Senior Passive Safety Engineer

Position: Senior Passive Safety Engineer

Sector: Body &Chassis Sector

Location: Woking, Surrey

Position Type: Contract

Outside IR35

I am currently recruiting on behalf of a Luxury Automotive Manufacturer based in Surrey who are seeking a Senior Passive Safety Engineer to join their team.

Job Description

As Senior Passive Safety Engineeryour main responsibilities are:

• Responsible for successful achievement of Passive Safety attribute, including Passive Safety relevant legislation
• Planning, budget and resource allocation for this minor programme is the responsibility of the Passive Safety Manager
• Single point of contact for programme leadership and meetings just for this minor programme. If an issue is escalated to programme significance, then the Passive Safety Manager will step in.
• Report and present to senior stakeholders, such as programme management and chief engineer, when called upon in attribute meetings or programme meetings.
• Assist the Passive Safety Manager to create the budget.
• Lead structural, exteriors and restraints conceptual design to achieve Passive Safety targets.
• Perform proof-of-concept tests where required to prove out novel or risky designs.
• Assist in co-ordinating the Passive Safety restraints CAE activities for each programme.
• Author and maintain Passive Safety test timing plan, and report through programme DVP.
• Responsible to execute Passive Safety testing on time for this minor crash programme.
• Accountability lies with the Passive Safety Principal Engineer.

Qualifications / Skills required

• Manage preparation and execution of vehicle tests.
• Attend vehicle and rig crash tests at supplier site, with authority to represent the Client.
• Conduct vehicle safety attribute testing as required by vehicle program (including full vehicle crash testing, sub-system and component tests).
• Sign-off test preparation activities and authorise test supplier to perform the crash test.
• Perform post-analysis of Passive Safety test data for adherence to target and advise on any departure from expected performance

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