Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection Engineer

In this role, you will: Own assigned load cases end-to-end: translate vehicle technical specification (VTS) safety targets into testable metrics, and drive restraint system development through the vehicle integration process to meet them

Develop virtual and physical DVPs and track execution against plan

Analyze test results, feedback analysis to engineering teams, and report out at project gateways

Support system-level and full-vehicle test activities, including defining test requests, test matrix, instrumentation and test targets with the support of the validation team

Identify and document performance issues; generate and track Jira tickets to closure

Drive CAE-to-physical test correlation for your load cases

Qualifications BS or MS in Engineering with passion for electric, autonomous mobility

5+ years of experience within automotive development and testing, preferable safety testing

Sound knowledge of FMVSS regulations and consumer safety protocols

Experience in virtual and physical safety testing, including analysis in Hyperworks/MetaPost

Ability to build and script templates for first-pass data integrity checks, results analysis, and reporting

Strong organizational and communication skills

Experience in 3D design and PLM tools, CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5 preferred

Bonus Qualifications Project management experience

Experience with Jira

DFMEA and SFMEA knowledge; experience with requirements management tools (Polarion or equiv.)

Knowledge of Python

Experience with LS-Dyna