Structure-borne sound protection is one of the vital aspects when it comes to the topic of vehicle acoustics. Mass-spring systems are actively used to absorb vibroacoustic energy and thus to reduce the overall noise level inside a car cabin. A precise material parameter definition of the foam part of a mass-spring system is imperative for accurate numerical simulation results. However, traditional material characterization approaches often rely on measurement data acquired for setups that modify porous layer material properties, for instance, due to pre-stressing conditions or the influence of interface effects between the absorber and excitation structure. This paper presents a new approach to obtain realistic absorber material parameters by the means of inverse problem optimization techniques in the framework of Finite Element Modelling (FEM).