Operational Strength Attribute Lead, Vehicle Integration

In this role, you will: • Target setting: Define and own robot-level targets for strength and durability together with internal stakeholders and cascade those targets to the system teams.

• Structural & Fatigue Analysis: Work together with the CAE team to assess static strength, stiffness, dynamic loading, and fatigue behavior of complex mechanical systems.

• Design Optimization: Collaborate early with cross-functional design engineers to develop practical and cost-effective structural solutions that meet vehicle attribute requirements.

• Test-to-Simulation Correlation: Analyze vehicle road load data and correlate findings with simulations to continuously improve model accuracy and establish standardized methodologies.

• Validation & Testing Support: Translate customer usage profiles into laboratory test specifications, design accelerated fatigue life testing cycles, and lead physical component-level or full-vehicle validation programs.

• Complete vehicle lifetime durability performance: lead cross-functional teams to deliver lifetime durability requirements for the complete vehicle.

• Failure & Root-Cause Investigation: Direct laboratory teardowns, conduct root-cause analysis on structural components that fail during physical testing or field service, and verify engineering countermeasures.

• Manufacturing Feasibility: Assess structural designs for manufacturing and assembly capability, checking for bolted joint slippage, door sag, weld performance, and stamping limitations.

• Documentation and Reporting: Provide regular Strength and Durability status updates and generate technical reports as needed.

• Technical Leadership: Share technical knowledge and communicate best practices and performance expectations to cross-functional teams and junior engineers.

Qualifications • Possess a Master's degree with 10+ years of hands-on experience in automotive Strength and Durability Engineering.

• Demonstrate system and vehicle level testing experience in laboratory and automotive proving ground environments.

• Demonstrate proficiency with durability simulation and analysis software tools (e.g., ANSYS, ABAQUS, ADAMS, nCode).

• Demonstrate familiarity with automotive requirements and validation sign-off standards.

• Demonstrate excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills with the ability to create visualizations of KPIs and program risks.

Bonus Qualifications • Demonstrate proficiency in tools and processes required to manage complex projects (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).