Job Description
Most Important Skills/Responsibilities:
- Develop, correlate, and maintain occupant safety CAE models at the component, system, and vehicle levels.
- Conduct advanced occupant protection simulations, assessing vehicle system performance to comply with FMVSS, UNECE, US NCAP, IIHS, Euro NCAP, and other standards, at the component, system, and vehicle levels.
- Conduct DOE studies to explore design sensitivities and improve robustness.
- Support physical testing and correlation, working with the safety testing team to analyze test results and refine CAE models.
Role Overview:
- The Senior Occupant Safety Engineer takes on a more independent role in developing and correlating CAE models, optimizing safety systems, and working closely with function groups and testing teams to validate occupant safety performance.
- This position involves deeper technical analysis and the ability to connect multiple inputs and deliverables to improve vehicle safety.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, correlate, and maintain occupant safety CAE models at the component, system, and vehicle levels.
- Conduct advanced occupant protection simulations, assessing vehicle system performance to comply with FMVSS, UNECE, US NCAP, IIHS, Euro NCAP, and other standards, at the component, system, and vehicle levels.
- Optimize airbag and seatbelt systems, evaluating different countermeasures for enhanced safety.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure all design changes support safety objectives.
- Conduct DOE studies to explore design sensitivities and improve robustness.
- Develop and implement automated scripts for data post-processing and visualization.
- Support physical testing and correlation, working with the safety testing team to analyze test results and refine CAE models.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
- 5+ years experience in automotive safety, vehicle testing, or system integration.
- Ability to travel to vehicle and component launch locations.
- Strong working knowledge of FMVSS, ECE, NCAP and other automotive safety evaluation preferred.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, ensuring clear expectations and structured execution of tasks.
- Prior Experience with performance evaluations of safety components and systems thru static testing, impactor testing, Occupant Sled Testing, Impact sled testing and full Vehicle Testing is required.
- Hands On CAE experience is a required (LS-DYNA)
- Good experience with occupant safety, structures safety and design for high level safety targets.
- Willingness to work around physical testing environment and extended work hours at times.
Personal Attributes:
- Demonstrates autonomy in executing and improving occupant safety analysis.
- Recognizes patterns in performance data and uses insights to enhance safety strategies.
- Manages multiple assignments, balancing various inputs and deliverables efficiently.
- Communicates clear performance expectations and provides progress updates.
- Actively listens to diverse perspectives and engages in open discussions about improvements.
- Identifies the need for change and proactively suggests enhancements in methodologies.
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