Vehicle Safety Performance Engineer

ManpowerGroup; Chelsea (MI); On-site; USD 39,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

ManpowerGroup in Chelsea, MI is seeking a Safety Performance Engineer onsite to lead safety development for vehicle programs and drive cross-functional collaboration across Durability, Safety, NVH, and Aero teams. The role focuses on safety target setting, test plan execution for regulatory and third-party ratings, and coordinating with CAE for virtual validation.

The ideal candidate has a degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and 3+ years in vehicle development with 1 year in safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited or equivalent program.
• Three years of vehicle development experience and one year of safety development.
• Ability to guide vehicle design through virtual analysis assessments and physical testing.
• Knowledge of domestic and global vehicle regulatory and third-party requirements.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Durability, Safety, NVH, Aero) on root cause and issue resolution, with strong leadership and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety development activities for assigned vehicle programs to ensure all identified safety functional objectives are achieved, including support for safety target setting and vehicle-level test plan execution for vehicle crash regulatory and third-party ratings.
• Support vehicle integration and validation by owning safety performance, leading attribute teams, supporting safety tech clubs, and executing vehicle program requests.
• Influence vehicle designs and investigate vehicle issues to determine root cause, produce the appropriate documentation for issue resolution, and lead cross-discipline issue resolution when problems span multiple vehicle disciplines.
• Own physical and component testing planning and execution—from pre-test preparation through vehicle build and launch—while coordinating with CAE teams for virtual validation assessments.

Skills

Safety development

Cross-functional leadership

Vehicle testing

Virtual analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Education

ABET B.S. in Mechanical or Electrical Eng

Job description

ManpowerGroup in Chelsea, MI is seeking a Safety Performance Engineer onsite to lead safety development for vehicle programs and drive cross-functional collaboration across Durability, Safety, NVH, and Aero teams. The role focuses on safety target setting, test plan execution for regulatory and third-party ratings, and coordinating with CAE for virtual validation.

The ideal candidate has a degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering and 3+ years in vehicle development with 1 year in safety