NA + Target setting: Undertake benchmarking, set targets at vehicle, system, and component level to enable internal, regulatory, and public domain safety performance + Content specification: Define vehicle and restraints content to enable program targets + Occupant safety CAE simulation: LS-Dyna simulation with pre and post processing tools, including issue resolution, development and optimization of vehicle interior, seatbelts, and airbags for occupant injury criteria + Test Planning: Liaison with PMTs to organize safety test planning at sub system and full vehicle level + Logistics: Support test logistics globally to ensure right parts, right place at the right time + Execution of tests: Supervision of testing to ensure execution to the right specification, to right quality level and in a timely manner + Analysis: Analyse test data and use observation to draw correct conclusions from the tests. + Decision making: Use the test/CAE data conclusions to draw together proposals to recommend to management or if possible/necessary decide independently + Implementation: Supervise the implementation of the design modifications resulting from the test decision making + Closure: Test to demonstrate compliance to target and feedback via formal reports to the organization The candidate must: + have a detailed understanding of how to set and achieve the most demanding occupant safety targets + have the ability to clearly, calmly and effectively communicate conclusions drawn from analyses + work closely with the senior occupant engineers, the structural CAE safety team and other engineering teams to achieve the program targets + actively seek out, understand and implement global best practice in occupant safety methodology + be able to critique CAE, correlate CAE and analyse physical test results to seek out quality issues/improvements + work with all other engineering teams to understand and resolve occupant safety related design issues. + be able to organize and track testing and analysis projects + effectively run meetings and agendas + continually improve understanding of crash occupant kinematics, impact biomechanics and changing crash requirements globally + have the drive to take ownership of the attribute and lead the team to resolve issues & achieve their targets + Minimum bachelor degree in Engineering or related discipline (e.g. Aero / Mech Eng) with 5 or above years of work experience, MS or PhD. preferred; + Using commercial crash software, preferably using Ls-Dyna, ANSA, Primer, Hyperworks and/or equivalent **Requisition ID** : 46659