Senior Passive Safety Engineer — Crash-Test Innovator

McLaren Racing

Old Woking

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday
Annual bonus
Private medical insurance
Pension scheme
Life assurance

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Passive Safety Senior Engineer to identify and validate passive safety solutions for minor future McLaren road vehicles. You will lead the crash-test program, set targets, and coordinate cross-functional reviews to ensure compliance with occupant, pedestrian and structural safety requirements.

You will manage testing budgets and supplier engagements, produce status updates for gateways, and drive CAE activities to validate new concepts while preserving design

Qualifications

  • Strong experience in Passive Safety engineering, including testing, CAE or component design.
  • Understanding of occupant injuries criteria and restraint systems.
  • Knowledge of vehicle crashworthiness and regulatory standards.
  • Experience leading cross-functional reviews and planning crash-test programs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead passive safety design solutions to meet legal and internal crash targets.
  • Plan and execute crash testing programs, including supplier and budget management.
  • Prepare status slides for gateways and report to stakeholders.
  • Coordinate Passive Safety CAE activities and ensure test material represents design intent.
  • Write test specifications for passive safety tests and conduct full vehicle crash tests.
  • Raise engineering issue documentation if concerns arise during activities.

Skills

Restraint systems
Crashworthiness
Regulatory standards
Passive Safety engineering

Job description

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Passive Safety Senior Engineer to identify and validate passive safety solutions for minor future McLaren road vehicles. You will lead the crash-test program, set targets, and coordinate cross-functional reviews to ensure compliance with occupant, pedestrian and structural safety requirements.

You will manage testing budgets and supplier engagements, produce status updates for gateways, and drive CAE activities to validate new concepts while preserving design

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