Crash Structures Specialist

Job Title: Crash Structures Specialist
Location: Detroit, Michigan Onsite
Duration : Full time

Job Description:

Focuses on designing, analyzing, and optimizing crashworthiness structures to enhance vehicle safety performance. Responsibilities include simulating structural behavior in various crash scenarios, developing lead structures, defining sections, and ensuring compliance with safety standards throughout the entire program from concept to launch.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and define structural sections for lead structures and load paths to withstand front, side, rear, and roof crash modes.

Conduct crashworthiness simulations using LS-DYNA to predict structural integrity and impact protection.

Create load path designs for high-speed and low-speed crash scenarios, balancing structural demands and optimizing energy absorption.

Apply material characterization to integrate complex material behavior and failure modes into simulation models.

Include characterized data in LS-DYNA to accurately simulate complex failure patterns under various crash conditions.

Develop and analyze 1D math models for quick solutions and initial design evaluations.

Ensure compliance with IIHS, USNCAP standards in all structural and crash scenario developments.

Participate in full program cycles from initial concept development to product launch, contributing to safety development and crash optimization.

Analyze crash scenarios to evaluate energy absorption, structural integrity, and vehicle behavior under different impacts.

Document simulation results and provide recommendations for optimizing crash structures.

Additional Requirements:

Proficiency in tools, particularly LS-DYNA and ANSA

Extensive experience in material characterization and integration into crash simulation tools.

Familiarity with automotive safety standards (FMVSS, ECE, NCAP)

Strong understanding of high-strength materials, structural balance for different speed conditions, and IHS, USNCAP crash scenarios.