Senior Passive Safety Engineer

Job Title

Senior Passive Safety Engineer

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59522

Date posted

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Woking

Business area

Product Development

Department

PD - DE&B - BS - INT

Position level

5 - Supervisory / Professional​ - (L-16)

Working time

Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Working pattern

9am - 6pm Monday to Friday

Salary

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What to Expect
The role of the Passive Safety Senior Engineer is to find and validate passive safety design solutions on a minor future McLaren road vehicles, for all world regions. This role reports to a Passive Safety lead Engineer. The individual will receive occasional supervision and assistance from other members of the team who are experts in their field.

The senior engineer is accountable for achieving acceptable Passive Safety performance in vehicle crash tests and vehicle PS performance for a derivative or facelift vehicle programme. The Senior engineer sets crash targets for the programme and then leads solutions to the design of componentry and systems which result in a vehicle that is capable of achieving legal and internal standards for occupant, pedestrian and structural requirements in crash events.

The senior engineer is then responsible for planning and executing the crash testing programme, including nomination and management of supplier and budgets, and for preparing and executing the tests.
What You'll Do

• Responsible for successful achievement of Passive Safety attribute, including  relevant legislation for a minor programme
• Single point of contact for programme leadership and meetings for a minor programme. If an issue is escalated to programme significance, then support will be available from the Lead Passive Safety Engineer.
• Report and present to stakeholders, such as programme management and chief engineer, when called upon in attribute meetings or programme meetings.
• Prepare status slides for program gateways
• Lead cross functional review to achieve passive safety targets when shortfall is identified  
• Assist in co-ordinating Passive Safety CAE activities for performance status
• Maintain passive safety test timing plan and report through programme DVP.  
• Investigate and nominate test house. Raise PO for test program.
• Perform proof-of-concept tests where required to prove out novel or risky designs.  
• Ensure vehicles and other test material used is representative of design intent, fit for testing and agreed with stakeholders.  
• Organise workshop technician support to ensure that all vehicle re-builds, parts and teardowns are done to high standards.  
• Write test specifications for all Passive Safety tests related to this minor Passive Safety Sub-attribute.  
• Conduct passive safety testing as required by vehicle program (including full vehicle crash testing, sub-system and component tests).  
• Perform post-analysis of Passive Safety test data for adherence to target and advise on any departure from expected performance.  
• Raise engineering issue documentation (QCRs) if concerns are found during the course of this activity.  
• Support running changes (Series department) and personalisation projects (MSO department) with advice on Passive Safety implications, when requested by these departments
What You'll Bring

• Technical knowledge in restraint system and understanding of occupant injuries criteria
• Understanding of vehicle crash worthiness
• Knowledge to regulatory standards
• Good amount of experience of Passive Safety engineering is required, beyond this any time working in Passive Safety testing, CAE or component design would be an advantage.
What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

Structured career development framework
25 days’…