Safety Performance Engineer

Work Location: Auburn Hills, Michigan (Onsite)

Start date: Immediate availability. Background check MANDATORY 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 components and full vehicle test plans.

Key Responsibilities: Safety development, supporting safety 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 teams, supporting safety tech clubs and executing vehicle programs. 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 when an issue crosses multiple vehicle disciplines. 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. This position requires some travel to Chelsea Proving Grounds. The Safety Performance Engineer must possess a strong technical acumen, exceptional communication and organizational skills.