Safety Performance Engineer

Job Title: Safety Performance Engineer

Location: Auburn Hills, MI

Position Type: Contract 

Duration: 6 / 12 Month

Work Type: Onsite 

Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.         

The Safety Performance Engineer is responsible for leading the safety development activities for their assigned vehicle programs to ensure all identified safety functional objectives are achieved.
They are responsible for supporting impact script development, identifying design enablers, executing component and full vehicle test plans.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Safety development, supporting safety target setting and vehicle level test plan execution; specifically, for the vehicle crash regulatory and third-party ratings.
2. Support the vehicle integration and validation process by owning safety performance, leading the attribute teams, supporting safety tech clubs and executing vehicle program requests.
3. This engineer will influence the designs and investigate vehicle issues to determine the root cause, issue the appropriate documentation for issue resolution, and lead the team when an issue crosses multiple vehicle disciplines.
4. Be responsible for physical and component testing, planning, vehicle build, pre-test preparation and execution from concept through launch, including interacting with CAE team for virtual validation assessments.
5. This position requires some travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds.
6. The Safety Performance Engineer must possess a strong technical acumen, exceptional communication and organizational skills.

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited or equivalent program
• Three years of vehicle development experience and one year of safety development.
• Ability to guide vehicle design through virtual analysis assessments and physical testing.
• Knowledge of domestic and global vehicle regulatory and 3rd party requirements.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams (Durability, Safety, NVH, Aero) on root cause and issue resolution.
• Demonstrates strategic thinking, strong leadership, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to summarize and present results and recommendations in an organized manner.

-Impact Studies- 2
-Crash test - 2
-Automotive Safety - 2
-Passive Safety - 2
-Safety Certification - 2
-Non- Linear Finite Element Analysis 2
 

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