Biomechanical specialist with a focus on head injuries at Mips
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About this role
Mips is an ingredient brand company, founded in science and with strong focus on continuous research and improved safety. To strengthen our role as a leader in helmet safety Mips is expanding our science team with a biomechanical specialist. Mips is looking for a person that can strengthen the scientific foundation and take responsibility for the safety requirements in one of three helmet categories within the company by internal and external collaboration. In this role, you will lead the development of biomechanical research for one of the helmet categories. The position is based at our headquarters in the Greater Stockholm area.
Responsibilities
- You will support Mips long-term ambition to be the leader in helmet safety by driving research projects with a focus on biomechanics and protective systems for head injuries and implement the results into the organisation. You will work as an expert in this field and be responsible for the research within a helmet category. You will lead research projects internally as well as collaborate with external partners such as universities and other similar actors. You will belong to a group of researchers in biomechanics who focus on how the head is injured in different accident scenarios and test methods for evaluating helmets. At Mips, you work together with a team of scientists, engineers and product developers to develop new and innovative solutions that help our customers to protect them against head injuries.
- Responsible for the biomechanical research within a specific helmet category at Mips with focus on safety performance.
- Translate biomechanical research and real world accident analyses into clear functional requirements, design of test methods and guidelines for product development.
- Responsible for both internal and external research and development projects that involve simulations, experimental testing, and analysis of the literature for the specific category.
- Collaborate closely with the product develop