Stellantis

Senior Safety Performance Engineer

Stellantis • $100K — $130K *
Auburn Hills, MI 48326In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 5 years in vehicle and safety development.
  • Experience with virtual and physical vehicle testing.
  • Understanding of vehicle regulatory and third-party requirements.
  • Cross-functional expertise in Durability, Safety, NVH, and Aero.
  • Strategic thinking and strong leadership abilities.
  • Effective communication and work presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead safety development for vehicle programs to meet safety objectives.
  • Develop and manage vehicle integration and validation processes.
  • Investigate vehicle issues and document resolutions.
  • Plan and execute physical and component testing from concept to launch.
  • Facilitate collaboration with the CAE team for virtual validation.
  • Travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds as required.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge vehicle safety technologies.
  • Collaborative team environment with cross-functional exposure.
  • Potential for travel to specialized proving grounds.
Full Job Description
The Senior Safety Performance Engineer is responsible for leading the safety development activities for their assigned vehicle programs to ensure all identified safety functional objectives are achieved on time. They are responsible for supporting impact script development, identifying design enablers, executing component and full vehicle test plans.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Safety development, customer functional objectives target setting, and vehicle level test plan execution; specifically, for the vehicle crash regulatory and third-party ratings
  • Support the vehicle integration and validation process by owning safety performance, leading the attribute team, and supporting tech club and vehicle program requests.
  • This engineer will influence the designs and investigate vehicle issues to determine the root cause, issue the appropriate documentation for issue resolution, and lead the team where issue crosses multiple vehicle disciplines.
  • Be responsible for physical testing and component testing, planning, vehicle build and test prep and execution from concept through launch, including interacting with CAE team for virtual validation.
  • This position requires some travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds


The Safety Performance Engineer must possess a strong technical acumen, exceptional communication/organizational skills.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Minimum of 5 years of vehicle development and safety development experience
  • Experience guiding vehicle design using virtual analysis, and physical testing
  • Broad knowledge of vehicle regulatory and 3rd party requirements
  • Experience dealing with cross-functional (Durability, Safety, NVH, Aero) issues
  • Strategic thinking, strong leadership, and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated ability to summarize and present work


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Strategic thinking, strong leadership, and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated ability to summarize and present work
  • Good presentation skills, problem solving ability
  • Good knowledge of vehicle structures
  • Good knowledge of fundamental physics and structural engineering principles.
  • Excellent organizational, communication and teamwork skills
  • Experience leading teams and solving complex issue
  • Experience dealing with cross-functional issues related to restraints or structures
  • Previous laboratory, design release, CAE and hands-on crashworthiness expertise is a plus
  • Knowledge of CATIA/NX/TC, Hypergraph, data/film analysis, and advanced simulation techniques

About Stellantis

Stellantis is a multinational automotive manufacturer formed in 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA. The company designs, produces, and sells a wide range of vehicles under various brands, including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall. Stellantis operates in over 130 countries and has 14 brands in its portfolio. The company is committed to sustainable mobility and has set ambitious targets for reducing its carbon footprint and increasing the share of electric vehicles in its sales.
Learn more about Stellantis
Size
400,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
* Ladders Estimates

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