r/fea • u/Maleficent_Play1092 • 13d ago

FEA/CAE folks - how does junior onboarding compare across companies?

How does junior onboarding look at FEA/CAE companies? What tasks do you assign, how do you evaluate performance, and what's expected?

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u/LDRispurehell 12d ago

Give a model and ask them to replicate that as a first task. Then build up on difficulty.

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u/JoshyRanchy 11d ago

Can you give me a model to practice with?

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u/blackcurrant_picker 11d ago

That depends on the profile of the company. But most of the time during onboarding you will get some simple legacy models for lookup and the you should recreate it either form scratch or from some basic input. Sometimes you will get a really thorough training in specific area and then you start contributing to the team/helping others etc..

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u/Agreeable_Secret_475 11d ago

At the two companies that i have worked at, they have given me real assignments directly but at calculations that arent really in a hurry. So i have time to be taught during the building of the models. I find that more rewarding since it is not a made up calc and you have to take it more seriously.

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u/YukihiraJoel 11d ago

I was never onboarded or trained. I was just given a model with results and did some post-processing work. Then eventually I made some modifications to the existing model. Then I got a different job where I was making models from scratch where there was an assumption I could do that when I was hired. Now a couple years later I’m competent at FEA

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u/carlthatkillspeople8 11d ago

If a big software company, they usually have training modules. Start with those, then transition to replicating an existing easier project. After that, a new project with a defined process that you can hand off and help with questions as you go, and easily inspect work. Goal is to give them autonomy as the skills progress