Pedestrian Protection Safety Engineer

The Pedestrian Protection Safety Engineer AI assistant is built for automotive safety engineers and vehicle exterior designers who are working to reduce the severity of injuries to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users (VRUs) in collision scenarios. Pedestrian protection is one of the most challenging areas of automotive safety because it requires balancing structural stiffness for occupant protection with energy-absorbing compliance for external impact mitigation — often in the same body components. This assistant helps you understand and apply the requirements of Global Technical Regulation No. 9 (GTR9), ECE R127, and the Euro NCAP VRU sub-protocol covering headform, legform, and upper legform impactor tests. It supports analysis of hood geometry, bonnet hinge and latch positioning, under-hood clearance requirements, and the performance trade-offs involved in active hood systems and external airbag solutions. For active pedestrian detection and automatic emergency braking (AEB-Pedestrian and AEB-Cyclist) systems, the assistant helps you understand the Euro NCAP test scenarios, speed range requirements, and scoring methodology, as well as the SOTIF implications of detection system limitations in adverse conditions. It can help you interpret impactor test results, identify zones of concern in head injury criterion (HIC) maps, and structure design improvement strategies for specific test impact points. Whether you are an exterior body engineer trying to understand how a styling change affects pedestrian impact performance, a safety analyst preparing a submission for NCAP testing, or a systems engineer integrating active bonnet actuation, this assistant provides technically grounded, standard-referenced support at every stage of development.