Occupant Safety CAE Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead finite element simulations related to occupational safety, including front, side, rear crash, rollover, and whiplash scenarios.
• Conduct occupant injury prediction and restraint system analysis using tools like LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH, or Abaqus.
• Evaluate structural crashworthiness and perform detailed analysis on components like seats, airbags, seatbelts, IP, and floor panels.
• Perform ergonomics and ingress/egress studies for driver and passenger safety using RAMSIS or similar tools.
• Ensure virtual designs comply with global safety regulations and consumer test protocols (e.g., FMVSS, ECE R14/17/25, NCAPs).
• Provide CAE support for proving regulatory compliance and program sign-off.
• Guide the design team in achieving optimal safety performance with lightweight and cost-effective structures.
• Lead virtual safety design reviews and contribute to the definition of occupant packaging, restraint layout, and vehicle architecture.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including crash test, hardware safety, biomechanics, seating, and body structures.
• Guide junior engineers and provide technical mentorship in CAE methodology and interpretation.
• Document simulation procedures, results, and recommendations with traceable data and clear justifications.
• Present CAE results to internal teams, suppliers, and management with actionable insights for design improvement.
• Manage correlation studies between CAE and physical tests for model validation.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead virtual safety design reviews and contribute to the definition of occupant packaging, restraint layout, and vehicle architecture.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including crash test, hardware safety, biomechanics, seating, and body structures.
• Guide junior engineers and provide technical mentorship in CAE methodology and interpretation.