Exterior Mechanisms Engineer

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Workplace: On-site 4 days per week. Friday Remote.
Location: Long Beach CA

You will own the mechanisms that customers touch every day. Hoods liftgates doors fuel and charge port doors running boards tonneau systems and the exterior accessories that hang off them. This is a clean sheet program not a carryover which means you will define kinematics effort targets and hardware architecture rather than inherit them. You will personally build and drive the CAD run the studies that prove the motion works and stay with the component through DV PV and launch. The team is small and flat so the engineer who owns the design also owns the supplier the build issues and the fix.

Responsibilities
Own exterior mechanism components end to end from concept and packaging through design validation and production launch.
Design and release hinges latches strikers check links gas struts and spindle drives actuators cables and linkage systems working to opening and closing effort targets cycle life and load cases.
Build and maintain your own CAD in 3DX and CATIA. Develop kinematic studies motion envelopes swing paths tolerance stacks and clearance to surrounding structure sheet metal and trim.
Define and drive DFMEA DVP&R and test plans. Work with test and validation teams to close open items and document compliance evidence.
Apply design for manufacturing across injection molded sheet metal and stamped components including draft gate and parting line strategy tooling feasibility and forming and weld constraints.
Source and manage suppliers through the full development cycle: technical reviews design gates tooling kickoff PPAP support and issue resolution on their side and ours.
Support prototype and pilot builds hands on. Be at the vehicle find the root cause and drive the change through release.
Coordinate with Studio Body Closures Interiors Electrical and Manufacturing to hold design intent while resolving competing requirements.
Manage part release change actions and BOM accuracy through the programs PLM and change control process.

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
5 or more years of automotive or comparable product development experience owning mechanical components through launch.
Direct design and release experience on mechanisms linkages hinges latches struts or similar motion hardware.
Demonstrated hands on CAD ownership. You built the geometry yourself and can walk through the decisions in it.
Working knowledge of injection molding and sheet metal manufacturing processes and their design constraints.
Experience with GD&T tolerance stack analysis DFMEA and DVP&R.
Supplier facing experience through tooling build and launch.
Ability to work onsite in Long Beach.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience on a clean sheet or startup vehicle program where the process was still being defined.
Closures exterior trim or accessories commodity background.
3DX and CATIA V6 proficiency.
Kinematic simulation motion analysis or CAE experience beyond basic modeling.
Vehicle launch experience at a plant including build support issue tracking and containment.
Exposure to power closure systems sensors or ADAS component integration into exterior surfaces.

Salary Range
$125000 - 140000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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