Design Release Engineer - BIW Upper body Structures
Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><p>We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.</p> <p>As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.</p> <p>When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s 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.</p></div><p> </p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own and manage the design, development, and release of BIW upper body components/subassemblies.</li> <li>This includes parametric modeling using NX.</li> <li>Work with external suppliers, internal stamping plants, and vehicle plant body shop to ensure manufacturability, cost, and material performance meet project milestones and vehicle functional objectives.</li> <li>Develop and manage CBOM and Quadris for subassemblies.</li> <li>Create Source Package technical documentation and manage technical reviews with the suppliers and internal Client teams.</li> <li>Define and track engineering validation plans (DVP&R, DFMEA, PFMEA) and coordinate physical testing.</li> <li>Provide onsite plant launch support to triage, root cause and establish corrective actions to address assembly, build variation, BSR or any other fit and finish items or launch gating issues.</li> <li>Ensure designs comply with internal standards, vehicle performance targets, and regulatory requirements.</li> <li>Communicate project status, risks, and deliverables to stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and quality teams.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Basic Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or related field.</li> <li>3-5 years of experience in automotive sheet metal development or related area.</li> <li>Proficient in CAD software (Teamcenter, NX, Vis Pro) and PLM systems.</li> <li>Strong knowledge of metal forming and joining techniques.</li> <li>Familiarity with GD&T, DFMEA, DVP&R, tolerance stack up, and typical automotive validation testing.</li> <li>Excellent problem-solving and project management skills.</li> <li>Strong communication and interpersonal skills.</li> <li>Self-motivated individual.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Master’s degree in engineering or related technical field.</li> <li>KBE trained.</li> <li>Experience working directly with internal and/or tier 1 stamping suppliers.</li> <li>Experience with problem solving such as Red-X.</li> <li>Experience with robust design such as DFSS.</li> <li>Experience with Client change management, release, and warranty systems.</li> <li>Knowledge of global automotive standards.</li> <li>Understanding of sheet metal grades and applications.</li> <li>Hands-on experience with vehicle body shop, pre-production builds and plant launch activities.</li> </ul> <p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>All qualified applicants will receive co