Safety and Crashworthiness Performance Engineer

About the Role The Safety and Crashworthiness Performance Engineer would support pre-SOP safety-related vehicle development activities, including planning, executing, and analyzing safety-related tests to qualify new vehicle models for release in the North American market by meeting safety rating standards/targets. What You'll Do

• Plan, coordinate, and execute full vehicle and component-level crash tests (i.e., frontal, side, rear, rollover, static, and subsystem tests).
• Develop detailed test plans, procedures, instrumentation layouts, and data acquisition requirements.
• Oversee test preparation, including vehicle builds, sensor installation, dummy preparation, and facility readiness.
• Analyze crash test data, videos, and high-speed measurements to evaluate structural performance, occupant injury metrics, and safety system functionality.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and engineering recommendations to support design improvements.
• Contribute to best practices, test methodology improvements, and new test capabilities.
• Collaborate with CAE team(s) to correlate simulation results with physical test outcomes.
• Support the development of future models by identifying safety risks and proposing countermeasures.
• Ensure compliance with global regulatory and consumer test standards (e.g., FMVSS, NCAP, IIHS, CMVSS, etc.).
• Manage communication with internal and external stakeholders, including proving grounds, suppliers, and safety rating agencies.
• Maintain documentation, test records, and quality systems for auditing and traceability purposes. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor’s degree in biomechanical, mechanical, or a related field of engineering.
• Professional experience in planning, coordinating, and executing full vehicle and component-level crash tests (i.e., frontal, side, rear, rollover, static, and subsystem tests).
• Experience in analyzing crash test data (i.e., structural and occupant).
• Experience analyzing and/or performing structural crashworthiness and occupant-safety simulations (e.g., frontal, side, rear, rollover, pedestrian protection, etc.).
• Strong knowledge in automotive structure, crashworthiness, and safety performance.
• Strong knowledge of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), NCAP, and IIHS safety evaluations.
• Experience using data analysis tools (e.g., DIAdem, Hyperworks, etc.) for testing purposes.
• Knowledge of testing, test equipment, and the processes necessary to meet vehicle safety requirements.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Flexibility with program and process changes, as Hyundai/Kia/Genesis is willing to make late changes to satisfy customer needs.
• Excellent time management, self-management, and organization skills.
• Strong written, oral, a