ALTEN Technology USA
ECU Design Release Engineer
Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States · Mid · Contract
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About the role
- The BCM Design Release Engineer will support the design, development, integration, validation, and release of Body Control Module (BCM) systems for automotive vehicle programs.
- This role involves close collaboration with suppliers, software development teams, systems engineering, and vehicle validation teams to ensure BCM functionality, communication integrity, and compliance with program requirements.
- The engineer will support bench-level testing, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) activities, and full vehicle validation while managing engineering changes, resolving technical issues, and supporting vehicle builds and launch milestones.
Responsibilities
- BCM Design & Release: Support the design, development, integration, and release of Body Control Module systems across automotive vehicle programs.
- System Validation: Perform bench-level testing, HIL validation using plywood buck setups, and full vehicle-level testing to verify BCM functionality and system performance.
- Requirements & Systems Engineering: Participate in Systems Design and Requirements Allocation Review (RAR) meetings, providing technical input on BCM architecture, feature implementation, requirements allocation, and system-level interactions.
- Engineering Change Management: Evaluate Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) for technical feasibility, program timing, validation requirements, and vehicle build impacts.
- Model Year Planning: Support future model year planning by assessing risks, validation status, implementation strategies, and vehicle build impacts associated with BCM hardware and software changes.
- Supplier Coordination: Collaborate with BCM suppliers and internal software development teams to resolve integration issues, coordinate feature updates, and maintain alignment with program schedules.
- Vehicle Build Support: Support vehicle build events, identify BCM-related issues, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions with cross-functional engineering and supplier teams.
- Issue Resolution: Investigate system faults, analyze communication and integration issues, and support the implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Launch Support: Ensure validation activities, engineering changes, and issue resolution efforts remain aligned with vehicle program milestones and launch timelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Hands-on experience with Vector CANoe for CAN communication analysis and network diagnostics.
- Experience supporting bench testing, HIL testing, or full vehicle validation.
- Familiarity with engineering change management, requirements reviews, and vehicle development processes.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting BCM systems on automotive vehicle programs.
- Experience with CDA tools and plywood buck HIL setups.
- Familiarity with Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Requirements Allocation Reviews (RARs), and model year change implementation.
- Experience working with automotive suppliers and embedded software development teams.
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- Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246.
- All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
Benefits
- 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.
Company info
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
- 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.
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