Automotive simultaneous engineering(SE)plays an important role in the whole cycle of automobile product development,shortening the product development greatly and reducing the cost.As a basic discipline,the major of material has provided technical support in the work of stamping simultaneous engineering and promoted the development of stamping SE.This paper introduces the characteristics of stamping SE and the role which is played by material engineers in various stages of stamping SE.Also the paper introduces the emphasis on knowledge accumulation,the establishment of material database,material lightweight proposal and material cost reduction proposal,etc.