Senior CAE Crashworthiness Engineer

Lucid Motors; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Equity program

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Lucid Motors is seeking an experienced Technical Specialist, CAE Crashworthiness, to lead simulations evaluating full-vehicle crashworthiness across front, side, rear impacts and pedestrian protection. You will translate CAE findings into practical design recommendations while building high-fidelity models from CAD.

You will mentor junior engineers, drive DOE/DFSS studies, and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure robust performance in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
• 8+ years' experience in full vehicle crashworthiness CAE for an automotive OEM or equivalent.
• Knowledge of global regulatory and consumer safety requirements (FMVSS, UNECE, USNCAP, IIHS, Euro NCAP, China NCAP).
• Strong analytical skills to interpret CAE results.
• Experience correlating CAE results with physical tests.
• Ability to clearly present technical issues, CAE results and next steps.
• Advanced user of LS-DYNA and pre/post processing tools (Ansa/Meta, Oasys, Hyperworks).
• Proficient in Python; CAD experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Execute simulations to evaluate full vehicle structural crashworthiness across frontal, side, rear impacts and pedestrian protection.
• Generate design recommendations in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Assist in building high-fidelity CAE models from CAD data.
• Create analysis reports and communicate status to teams.
• Participate in post-test teardowns to correlate CAE with tests.
• Perform DOE/DFSS studies using optimization tools under design constraints.
• Help develop standard work for quality CAE models and results.

Skills

CAE crashworthiness

LS-DYNA

Ansa/Meta

Oasys suite

Hyperworks

Python

CAD

CATIA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's or higher preferred

Tools

CATIA

Ansa

Meta

Oasys

Hyperworks

Job description

Lucid Motors is seeking an experienced Technical Specialist, CAE Crashworthiness, to lead simulations evaluating full-vehicle crashworthiness across front, side, rear impacts and pedestrian protection. You will translate CAE findings into practical design recommendations while building high-fidelity models from CAD.

You will mentor junior engineers, drive DOE/DFSS studies, and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure robust performance in a fast-paced environment.