Safety Performance Integration Engineer

GM•Warren, MI

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Safety Performance Integration Engineer develops integration solutions to meet vehicle requirements and participates in problem solving with integration leaders. The role contributes to design and peer reviews, follows detailed guidance from leaders and peers, and uses input from internal and external customers to meet engineering requirements. The engineer stays current on product developments and trends, shares lessons learned, makes recommendations based on integration work, and keeps the manager informed about assignment status, timing, and technical issues. The position also requires documenting completed work, pursuing learning opportunities, ensuring high-quality and timely task completion, and independently creating and managing project plans. The role follows a hybrid work policy of three days in the office and two days remote. The employee must be able to report to a local office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field of study.
Seven years of experience as a CAE Engineer, Performance Engineer, or in a related role.
Five years of experience with automotive global regulations and consumer metrics.
Five years of experience with virtual simulation crashworthiness occupant work, including model creation and integration, evaluation, and recommendations.
Five years of experience with virtual simulation crashworthiness structure work, including full vehicle model creation, evaluation, and recommendations.
Five years of experience with safety CAE tools, including LS-DYNA, Ls-post, Metapost, Oasys Primer, Animator, HyperWorks, and ANSA.
Five years of experience with safety CAE procedures and optimization techniques, including DOE (Design of Experiments), MDO (Multi-Disciplinary Optimization), and SPIO.
Five years of experience generating validation plans, including CAE, component, sled, and barrier testing.
Five years of experience analyzing hardware testing results, including root-causing test results, CAE-to-test comparison, and CAE correlation to physical test results.
Five years of experience with the Vehicle Development Program Process (VDP).
Must be able to report to a local office for the hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

Develop integration solutions to meet vehicle requirements.
Participate in problem solving with support of integration leaders.
Participate in design and peer reviews and follow detailed instructions from leaders or peers.
Use guidance from internal and external customers to meet engineering requirements.
Stay current on product developments and trends in the area of responsibility.
Share engineering lessons learned with peers and the manager.
Make recommendations based on completed integration work.
Keep the manager informed of assignment status, timing, and technical issues.
Document all completed work.
Identify learning needs and take advantage of learning opportunities.
Ensure high-quality, on-time completion of tasks.
Independently create and manage project plans.