Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection Engineer

• 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

• 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 • 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

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