Senior Crash Structures Engineer #SCSE20
Senior Crash Structures Engineer with Rivian Automotive, LLC in Irvine, CA. Set performance targets at a Vehicle, System, & component level & develop strategies to achieve the vehicle crash worthiness targets.
Requirements: Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field & 2 years of experience as an Engineer in the auto industry. Alt, employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equiv in an acceptable field as stated above plus 5 yrs of progrssvly responsible exp as stated above.
Experience must include: Working with LS-Dyna simulating & analyzing full vehicle crash phenomenon such as Front, Side, or Rear Impact; applying first-principle physics of an auto body structure & energy management in a crash; working with body structures, material properties, joining methodologies, & modeling & analyzing these using relevant CAE software; developing modelg methods for simulating structure performance in a vehicle crash test; correlating simulation results to test data on component, subsystem & full vehicle level; & working with pre & post processg tools for LS-Dyna such as Hypermesh, ANSA/META, PRIMER & Animator.