Crash Safety Performance Development Engineer

Job title: Crash Safety Performance Development Engineer

Company: Artech Information Systems

Job description: The primary responsibility of this role is to Develop and Confirm Crash Safety Performance for North American and global midsized unibody platform vehicles.What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for Crash safety performance development of Side Impact, Seat, and Interior components and system performance evaluations
• Set up, conduct component level and some system level evaluations and/or Computer simulations (CAE) following existing standards; Identifies key change points and ensures appropriate measurement systems
• Develop mechanism of phenomena using fundamental engineering and physics; Study change points by design review, and predict performance trends using engineering calculation and analysis tools
• Propose countermeasures based on thorough root cause analysis, considering side effects within own function, as well as cross functional communication with evaluation teams.
• Prepare and report technical analysis for component performance in a logical way to get consensus within department; Support analysis and material preparation for Target setting and Performance strategy plan
• Maintain weekly schedule to track performance and open items to meet internal due dates

What you bring:

• Education: B.S in Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent
• Experience in Side Impact or Interior and Seat Safety Regulation, Rating and Internal Test Modes
• Proactive attitude, Self-starter, Willingness to learn and contribute.
• Good communication, Reporting skills
• Experience w/ Client Office products, Engineering Analysis tools/software

What you may bring:

• M.S in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Coursework or research in Biomechanical or Automotive Engineering Fields
• Experience with Side Impact, Interior and Seat Safety and Internal Test Modes, such as:

• Side Impact Regulation: FMVSS214, FMVSS226, FMVSS216a
• Side Impact Rating: IIHS Side Impact, US NCAP
• Side Impact Internal Test Mode: Curtain Side Airbag and Seat Side Airbag reliability and out of position.
• Interior and Seat Safety Regulations: FMVSS201, FMVSS201u, FMVSS207/210, FMVSS225, FMVSS202a
• Interior and Seat Safety Ratings: IIHS Whiplash, IIHS Latch
• Experience using LS-Dyna to analyze dynamic phenomena
• Experience with CAE Tools such as Oasys Primer, Ansa, Hypermesh, Animator
• Experience Programming or writing Macros

Expected salary:

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Job date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:06:15 GMT

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