertainty analyses to explore design space and quantify risk.

  • Plan and perform tests for model correlation and validation.

  • Partner with test teams on accelerated life testing, translating field data into test requirements and simulation inputs.

  • Script pre/post-processing (Python, MATLAB) to scale studies and improve modeling quality.

  • Document standards, templates, and best practices; propose new methods to capture physics and speed up iteration.

  • Work closely with product development, manufacturing, supplier quality, and production teams, guiding decisions with technical data.

  • Deliver clear reports and presentations explaining assumptions, modeling choices, limitations, and design implications.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, or related engineering field.

  • Strong understanding of FEM fundamentals, with hands-on experience.Ability to explain model behavior and link results to underlying physics.

  • Experience in test-based model calibration/validation and correlating simulation with experimental data.

  • Knowledge of fatigue analysis and durability assessment.

  • Proficiency in Python and/or MATLAB for data processing, automation, and custom tool development.

  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment.

  • Proactive, self-directed learner who goes beyond the brief to resolve issues.

  • Advanced English level.

  • Live in or have availability to move to São Paulo.

Bonus points

  • Expertise in vibration and structural dynamics.

  • Experience in optimization, robust/stochastic design, and uncertainty quantification.

  • Hands-on experience with FEA pre-processing tools and solvers (e.g., Abaqus, Ansys, OptiStruct, Nastran, Radioss, HyperMesh/ANSA).

COMPENSATION

  • • Competitive salary and stock options

  • • Optional fully funded English / Spanish courses

  • • 30 days of paid annual leave

  • • Education and courses stipend

  • • Employee Giving

  • • Earn a trip anywhere in the world every 4 years

  • • Up to R$1.000/mo for meals and remote work allowance

  • • Health plan with national coverage and without coparticipation

  • • Dental Insurance: we help you with dental treatment for a better quality of life.

  • • Gympass and Sports Incentive: R$300/mo extra if you practice activities

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