What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Occupant Safety Engineer position at LER TechForce?
Senior Occupant Safety Engineer
Are you looking to work for a company that provides an innovative work environment, and your voice is heard? We have a position for a Senior Occupant Safety Engineer to work onsite at our client in Troy, MI.
Who we are:
LER TechForce is an industry leader in embedded controls, software, functional safety, and engineering talent. For over 20 years LER has been working with customers across North America. Follow us at: LER TechForce on LinkedIn.
What you will be doing:
- Develop CAE occupant models in LS-Dyna for frontal and side impact.
- Collaborate with responsible DREs and associated component suppliers to ensure component CAE models are properly correlated and/or reasonable initial assumptions are being made.
- Collaborate with responsible DREs and associated component suppliers to ensure the proper integration of restraints and interior component CAE models into the systems model.
- Assess the system level occupant performance for all relevant impact configurations.
- Optimize the performance of the relevant components needed to meet occupant performance targets (airbags, seat belts, steering column, seats, instrument panel, interior trim, etc.).
- Collaborate with the safety structures team in cases where the structural performance of the BIW does not allow meeting occupant performance targets.
- Collaborate with relevant cross-functional teams in cases where the performance of specific components prohibits meeting the occupant performance targets (e.g., Interior Team, Chassis Team, etc.).
- Collaborate with the Testing Team to ensure that the execution of physical tests is aligned with CAE component and system level assumptions and needs.
- Support the delivery of the occupant safety attribute with high quality CAE models during all program phases through Start-of-Production.
- Tune airbags, seat belts, and all relevant interior components regarding their energy absorption capabilities for both frontal and side impact.
- Keep the occupant protection CAE model at the highest quality level with regard to latest CAD data and correct assumptions for component CAE model correlation.
- Attend test labs on an occasional basis to ensure alignment between physical testing and CAE modeling assumptions.
- Report to the Virtual Engineering Manager.
What you'll need to be successful:
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Automotive Engineering, Biomechanics or equivalent
- 8-10 years relevant experience
- Proficiency with LS-Dyna modeling including all common pre/post-processing tools (Primer, Ansa/Meta, Hyperworks, LS-PrePost etc.)
- Proficiency with the Humanetics CAE dummy model pre/post-processing
- Excellent understanding of the automotive safety protocol landscape for North America (FMVSS-208/214, US-NCAP, IIHS)
- Excellent understanding of the functionalities, tuning, and CAE modeling approaches for components like:
- Airbags for frontal and side impact protection
- Seat belts
- Seats for first and second seat row including pelvis-thorax airbag integration
- Steering columns
- Instrument panels including knee bolsters and passenger airbag integration
- Interior trim like carpet, pillar trim, headliner, and sun visors
- Excellent understanding of tuning knobs and parameters that affect the occupant response required to meet regulatory and consumer information test requirements with top performance (≥20% margin for regulatory requirements, GOOD for IIHS and 5-Star for US-NCAP)
What you'll get:
- Full benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA
- 401K with a match and immediate vesting
- Short-term and Long-term disability, life insurance and other optional benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Discounts
- Ongoing professional development opportunities including Technical Training and Leadership Development
- The opportunity to work on industry leading projects