What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Performance Engineer position at Saicon Consultants Inc.?
Responsibilities
- Lead the safety development activities for assigned vehicle programs to ensure all identified safety functional objectives are achieved.
- Support impact script development and identify design enablers.
- Execute component and full vehicle test plans.
- Support safety target setting and vehicle level test plan execution, specifically for vehicle crash regulatory and third-party ratings.
- Lead the attribute teams, support safety tech clubs, and execute vehicle program requests.
- Investigate vehicle issues to determine root cause and issue the appropriate documentation for issue resolution.
- Be responsible for physical and component testing, planning, vehicle build, pre-test preparation, and execution from concept through launch.
- Interact with CAE team for virtual validation assessments.
- Travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds as required.
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 3rd party requirements.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams on root cause and issue resolution.
- Demonstrates strategic thinking, strong leadership, and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to summarize and present results and recommendations in an organized manner.
Other Skills
- Impact Studies
- Crash test
- Automotive Safety
- Passive Safety
- Safety Certification
- Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis