Shape impact protection structures through mechanical testing, material modeling, and finite element simulation across assigned R&D; programs.
As a Senior R&D;, Testing and Validation Engineer, you will contribute to impact protection design and architecture. Your work connects product requirements with verifiable specifications, physical tests, and simulation results. Technical ownership extends from design through validation, including transparent recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
Contribute to impact protection structure design and architecture
Translate product requirements into verifiable technical specifications
Analyze results and recommend design conclusions
Develop testing, analysis, and data-processing tools
Provide guidance to interns and junior team members
Requirements
Six-plus years of R&D; engineering experience
Strong simulation-to-test correlation experience
Understanding of foams, cellular materials, and TPEs
Knowledge of hyperelasticity, viscoelasticity, and strain-rate dependency
Ability to defend conclusions before senior leadership
Use impact engineering, material science, and validation expertise to advance technically defensible protection structure recommendations.