Vehicle CAE project leader Crash

Role overview

Vehicle CAE project leader Crash at Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre

Analyze risk and initiate avoidance activities.

Responsibilities

• 1.
• Responsible to lead the digital evaluation to achieve performances targets 2.
• Conduct Periodic review and validate the R/C mechanism and C/M directions 3.
• Responsible to report to stake holders to get agreement for C/M 4.
• Adhere to Project management compliance 5.
• Responsible to confirm the targets with customer performance team. 6.
• Responsible to optimize & Cost & Mass CAE Targets. 7.
• Establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating corrective action.

Required qualifications

• Strong experience of 7 to 12 years in Crash domain RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Led Full Vehicle Crashworthiness & Occupant Safety development activities for multiple vehicle programs, driving safety performance from concept through production.
• Served as Crash CAE Performance Lead, managing simulation-based vehicle safety attribute development and virtual sign-off activities.
• Directed a team of CAE engineers in achieving compliance with Bharat NCAP, Euro NCAP, Global NCAP, FMVSS 208/214, UN R94, UN R95, and UN R137 requirements.
• Performed and coordinated full vehicle crash simulations including Frontal Impact, Offset Deformable Barrier (ODB), Full Frontal, Side Impact, Pole Impact, Rear Impact, Roof Crush, and Pedestrian Protection assessments.
• Developed and optimized crash and restraint systems to improve occupant protection, injury metrics, structural integrity, and regulatory compliance.
• Provided technical leadership as Principal Crash Analyst, driving root-cause investigations and proposing design improvements for enhanced vehicle safety performance.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including Design, Body Engineering, Restraints, Testing, and Program Management during full vehicle development programs.
• Conducted crashworthiness evaluations using LS-DYNA and PAM-CRASH, supporting vehicle-level safety attribute targets and program milestones.
• Built, modified, and validated finite element models using ANSA and HyperMesh, ensuring high-quality simulation models and accurate results.
• Performed post-processing and result interpretation using META, HyperView, and Animator, enabling efficient decision-making and design optimization.
• Utilized OptiStruct for structural optimization studies to balance vehicle safety, weight reduction, and performance requirements.
• Managed project timelines, resource allocation, and stakeholder communication while leading global crash CAE activities across multiple vehicle platforms.
• Achieved strong CAE-to-test correlation through systematic model validation and continuous improvement of crash simulation methodologies.

Employment details

• Location: Chennai [India]

Additional role details

• Job Purpose: - The Project leader is responsible to lead CAE activity for vehicle development programs including planning, coordination, and execution. - Improve the understanding of physical phenomena and modelling parts and systems within his scope - Ensure technological monitoring and carry out competitor analysis actions - Define digital simulation methods and modelling and ensure their development - Ensure capitalization of digital simulation methods