ALTEN Technology USA
Design Release Engineer – Cockpit (Instrument Panel, Console & Doors)
Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States · Contract
Stay score
odds of building a lasting career here
Thin sponsorship signal and lottery-bound. A low-probability bet with your clock running. Prioritize cap-exempt roles and proven entry-level sponsors first.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →Employer immigration record
from this employer's Department of Labor filings
Green-card filing pattern in this occupation
Third-party placement is common here
Files H-1B transfers
Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.
Community outcomes
No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.
About the role
- A Client Design Release Engineer (Cockpit - Instrument Panel) is an engineering professional responsible for the design, development, and production release of the Instrument Panel and associated cockpit components (including Console and Doors), ensuring they meet performance, quality, safety, and cost requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
- This role involves collaborating with internal teams and external suppliers to manage design feasibility, technical specifications, validation testing, risk assessment (DFMEA), and production processes, ultimately ensuring a successful and robust interior design is integrated into the final vehicle.
Responsibilities
- Design & Development: Drive the design and development of Instrument Panel components - with additional scope on Console and Doors - from concept through production release.
- Supplier Collaboration: Work closely with Instrument Panel, Console, and Doors suppliers on design feasibility, manufacturability, cost, and adherence to engineering standards.
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and support to resolve design issues, material selection challenges, and process problems.
- Validation & Testing: Develop and implement validation testing strategies, including component, vehicle, and durability testing, to ensure components meet performance metrics.
- Risk Management: Lead risk assessment activities, such as Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), to ensure design robustness and mitigate potential issues.
- Documentation: Generate and manage technical documentation, including system and sub-system technical specifications.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Partner with manufacturing, quality, testing, and vehicle integration teams to ensure seamless implementation and integration of interior designs.
- Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace.
- Design & Development:
Requirements
- Technical Proficiency: Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) tools, design validation processes (DVP), and failure mode analysis (DFMEA).
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field is typically required.
- Technical Proficiency:
- Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) tools, design validation processes (DVP), and failure mode analysis (DFMEA).
- Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Required Skills &
Skills
- Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, organizational, and detail-oriented skills are essential.
- Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.
- Drug Screening Requirement:
- All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
- Collaboration:
- Compliance Notice:
Benefits
- Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field is typically required.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
This listing is sourced directly from ALTEN Technology USA's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.