Senior Passive Safety Engineer

Overview

In this role you will lead passive safety activities to achieve compliant and high-performance crash outcomes for minor McLaren road car programs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to set crash targets, design safe componentry, and manage the crash testing plan and supplier program. You will ensure materials and test activities align with legislation and internal standards for occupant, pedestrian, and structural safety. This is a hands-on position that shapes safety solutions on a scale that aligns with McLaren’s performance-focused mission.

Pay / Benefits

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit

Responsibilities

• Achieve passive safety targets for minor programmes and ensure compliance with relevant legislation
• Serve as the single point of contact for programme leadership and facilitate issue escalation with support as needed
• Report progress to stakeholders in attribute and programme meetings and prepare status slides for gateways
• Lead cross-functional reviews to resolve shortfalls in passive safety targets
• Coordinate Passive Safety CAE activities and maintain the crash timing plan and DVP reports
• Nominate test houses, raise POs, and conduct proof-of-concept tests for novel designs
• Ensure test material represents design intent and is ready for testing with stakeholder agreement
• Organise workshop technician support for vehicle re-builds, parts, and teardowns to high standards
• Write test specifications for passive safety tests and conduct full programme testing
• Analyze post-test data for adherence to targets and advise on deviations
• Raise QCRs for engineering issues and support running changes andpersonalisation projects with passive safety input

Key requirements

• Technical knowledge in restraint systems and occupant injury criteria
• Understanding of vehicle crashworthiness
• Knowledge of regulatory standards
• Significant experience in Passive Safety engineering; testing, CAE, or component design experience is advantageous

• Stakeholder communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem-solving under pressure
• Passive Safety engineering
• CAE coordination for crash testing
• Regulatory standards knowledge

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