Passive Safety Feature Leader

At Tata Technologies, we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering, and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth, we are now recruiting for a Passive Safety Feature Leader to join our team in Gothenburg, Sweden. The role We are looking for an experienced Passive Safety Feature Leader to join our team and drive the development, verification, and validation of passive safety features for heavy-duty vehicle platforms. In this role, you will work closely with design, engineering, and CAE teams to ensure feature performance, customer value, and regulatory compliance throughout the product development lifecycle. You will take ownership of a defined passive safety feature area, translating customer needs and product targets into technical requirements, verification strategies, and development plans. As a technical leader, you will play a key role in shaping future passive safety solutions while contributing to innovation, roadmap development, and business growth initiatives. Responsibilities

• Lead a defined passive safety feature area across multiple vehicle development projects.
• Define feature requirements and verification methods to ensure compliance with project and product targets.
• Translate customer needs and product objectives into measurable technical requirements.
• Create and maintain feature verification and validation plans.
• Coordinate and synchronize feature development activities across projects and stakeholders.
• Work closely with design engineers, CAE engineers, and cross-functional teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Continuously improve test methods, validation approaches, and design requirements based on customer usage and field feedback.
• Secure feature development plans and contribute to feature roadmaps and long-term product strategies.
• Participate in innovation activities and support business development initiatives.
• Monitor market trends and industry developments to support future product competitiveness.
• Build and maintain strong collaboration networks across internal and external stakeholders.

Background / Experience

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Vehicle Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience within automotive safety, vehicle development, or systems engineering.
• Strong experience in passive safety engineering, feature development, testing, or analysis.
• Experience working with safety-related vehicle functions and systems.
• Solid understanding of verification and validation methodologies within automotive development.
• Experience defining technical requirements, verification strategies, and test methods.
• Ability to understand and analyze complex system behavior and interactions.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Ability to drive technical initiatives and influence decisions across engineering organizations.

Meritorious

• Experience leading technical projects, feature development activities, or engineering teams.
• Experience working with CAE, testing, and vehicle verification organizations.
• Expertise within passive safety systems and vehicle crashworthiness.
• Experience contributing to technology roadmaps and innovation programs.
• Recognized subject matter expert within passive safety, feature development, or vehicle safety engineering.
• Experience from heavy-duty vehicles, trucks, buses, or commercial vehicle development.

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on, then we would love to hear from you. Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world. Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest; each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date, it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.