Safety Engineer

Techniche are supporting a leading automotive manufacturer to appoint Safety Engineer responsible for automotive crash passive safety performance.

Pay Rate: up to £29/hour PAYE+ holiday and pension pay

Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire - hybrid (3 days working in the office; 2 days WFH)

Duration: 12 months rolling contract (full-time)

Requirements: needs to have LRTW in the UK

Key responsibilities:

• 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 and experience:

• 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
• Valid UK/European driving license a must
• Ability to travel within Europe
• 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
• English speaking, fluent. Japanese or other European languages may be advantageous.