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Slate Auto · 2 weeks ago

Senior Engineer, Occupant Safety CAE

Troy, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Slate Auto is focused on building safe and reliable vehicles that are customizable and affordable. The Senior Engineer, Occupant Safety CAE will develop CAE models for occupant protection analysis, ensuring the highest quality standards for safety components like airbags and seat belts in compliance with safety regulations.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturing

Hiring Manager

Sam Ciske

Responsibilities

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 case the structural performance of the BIW does not allow meeting occupant performance targets

Collaborate with relevant cross-functional teams in case the performance of specific components prohibits meeting the occupant performance targets (e.g., Interior, Chassis, etc.)

Collaborate with Testing to ensure that the execution of physical tests is aligned with CAE component and system level assumptions / needs

Support the delivery of the occupant safety attribute with high quality CAE models during all program phases all the way through Start-Of-Production

Qualification

CAE modelingLS-DynaAutomotive safety protocolsHumanetics CAE dummy modelComponent tuningMicrosoft OfficeCommunication skillsTeam leadershipAdaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field is required

8+ years of experience and proficiency in CAE modeling for automotive safety engineering

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, etc.)

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, and interior trim, including 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)

Ability to lead teams and meetings through technical tradeoffs and optimized solutions with attention to detail

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals

Highly adaptable and proactive, excelling in fast-paced start-up and new model launch environments

Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Must have the ability to travel (up to 10%)

Must have the ability to lift up to 35 pounds

Must have the ability to stand, walk, and perform repetitive tasks for extended periods