Passive Safety Engineer (847)
- Location:Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
- Salary: £29 per hour
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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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