Vehicle CAE project leader Crash

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India seeks a Project Leader to drive CAE activities for vehicle development programs, coordinating planning, execution, and cross-functional collaboration across Design, Body Engineering, and Testing teams.

Ideal candidates bring 7–12 years in crash CAE with leadership experience, using LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH and related tools to achieve safety and performance targets while ensuring project compliance and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of crash domain experience.
• Experience leading CAE activities for vehicle programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital evaluation to achieve performance targets.
• Coordinate periodic reviews and align CAE directions.
• Report to stakeholders to secure agreement for CAE directions.
• Adhere to project management compliance.
• Confirm targets with customer performance teams.
• Optimize CAE targets by balancing safety, weight and cost.
• Analyze risk and establish contingency plans.

Skills

Crash CAE

Project leadership

Cross-functional

Cost optimization

Risk analysis

Team coordination

Tools

LS-DYNA

PAM-CRASH

ANSA

HyperMesh

META

HyperView

Animator

OptiStruct

Job description

• 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

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.