Safety Engineer - Structural / Occupant - CAE

Expleo; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Expleo is seeking a Safety Engineer – Structural / Occupant - CAE for its automotive safety team in Chennai. You will develop FE models at vehicle, subsystem, and component levels and work on occupant simulations to support 5-star ratings.

Proficiency in ANSA, LS-DYNA, and Primer is mandatory, with exposure to Propulsion should be beneficial. You will interact with OEMs and design engineers to validate proposals and drive safety improvements.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in the automobile industry.
• Hands-on experience in safety FE model development and integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate safety FE models for full vehicle, subsystems, and components.
• Perform sled and full-vehicle occupant simulations to support 5-star ratings.
• Use Primer, ANSA, and LS-DYNA for analysis and validation.
• Collaborate with OEMs and design engineers on proposals and improvements.

Skills

HBM simulations

Scripting

AI tools

Metals & composites

Design proposals

Vehicle safety with OEMs

Education

B.E., B.Tech (Mechanical/Automobile)

M.E., M.Tech

Tools

Ansa

LS-DYNA

Primer

Job description

Overview

Safety Engineer - Structural / Occupant - CAE

Responsibilities

Essential:

• 3-7 years of relevant technical experience in Automobile industry with widespread domain knowledge
• A foundational 1-2 years of hands-on experience in developing and integrating Safety FE Models (covering full vehicle, subsystem, and component levels).
• Additionally, 2+ years of experience performing Sled and Full Vehicle occupant simulations focused on achieving 5-star frontal or side impact ratings in global consumer safety programs (US NCAP / Euro NCAP).
• Proficiency in Primer, ANSA, and LS-DYNA is mandatory.
• Strong engineering fundamentals, with a postgraduate degree preferred
• Solid understanding of Classical and Applied Mechanics, particularly Strength of Materials
• Strong grasp of physics fundamentals and logical reasoning to predict, analyze, and troubleshoot complex non-linear crash events.

Qualifications

• B.E, B.Tech (Mechanical, Automobile), M.E, M.Tech Preferable

Essential skills

Desirable:

• Exposure to Human Body Model (HBM) based simulations in sled / vehicle level.
• Experience with scripting and AI tools is a plus.
• Good working knowledge on metals, composite parts and failure analysis
• Understanding of Cross functional performance requirements
• Experience in providing design proposals, interaction with design engineers in implementing the proposals
• Experience working with OEMs in Vehicle Safety

Tool Knowledge:

• Ansa
• LS Dyna
• Primer

Experience

3 to 6 YearsIn OEM and Tier 1 Automotive