Job Description

Passive Safety Engineer (847)

Cranfield

£29.00p/h

We are recruiting a Passive Safety Engineer for one of our automotive clients based in Cranfield.

You will be working for a globally recognised automotive company. This is a long-term contract role. The contract is on an ongoing basis a may run for several years.

Key Responsibilities of the Passive Safety Engineer:

• Responsible for automotive crash passive safety performance.

• Performance planning, test planning and analysis of CAE and physical test results.

• Liaising between local and global other related departments at all stages of the vehicle development process.

• Attending regular projecting meetings and feeding back key information to the department.

• Organised and capable of effectively prioritising and completing tasks within short deadlines.

• Proactive approach to work, ability to work on own initiative.

• Short, middle term (2weeks - 2month) trip to Spain or France might be required to witness the physical crash test.

• Confirming if design meets crash performance requirement and feedback to design teams.

• Making test requests and supporting to conduct the tests.

• Analysing CAE and test results and creating reports

• Creating minutes of the meeting

• Developing process improvement tool

Qualifications & Experience for the Passive Safety Engineer:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or Physics related field

• Biomechanics knowledge is advantageous.

• Knowledge in HV vehicle architecture a plus

• Experience in CAE within automotive engineering environment is a plus.

• Experience in Automotive Passive Safety testing or restraint system development.

• Knowledge of body engineering or electrical architecture and systems (i.e. eCall, ACU) is a plus.

• Understanding of vehicle passive safety design concepts

• Experience of interpreting, executing and analysing a variety of Regulation and consumer based passive safety crash tests.

• Familiar with automotive simulation and analysis tools, such as Animator, Diadem, TrackReport

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for discussing internally within the company and with external test labs.

• Highly self-motivated and driven, with high attention to detail.

• Ability to travel within Europe.

• Valid UK/European driving license a must

Hours & Pay for the Passive Safety Engineer:

• Monday to Friday

• 39 hours per week

• £29.00p/h

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