Senior Safety Performance Engineer

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis in Auburn Hills, MI is seeking a Senior Safety Performance Engineer to lead safety development for assigned vehicle programs, ensuring all safety functional objectives are achieved on time, including impact script development and test planning.

You will own safety performance during vehicle integration and validation, guide the attribute team, and coordinate with CAE for virtual validation, with travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds as needed.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of vehicle development and safety experience.
• Experience guiding vehicle design using virtual analysis and physical testing.
• Broad knowledge of vehicle regulatory and 3rd party requirements.
• Experience dealing with cross-functional issues (Durability, Safety, NVH, Aero).
• Strategic thinking, strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to summarize and present work.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety development activities for vehicle programs and ensure safety objectives are met.
• Own safety performance, guide the attribute team, support tech club and program requests.
• Investigate issues, determine root cause, and document resolutions.
• Plan and execute physical and component tests from concept through launch, coordinate with CAE.
• Travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds as needed.

Skills

Vehicle development

Safety development

Virtual analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional work

Leadership

Communication

Presentation

Education

BS in Mechanical or Electrical Eng

Tools

CATIA

NX/TC

Hypergraph

Data/film analysis

Advanced simulation

Job description

The Senior Safety Performance Engineer is responsible for leading the safety development activities for their assigned vehicle programs to ensure all identified safety functional objectives are achieved on time. They are responsible for supporting impact script development, identifying design enablers, and executing component and full vehicle test plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety development, customer functional objectives target setting, and vehicle level test plan execution; specifically, for the vehicle crash regulatory and third-party ratings
• Support the vehicle integration and validation process by owning safety performance, leading the attribute team, and supporting tech club and vehicle program requests.
• This engineer will influence the designs and investigate vehicle issues to determine the root cause, issue the appropriate documentation for issue resolution, and lead the team where issue crosses multiple vehicle disciplines.
• Be responsible for physical testing and component testing, planning, vehicle build and test prep and execution from concept through launch, including interacting with CAE team for virtual validation.
• This position requires some travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds

The Safety Performance Engineer must possess a strong technical acumen, exceptional communication/organizational skills.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of vehicle development and safety development experience
• Experience guiding vehicle design using virtual analysis, and physical testing
• Broad knowledge of vehicle regulatory and 3rd party requirements
• Experience dealing with cross-functional (Durability, Safety, NVH, Aero) issues
• Strategic thinking, strong leadership, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to summarize and present work

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategic thinking, strong leadership, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to summarize and present work
• Good presentation skills, problem solving ability
• Good knowledge of vehicle structures
• Good knowledge of fundamental physics and structural engineering principles.
• Excellent organizational, communication and teamwork skills
• Experience leading teams and solving complex issue
• Experience dealing with cross-functional issues related to restraints or structures
• Previous laboratory, design release, CAE and hands-on crashworthiness expertise is a plus
• Knowledge of CATIA/NX/TC, Hypergraph, data/film analysis, and advanced simulation techniques

At Stellantis, we assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse teams reflect our identity as a global company, enabling us to better address the evolving needs of our customers and care for our future.