Vehicle CAE Project Leader Crash

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India is seeking an experienced Project Leader to head CAE activities for vehicle development programs, including planning, coordination, and execution. You will broaden understanding of physical phenomena and model parts and systems within scope.

You will define digital simulation methods, ensure their development and capitalization, lead digital evaluation to achieve performance targets, report to stakeholders, and collaborate with cross-functional

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in the crash domain.
• Experience leading full vehicle crashworthiness and occupant safety development.
• Experience coordinating CAE activities across multiple vehicle programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the digital evaluation to achieve performance targets.
• Conduct periodic reviews and validate R/C mechanisms and C/M directions.
• Report to stakeholders to obtain agreement for C/M.
• Adhere to project management compliance.
• Confirm targets with the customer performance team.
• Optimize CAE targets for cost and mass.
• Analyze risk and establish contingency plans with defined triggers.

Skills

Crash CAE

Team leadership

Project planning

Cross-functional work

Digital simulation

Tools

LS-DYNA

PAM-CRASH

HyperMesh

ANSA

HyperView

OptiStruct

Job description

Job Description:

Job Purpose

• The Project leader is responsible to lead CAE activity for vehicle development programs including planning, coordination, and execution.
• Improve the understanding of physical phenomena and modelling parts and systems within his scope
• Ensure technological monitoring and carry out competitor analysis actions
• Define digital simulation methods and modelling and ensure their development
• Ensure capitalization of digital simulation methods

Responsibilities

• Responsible to lead the digital evaluation to achieve performances targets
• Conduct Periodic review and validate the R/C mechanism and C/M directions
• Responsible to report to stake holders to get agreement for C/M
• Adhere to Project management compliance
• Responsible to confirm the targets with customer performance team.
• Responsible to optimize & Cost & Mass CAE Targets.
• Analyze risk and initiate avoidance activities. Establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating

corrective action.

Experience

• Strong experience of 7 to 12 years in Crash domain

Relevant Experience

• Led Full Vehicle Crashworthiness & Occupant Safety development activities for multiple vehicle programs, driving safety performance from concept through production.
• Served as Crash CAE Performance Lead, managing simulation-based vehicle safety attribute development and virtual sign-off activities.
• Directed a team of CAE engineers in achieving compliance with Bharat NCAP, Euro NCAP, Global NCAP, FMVSS 208/214, UN R94, UN R95, and UN R137 requirements.
• Performed and coordinated full vehicle crash simulations including Frontal Impact, Offset Deformable Barrier (ODB), Full Frontal, Side Impact, Pole Impact, Rear Impact, Roof Crush, and Pedestrian Protection assessments.
• Developed and optimized crash and restraint systems to improve occupant protection, injury metrics, structural integrity, and regulatory compliance.
• Provided technical leadership as Principal Crash Analyst, driving root-cause investigations and proposing design improvements for enhanced vehicle safety performance.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including Design, Body Engineering, Restraints, Testing, and Program Management during full vehicle development programs.
• Conducted crashworthiness evaluations using LS-DYNA and PAM-CRASH, supporting vehicle-level safety attribute targets and program milestones.
• Built, modified, and validated finite element models using ANSA and HyperMesh, ensuring high-quality simulation models and accurate results.
• Performed post-processing and result interpretation using META, HyperView, and Animator, enabling efficient decision-making and design optimization.
• Utilized OptiStruct for structural optimization studies to balance vehicle safety, weight reduction, and performance requirements.
• Managed project timelines, resource allocation, and stakeholder communication while leading global crash CAE activities across multiple vehicle platforms.
• Achieved strong CAE-to-test correlation through systematic model validation and continuous improvement of crash simulation methodologies.