Safety Performance Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The 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.
They are responsible for supporting impact script development, identifying design enablers,
executing component and full vehicle test plans.



Key Responsibilities:
1. Safety development, supporting safety target setting and vehicle level test plan execution;
specifically, for the vehicle crash regulatory and third-party ratings.
2. Support the vehicle integration and validation process by owning safety performance,
leading the attribute teams, supporting safety tech clubs and executing vehicle program
requests.
3. 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
when an issue crosses multiple vehicle disciplines.
4. Be responsible for physical and component testing, planning, vehicle build, pre-test
preparation and execution from concept through launch, including interacting with CAE
team for virtual validation assessments.
5. This position requires some travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds.
6. The Safety Performance Engineer must possess a strong technical acumen, exceptional
communication and organizational skills.?



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 (Durability, Safety, NVH, Aero)
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.?


-Impact Studies
-Crash test
-Automotive Safety
-Passive Safety
-Safety Certification
-Non- Linear Finite Element Analysis

Pi-square technologies is a Michigan (USA) Headquartered Automotive Embedded Engineering Services company, Synergy Partner for major OEMs and Tier 1s and their implementation partners in Automotive Embedded Product Development, Projects, Requirements Analysis, Software Design, Software Implementation, Efficient Build, Release Process, and turnkey software V & V Services. We have more than 20+ years of industry expertise with specialization in the latest cutting-edge automotive technologies such as Infotainment, connected vehicles, Cyber security, OTA, and Advanced Safety/ Body electronics.