Hiring: Senior Occupant Safety Engineer Company: Rivian Location: Irvine, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:28:30 Employment Type: Full-time About the job Experience: •5+ years experience in automotive safety, vehicle testing, or system integration. Required Skills: •Develop, correlate, and maintain occupant safety CAE models at the component, system, and vehicle levels. •Conduct advanced occupant protection simulations, assessing vehicle system performance to comply with FMVSS, UNECE, US NCAP, IIHS, Euro NCAP, and other standards, at the component, system, and vehicle levels. •Optimize airbag and seatbelt systems, evaluating different countermeasures for enhanced safety. •Partner cross-functionally with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure all design changes support safety objectives. •Conduct DOE studies to explore design sensitivities and improve robustness. •Develop and implement automated scripts for data post-processing and visualization. •Support physical testing and correlation, working with the safety testing team to analyze test results and refine CAE models. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field. •Demonstrated capacity to travel to vehicle and component launch locations. •Strong working knowledge of FMVSS, ECE, NCAP and other automotive safety evaluation preferred. •Excellent communication and organizational skills, ensuring clear expectations and structured execution of tasks. •Prior Experience with performance evaluations of safety components and systems thru static testing, impactor testing, Occupant Sled Testing, Impact sled testing and full Vehicle Testing is required. •Hands On CAE experience is a required (LS-DYNA •Good experience with occupant safety, structures safety and design for high level safety targets. •Willingness to work around physical testing environment and extended work hours at times. •Demonstrates autonomy in executing and improving occupant safety analysis. •Recognizes patterns in performance data and uses insights to enhance safety strategies. Compensation: •$135,100 - $168,900 / year •The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!