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Vehicle Safety - Occupant Protection Engineer

Foster City, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop occupant protection system performance for fully autonomous vehicles through the complete vehicle development process from conception to crash testing.

Role type

Senior IC vehicle safety engineer (occupant protection)

Builds

Fully autonomous vehicles

Domain

Automotive / Autonomous Mobility

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

occupant protection system development, virtual and physical safety testing, FMVSS regulations, CAE-to-physical test correlation, test matrix definition, data analysis and reporting, Jira ticket management, 3D design and PLM tools

Preferred skills

Hyperworks/MetaPost, CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5, LS-Dyna, Python, DFMEA and SFMEA, requirements management tools (Polarion)

Responsibilities

Own assigned load cases end-to-end translating safety targets into testable metrics, develop virtual and physical DVPs, analyze test results and report at project gateways, support system-level and full-vehicle test activities, identify and document performance issues, drive CAE-to-physical test correlation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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