Engineer, Vehicle Safety Investigations

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Location

Fountain Valley, CA

Purpose

• Responsible for identifying and defining safety, compliance, and regulatory concerns on Hyundai and Genesis models.
• Responsible for creating escalation material for executive review.

Major Responsibilities

• Through examination of consumer complaint data, field reports, legal cases, supplier information; dealer reports, plant information, prior safety recalls, compliance and consumer metric testing.
• Identify possible safety-related defects and / or FMVSS non-compliances associated with Hyundai production vehicles.
• Conduct a thorough data-driven, but timely, investigation.
• Determine preliminary severity, occurrence, and detectability scores.
• Track and manage assigned cases to ensure KPI’s are within requirements (including handle time, response time, and reporting deadlines).
• Draft presentations for management review that clearly defines the issue(s) and the parameters outlined above.
• Provide immediate notification to upper management of potential catastrophic defects requiring stop sale or immediate field action.

Major Responsibilities (continued)

Authority

• Position requires maintaining a high level of technical knowledge about vehicles and automotive components to assist in identifying potential vehicle safety conditions.
• This position will have access to Hyundai expertise needed to complete investigations and a direct line to upper management to inform of critical issues identification.
• Liaise with Hyundai design, manufacturing, and supplier affiliates.
• Responsible for setting objectives and achieving results that have an impact on performance.

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Master’s degree a plus

Related Experience

• At least six years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in conducting timely investigations into equipment failure modes.
• Experience in gathering and analyzing statistical data preferred.
• One or more years of experience in the automotive business, including, vehicle safety, design, testing, field reliability evaluation, and service is preferred.
• Automotive assembly plant or component manufacturing experience a plus.

Skills / Knowledge

• Results-driven with excellent project and program management skills.
• Ability to proactively collaborate with peers, vehicle component experts, and leadership within the organization.
• Ability to identify and utilize the corporation's expertise related to the issue under investigation.
• Specialized knowledge of specific vehicle systems or performance areas such as powertrain, chassis, electrical, crashworthiness, etc.
• Ability to present investigation findings to all pertinent levels of the corporation.
• Ability to establish a professional relationship, work well, and communicate clearly with NHTSA Investigators on identified issues of concern.

Certification

N / A.

Physical Requirements

Normal office duties

Travel : 0% - 25%

Work Model

LI-Hybrid (60% Onsite / 40% Remote)

Affiliate

Hyundai

Compensation

$86,800.00 - $124,000.00 Annual

Benefits

• Monthly Hyundai / Genesis vehicle lease allowance (including insurance and maintenance)
• Holiday Pay - the company shuts down with pay between Christmas and New Years.
• Vacation and sick time off
• Healthcare insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(K) company match
• Additional 401(K) Employer Enhanced Contribution program eligible after 1 year of employment, in addition to the regular employer matching contribution
• Basic life insurance, short- and long-term disability
• Mental health, wellbeing, and employee assistance program
• Health advocate (coordinate care and services, assistance with claim and billing issues, understanding Hyundai benefits)
26 days ago